reporter: the average domestic airfare is now $414 according to travelocity. a 9% jump over last year s holiday season. the most expensive days to fly, up to $500 more a ticket are december 21, 22, and on the return december 30, 31 and new year s day. these are the cheaper days to fly. christmas day and the three days after. flying then can save as much as $330. we re going to sacrifice price for convenience. but you ll also encounter fewer crowds at the airport. reporter: it s not just airfares making this a profitable season for airlines. if you re checking bags, make sure they re not overweight by using a home scale. airlines charge excessive baggage surcharges that start at $90 on top of the normal baggage fee. and the scales at the airport are not always accurate. an abc news investigation last
holiday season. the most expensive days to fly, up to $500 more a ticket are december 21, 22, and on the return december 30, 31 and new year s day. these are the cheaper days to fly. christmas day and the three days after. flying then can save as much as $330. we re going to sacrifice price for convenience. but you ll also encounter fewer crowds at the airport. reporter: it s not just airfares making this a profitable season for airlines. if you re checking bags, make sure they re not overweight by using a home scale. airlines charge excessive baggage surcharges that start at $90 on top of the normal baggage fee. and the scales at the airport are not always accurate. an abc news investigation last year at this time showed 5% of airport scales checked
little bit. and i m going to hit on something a little bit touchy in our world. remember when chef paula deen announced she had diabetes. a lot of people voicing their opinion, i told you so. that s what you get for cooking such incredibly rich food. we wish paula deen the best. we love her. i want to take another approach. sam talbot, a finalist on the show top chef, has had diabetes for most of his life. it s taught him important lessons about eating healthy. we re going to try to share them with you today. first, like a lot of people, i was pretty shocked to get the news about whitney houston dying just before the grammys. the coroner says it s going to be weeks before we know the cause of death. but given her drug abuse, people are asking tough questions. investigators did find prescription drugs in the hotel room where houston died. but the coroner told us something important. listen to this. nothing out of the ordinary was found as long as houston was taking the me
well. i m going to demonstrate in a bit. i m going to hit on something touchy in our world. paula deen announced she has diabetes. some say i told you so. it s what you get for cooking such rich food. we love her. i want to take a different approach. sam, a finalist on the show top chef has had diabetes for most of his life. he s learned about eating healthy and we are going to learn and share with you today. first, like a lot of people, i was shocked to get the news of whitney houston dying the night before the grammys. it s going to be weeks before we know the cause of death. given her drug abuse, it s going to be tough. prescription drugs were found in the hotel room she died. nothing out of the ordinary was found as long as houston was taken the medication as prescribed. as prescribed, that s a key point. i want to give you the shocking statistic, one in 20 people over the age of 12 take the medications in a way that is not prescribed. most of them are not addicts, th