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Prepare for expensive flights this summer

By on May 13, 2012

AIR FARES.

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Higher airfares and still sky-high gasoline prices are driving up the cost of the summer trip, the Naperville Sun reports.

“People I think are going to be shocked by how much higher some fares are,” said Airfarewatchdog.com President George Hobica to the paper. “We’re seeing fares that we haven’t seen in years.”

While fuel costs have driven up fares, other factors include airlines intentionally cutting back on capacity, flying fewer planes, which makes fewer seats available, and airline mergers have led to less competition on some routes, travel experts say.

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