>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT. WHO NEEDS TO GET AWAY? I KNOW I DO. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT VACATION,
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. MOST ARE
EAGER TO TRAVEL THIS SUMMER,
BUT SKYROCKETING PRICES COULD
CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS WITH YOUR
PLANS TO TALK ABOUT THE LATEST
TRAVEL TRENDS AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, WAYS TO SAVE OUR
FRIEND WILLIS, ORLANDO WAS
SCOTT’S CHEAP FLIGHTS JOINS US
ONCE AGAIN. GOOD MORNING TO
YOU. WILLIS. SO LISTEN, I WAS
LOOKING AT FLIGHTS TO A PLACE
NOT THAT FAR AWAY TO GO WITH
MY DAD LAST NIGHT AND THEY
JUMPED $100 JUST IN 3 OR 4
DAYS. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT
JUST JUST REALLY HIGH FLIGHTS.
AND I KNOW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
HAVE THAT SAME COMPLAINT. WHAT
DO YOU DO? YOU CAN SPELL THAT
OUT RIGHT NOW. THE AVERAGE
FARES ARE UP ABOUT A 3RD IN
THE LAST YEAR THAT UP TO ABOUT
WHERE THEY WERE PREPANDEMIC.
SO THE HUGE INCREASE FROM
2020. 21, IF YOU SEE A GOOD
FAIR RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER ONE
THING EVERYBODY IS TO NOT WAIT
WHEN FAIRS DIPPING, THEY’RE
GOING TO BE ALL THE TIME OF
GREAT DEALS.
>> WHEN THEY DID THEY LAST A
DAY OR 2 DAYS TOPS WERE BACK
THAT THE PANDEMIC KIND OF MAD
SCRAMBLE FOR THE FAIR. SO I
THOUGHT EVERYBODY WILL GET THE
SECOND. YOU SEE IT. IT IS
GOING LOSE AS YOU. YOU WILL
NOT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT INFLATION HERE.
WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF
INFLATION ON AIR TRAVEL? YEAH,
I MEAN, IT WASN’T A BIG
FACTOR. KNOW WE’VE GOT A WHOLE
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT IN 20 TO
THE TABLE THAT ARE MAKING
EVERY PRICES RISE VERY
QUICKLY, RIGHT? EASY TO MANTON
AND HIGHER THAN IT WAS 2019.
WE’RE SEEING HIGH FUEL PRICES.
THAT’S ABOUT A 3RD OF MOST
AIRLINES OPERATING SPEND
FOODS. AND WE’RE SEEING, OF
COURSE, OVERALL IT WAS ACROSS
THE BOARD. WE’VE GOT FOLKS IN
UNIONS WERE ASKING FOR MONEY
WORK. THERE WAS THERE SAY,
HEY, LISTEN, WE LOST A LOT OF
MONEY. ALL PANDEMIC LONG. OUR
COSTS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF.
WE’VE GOT TO MAKE THIS MONEY
UP NOW AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE
SEEING THOSE AVERAGE FARES
JUST CLIMBING THROUGH THE ROOF
COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE A
YEAR AGO. YEAH, WE’RE LOOKING
AT A NEW REPORT FROM SCOTT’S
CHEAP FLIGHTS AND YOU FOUND
THAT 64% OF PEOPLE WILL SPEND
MORE ON SUMMER TRAVEL THIS
YEAR. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE WHEN
IT COMES TO SAVING MONEY?
OBVIOUSLY YOU TALKED ABOUT
BOOKING THOSE DEALS WHEN YOU
SEE HIM. BUT BUT WHAT ELSE CAN
YOU DO TO MAYBE SAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY FOR YOUR FAMILY?
BEING SAVVY RIGHT NOW IF WANT
TO LISTEN, IF YOU LIVE IN
JACKSONVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO
THE PANDEMIC, YOU ARE, YOU’RE
LUCKY. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
GREAT FAIRS COMING RIGHT AT
YOUR HOME AIRPORT ALL THE
TIME. RIGHT NOW. IF YOU’RE
LOOKING TO GET A BROAD WHEN
YOU’RE UP, YOU KNOW, 60% OF
OUR MEMBERS THAT THEY WANT TO
GO TO EUROPE THIS SUMMER. YOU
HAVE TO LOOK AT AIRPORTS. THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUT OF YOUR
SMALL AIRPORT, YOU’VE GOT
GREAT LITTLE PICK THE FLIGHTS
TO PLACES LIKE DC AND NEW YORK
OR CONNECTED TO YOUR ALL THE
TIME WITH FEELS UNDER $500
ROUND TRIP. THE BAD NEWS IS
THAT THE LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE
WE’RE A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND
OF JUST EFFORT ON YOUR PART TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU’RE
SAVVY, YOU CAN TRACK THOSE
BITES THOSE MAJOR. HOW DOES
FINDERS OF A WONDERFUL
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WHAT ABOUT
SWITCHING AIRLINES MAY BE
FLYING ONE AIRLINE TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR EXAMPLE,
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE OVERSEAS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DON’T TRY LOOK
AT ALL WANT TRY TO LOOK AT I
WANT TO WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO
GET THE SUMMER PRICES WE’VE
SEEN UP IN 2,1200 BUCKS OR
MORE PLACES LIKE EUROPE TO
LATIN AMERICA. TO THAT. YOU’VE
ACTUALLY A CAR. LUCKY WITH
THAT. YEAH, CONSIDER BOOKING 2
SEPARATE TICKET SAY, LISTEN,
I’M WILLING TO FIGHT NONSTOP
AN AMERICAN UP TO DC AND I
SWITCHED OVER TO UNITED. I
THINK THE TWO-HOUR LAYOVER AND
I WAS IT ALREADY $500
ROUND-TRIP. GUESS WHAT? YOU’RE
NOT GOING READ THE DECISION
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THINGS
AND WILLIS FINALLY.
>> THERE’S THAT OLD MYTH LIKE,
OH, YOU GOT A BOOK ON TUESDAY
BECAUSE THAT’S ANY TRUTH TO
THAT. THERE IS NOT DEFINITIVE.
IT WAS NICE TO 35 HOURS A
WEEK. SO IF YOUR FLIGHT’S MY
LIFE IS STRANGE, RIGHT? AND IF
THIS WERE TRUE, MIGHT BE SO
MUCH EASIER. THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO,
THIS WAS THIS WAS NANCY,
COUNTY WOULD GET OUT. WHO’S
ISSUE DOUBLE THE PRICE IS
FIRST TIME I PAY. YOU HAVE TO
TAKE A LETTER. IT IS A ROBOT
TODAY. IS CHEAP AS EVERY
SINGLE DAY JUST TO BE SAVVY
AND BOOKED IN ADVANCE AND
AGAIN STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS
HOT. THERE YOU GO. I DID NOT
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON WAS HOT
LAST WEEK SHOULD A MORE
WILLIS. ORLANDO SCOTT’S CHEAP