Report: Holiday travelers could face the highest Thanksgiving and Christmas airfares in a decade

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The report revealed holiday travel is already on track to be the most expensive in 10 years, with rising jet fuel prices impacting Thanksgiving and Christmas.

WASHINGTON — Holiday travel could cost more this year as a new report forecasts it to be the most expensive holiday travel season in a decade.

Travel site Hopper released its 2026 Holiday Travel Index on Sept. 24. The report found that the 2026 season is already on track to be the most expensive in 10 years, with rising jet fuel prices driving up Thanksgiving and Christmas airfares.

Experts say high jet fuel prices and fewer low-cost options are driving up plane ticket prices. Spirit Airlines, which was exiting its second bankruptcy, closed earlier this yea...

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