去年，因經(jīng)濟衰退的緣故，很多美國人選擇不在感恩節(jié)回家團聚。航空公司節(jié)前機票銷售慘淡，不得不在最后時刻大幅度降價以填滿空閑的座位。這也讓許多持觀望態(tài)度的乘客撿了便宜。而今年，在經(jīng)濟回溫的背景下感恩節(jié)機票銷售再次火爆。幾天一個價格，讓很多消費者擔憂。而航空公司的業(yè)內(nèi)人士也提醒大家，今時不同往日，繼續(xù)觀望只會更不合算，還是盡早把機票買到手的好！

In Shift From ’08, Holiday Airfare Is Soaring Daily

Last year, procrastinators were rewarded when they finally got around to booking flights for holiday travel. Back then, airlines were not prepared for the sharp falloff in travel and offered last-minute deals to fill up empty planes.

This year? Dilly-dallying, even waiting just a few days, could carry a steep price. Fares, though still lower now than at this time last year, are rising each day, a trajectory that began more than a month ago.

In the last week alone, overall fares for Thanksgiving travel rose 6 percent, according to Bing Travel, part of Microsoft’s search engine. Ticket prices for the most popular itinerary, departing Wednesday, Nov. 25, and returning Sunday, Nov. 29, are up 10 percent in the last week.

The professional crystal-ball gazers on fares agree that fliers should not wait to book their tickets.

“Travelers should be shopping now,” said Joel Grus, who tracks airfares at Bing Travel. “If a price seems good to them, they should get it.”

Rick Seaney, chief executive of , wrote in his online Holiday Travel Guide, “Holiday travel procrastinators do so at their own peril this year, and practical travelers should be shopping now and buying before the end of October.”