Holiday Travel Peak Day Surcharge Extended

Flying on peak travel dates (especially around the holidays) has been historically pricey. This year is no exception as airlines have recently showed us exactly which days they consider to be “special”.

FareCompare.com alerted consumers last week that American Airlines initiated (with all legacy airlines matching in the following days) a “Peak Travel Surcharge” ($10 each-way) to a majority of routes for departures on three very specific days: Sunday after Thanksgiving (November 29) and for January 2 and 3.

Over the past few days the FareCompare.com proprietary airfare processing system noted several rule changes which show an additional ten days have been added with a $10 each way surcharge (13 total) as noted moments ago in the following post:

Holiday Travel Surcharge Extended to Thirteen Days in 2009/10

Don’t forget to check out our Holiday Travel 2009 Guide which helps you find the cheapest days to travel around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

3 Responses to “Holiday Travel Peak Day Surcharge Extended”

  1. Scott says:

    The airlines better be careful. They keep piling fee upon fee, thinking that because “they all do it” there is nothing that the consumer can do.
    But I think they underestimate the consumer. They are coming close to the time when people like me will start “pushing back” by simply deciding to drive, take the train, or just stay near home.
    Cut it out with the stupid fees already!

  2. Yvette says:

    This is ridiculous considering they already raise their prices on these days. So, on top of the upped price they want to charge us a fee for picking an already over-priced day. The next fee should be “if you require assistance from the staff”.

  3. But during holidays tickets already are probably twice more expensive then on regular days, that is point for airlines to make people angry with this fee?

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