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Tips to avoid Thanksgiving travel nightmares

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    Advice from Orbitz senior editor Jeanenne Tornatore

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With Tony for a million people expected to fly this Thanksgiving you definitely won't be alone when he -- the friendly skies but there are some things that you can do to avoid all those crowds including -- an alternate airport.

Orbit senior editor -- -- -- is here with a list of the busiest airports on Thanksgiving.

Good morning thanks for being with listening to Barney tell us the busiest airports what can we expect -- -- no big surprises here's the big hub airport Chicago O'Hare.

Los Angeles international San Francisco international LaGuardia here in New York.

And Boston Logan so those are going to be where you're saying the most crowds over this peak travel days holiday weekend probably on Wednesday before the absolutely Wednesday it's going to be your busiest day flying out to and then Sunday and Monday are the two busiest days I'm coming back Monday actually used to be -- great off day that people are really getting savvy.

Tee off peak days and ascending in men they -- both pretty busy to be a little cheaper it is to fly home reflect back to New York or wherever you're going.

It not and that it -- now really can't wait till Tuesday or come back on Saturday content what about the least busy airports -- -- we looked at the the top fifty airports and niece heard -- the bottom five on this top fifty airports so we've got buffalo Niagara.

Jacksonville international and Florida Nashville international Sacramento.

In California.

And Bradley international in Hartford so.

Some great options and the reason we look at these is because really it.

Especially if you haven't -- your ticket yet you look at the alternative airport.

Really within a ninety mile radius it could be -- driving a few -- miles.

To save some cash on your -- -- but also just to have a little bit of a less hectic experience -- -- to get to the -- for instance Jacksonville you can get says -- go -- your family in Georgia are at the South Carolina or you can go down to Orlando at.

If it's gonna save you 200 bucks why not at all our might be 31 dollars today or something exactly.

All right well those -- some good points and then will prices go down for folks at home that are watching that have not yet bought their plane tickets to go home for Thanksgiving or.

To go see family for Christmas so they gonna go down any.

Well for Thanksgiving where a week out really -- fortunately prices are only going to go up -- probably few seats left on those.

More popular flights so really book your ticket now if you haven't for Thanksgiving or think about driving.

For Christmas that there's still some flexibility that the earlier you purchased the -- hard to believe Thanksgiving is next week where has this year goals.

-- and then you said the busiest -- to fly on -- Thanksgiving as Wednesday and try to avoid coming wants an -- and what about Christmas time well again Chris Christie do you have a little bit more flexibility if people are taking their vacation so we don't have the high travel volume on the happy days.

But the busiest days are going to be looking at our Saturday and Sunday.

Departures I and then return flights are busiest on the day after Christmas.

Frightening so good to see a great -- thanks so much.

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