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Traveling for the holidays? Buy your tickets now!

Marielle Segarra Nov 8, 2016
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Traveling for the holidays? Buy your tickets now!

Marielle Segarra Nov 8, 2016
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It might be cheaper to get home for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year than last year. Airline tickets for the week of Thanksgiving are about 2.5 percent cheaper on average than they were a year ago. And for Christmas, prices have fallen a little more 3 percent. Here’s why.

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