The Transportation Security Administration said it could screen as many as 2.5 million passengers at checkpoints nationwide on Wednesday, Nov. 23, which may even surpass 2.5 million passengers on Sunday, Nov. 27.
“Families and friends are eager to spend time together this Thanksgiving, one of the busiest for travel in the past two decades,” said Paula Twidale, senior vice president, AAA Travel. “Plan ahead and pack your patience, whether you’re driving or flying.” Air travel is up nearly 8% over last year, AAA said, with 4.5 million people flying for their Thanksgiving turkey this year. That’s approximately 330,000 travelers more than 2021, and nearly 99% of the 2019 volume.
Food prices were up 10.9% year over year in October, and the 30-year mortgage rate hovers near 7%, and the stock market has taken a beating, with tech stocks like Meta META, +0.72%, Google GOOG, +1.53% and Microsoft MSFT, +1.04% particularly badly hit. “But it doesn’t feel great when your wages are rising 5% and inflation is 8%,” Rossman said. Savings are slowly being eroded, he added, “but it’s another thing, along with the strong job market, that is supporting spending, at least for now.”
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