Originally Posted by
Apieinthesky
Fares actually ON Thanksgiving or Christmas or Christmas Eve I've found pretty reasonable. If you want to do MRs, do it on Dec. 24-25th.
I was looking at fly out Thursday morning Thanksgiving day, fly back Sunday. Fares are about 2x normal.
Looking at
www.aa.com just now:
HSV-DFW-AUS, AUS-DFW-HSV
Dep Nov 21 Return Nov 24 typical coach fare is $409 RT. $609 if you connect through ORD instead of DFW.
Dep Nov 28 Return Dec 1 minimum RT fare is $783.