do not check your bag if you can avoid. it here is why. an explanation. you have the ability to avoid checking a bag, it s going to make your travel day go much smoother. for a few reasons. first, you do not have to worry about waiting in line to check your bag. and there can often be really long lines over thanksgiving week. second, you re not at risk of that bag getting lost or delayed or anything like that in transit. and third, if your flight does ultimately get canceled or you miss your connection, it s going to be far easier to get rebooked if the airline doesn t have to also try to find your checked luggage in the belly of one airplane and switch it to the belly of another airplane. and katy, you know, it is true that air fares are up, and a lot of people are certainly experiencing that right now about, 40% increase year over year, hotels are up, car rentals up, and that s just the reality of the situation right now, and
the biden administration because when you look at a year ago, the country was self reliant winning into energy, but fast forward to the first day of joe biden s administration and why did he do, cancel the xl pipeline that is also part of the infrastructure that s part of the supply chain and so when you cannot get gas to the people who needed, the prices go up and there s shortages and welcome to october 14, 2021. brian: guess who s benefiting from this? e-mail russia, they didn t love when gas was $40 a barrel. they love that it s $80 a barrel and guess who made that happen, the president of the united states. is he compromised it to russia? i m pretty sure that was the theme for the last four years. ainsley: when you hear energy prices are going up and it will be so much more expensive to heat your house this winter, they cannot, car rentals up, accept, steak up, lodging up,