Easter Travel Won't Be Hampered By Inflating Gas Prices

It is springtime and Easter is fast approaching, so you know that there are going to be a lot of travelers hitting the roads this weekend and traveling all over the country to see friends and family. However, there is one thing that you would think would dampen Easter travels and that is the continuously rising gas prices.

Crude oil's cost is at its highest since about two and a half years ago, with prices in some locations reaching as high as $4 a gallon. However, AAA Michigan spokeswoman Nancy Cain says that increasing gas prices will not likely hamper spring vacation or Easter.

According to Cain, "It's an unfortunate set of circumstances for motorists. We're paying almost $1 more per gallon than this time last year."

The average gas price per gallon for unleaded in Michigan on April 19th was $3.954 per gallon which was above the national average price of $3.835 for that day.However, Michigan wasn't the only state higher than the national average on Tuesday. States like Alaska, California, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Hawaii, Illinois and New York topped $4 per gallon, according to the AAA website database.

Cain stated that AAA Michigan conducts surveys multiple times each year in order to gauge holiday travel. They monitor holidays such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the time span from Christmas to New Year's. However, AAA does not typically do Easter or Spring Break travel but, according to Cain, it is evident that travel has increased from last year.

Easter is not typically a holiday when people travel too far. A lot of people stay home or visit family members that live close by. However, even traveling to see close family members or friends will cost you a little more than you are used to.

Gas prices where I live, around Cincinnati, Ohio, have reached as high as $3.99 a gallon in some places. President Obama has already spoken on the high gas prices, let us just hope that he actually does something about it.

Source: PetoskeyNews.com - Travel, gas prices on the rise since last spring, AAA says

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Airlines Attempt to Raise Fares Yet Again

Anybody who has ever traveled before knows that if you are planning on traveling by plane, you should check the price of tickets regularly. One day they could be just the price you want and the next they could jump by $100. While nobody likes the fluctuations in airline tickets, there is one thing they hate worse. No, it isn't airport security, that is a whole other post. No, what people hate is when airlines permanently increase the price of their tickets, and at least two major U.S. airlines are trying to do that now. That's right, at least two major airlines in the United States are attempting to raise the price of round trip tickets once again by $10 on some domestic routes in order to counter the rising costs of fuel. US Airways initiated the fare increase late Thursday on most of their routes. Delta Airlines later followed suit by raising prices mostly on routes where they competed with discount airlines. JetBlue and Virgin America have already matched the increase according to Jaime Baker, an airline analyst. JetBlue, in addition to raising fares, also extended travel periods for the increased fares to include dates before and after the peak summer travel season. AirTran is another airline company which plans on raising fares on some of their routes. Their increase will not include those to and from Atlanta, where they compete with Delta. This marks the first time AirTran has attempted a major fare increase in several months, according to Baker. Apparently airlines have tried widespread price increases a total of nine times this year, six of which stuck. The last three times failed in a matter of days because other airlines did not increase their fares too. One certain way to tell if this latest attempt will be successful is to see if Southwest Airlines joins in and raises their fares as well. Southwest carries more passengers than any other airline company in the United States and also regularly undercuts the fees of other major airlines. Oil has now risen above $110 per barrel, which is a 21% increase in cost this year alone. Rick Seaney, a fare watcher, points out that the airlines successfully raised prices four times in April of 2008, a time when oil prices increased from $102 to $117. In this month alone oil has risen $4 per barrel. Source: MSNBC - U.S. airlines attempt to raise fares for the 10th time

Anybody who has ever traveled before knows that id you are planning on traveling by plane that you should check the price of tickets regularly. One day they could be just the price you want and the next they could jump by $100. While nobody likes the fluctuations in airline tickets there is one thing they hat worse. No it isn't airport security, that is a whole other post, no what people hate is when airlines impermanently increase the price of their tickets, and at least two major U.S. airlines are trying to do that now.

That's right, at least two major airlines in the United States are attempting to raise the price of round trip tickets once again by $10 on some domestic routes in order to counter the rising costs of fuel. US Airways initiated the fare increase late Thursday on most of their routes. US Airways was then later followed in suit by Delta Air Lines who raised prices mostly on routes where they competed with discount airlines. JetBlue and Virgin America have already matched the increase according to Jaime Baker, an airline analyst.

JetBlue, in addition to raising fares, also extended travel periods for the increased fares to include dates before and after the peak summer travel season. AirTran is another airline company who plans on raising fares on some of their routes. Their increase will not include those to and from Atlanta, where they compete with Delta. This marks the first time AirTran has attempted a major fare increase in several months, according to Baker.

Apparently airlines have tried widespread price increases a total of nine times this year, six of which stuck. The last three times failed in a matter of days because other airlines did not increase their fares too. One certain way to tell if this latest attempt will be successful is to see if Southwest Airlines joins in and raises their fares as well. Southwest carries more passengers than any other airline company in the United States and also regularly undercuts the fees of other major airlines.

Oil has now risen above $110 per barrel, which makes that a 21% increase in this year alone. Rick Seaney, a fare watcher, points out that the airlines successfully raised prices four times in April of 2008, a time when oil prices increased from $102 to $117. In this month alone oil has risen $4 per barrel.

Source: MSNBC - U.S. airlines attempt to raise fares for the 10th time