unfortunately this american airlines flight supposed to come from richmond to chicago o hare land at just about 1:00 it s scheduled in at 7:30. six and a half hours extra travel time the day before thanksgiving, trace. that s a rough preturkey day. airline ticket prices also kind of bumping up a little bit as well, steve. yeah. it s the supply/demand thing. again, because airlines have slimed back and price prices going up. if you are looking for big boost hold on to your wallet that s the next big holiday. over thanksgiving prices were relatively flat compared to thanksgiving of 2011 where we do see a little bit of a jump is when we get to christmas. we are seeing airfare prices on average 8% higher than we saw last christmas. and for the biggest block of folks traveling this holiday season by car gasoline prices while having gone down this month are 8 cents higher last month according to a.a.a. than they were this thyme last