Around the country, gas is at its lowest price since 2008.
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Hines continued “It’s the time of year you have to make sacrifices to spend time with the family”. According to gasbuddy.com, the national average is $1.99 a gallon, which is the cheapest at Thanksgiving since March 2009.
An estimated 60,000 people will travel through San Diego International Airport Wednesday as they start or end their journey to visit family and friends, with many more expected this holiday weekend. “Holiday travel means crowded roadways, especially with lower gas prices”.
Hundreds are heading out for Thanksgiving, as the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is said to be the busiest travel day of the year and with low gas prices across the Western Slope, even more may be heading out.
At J&H Oil Co. near Grand Rapids, lower prices at the pump are shaving 2 cents per gallon in credit-card processing fees from gas station expenses compared to a year ago, said Craig Hoppen, the company’s president. There’s certainly a good possibility that we haven’t seen the lowest prices yet, but it is a little hard. More specifically, AAA estimates 1.5 million MI citizens will travel more than 50 miles from home. “It’s very encouraging for anyone planning to travel for Thanksgiving”.
“We woke up super early, 3 in the morning, just to catch a flight to fly here to San Diego”, said Patty Maciel, who was arriving in San Diego. She typically makes the trip every year and hailed the cheaper gas prices.
“Low oil prices and surplus supplies should either keep gas prices at their current levels or push them lower throughout the holiday season”, Jenkins said. “And most people know when they go the supermarket for staples alone, bread, milk, eggs, meat, the prices for all those things are going up”.
The Eugene Police Department said it will be on the lookout for drunk drivers over the holiday weekend, and it says it hopes people will think before trying to drive after a few drinks.
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A year ago, the average gas price in MI for Thanksgiving was $2.87 per gallon. Airline ticket prices are down almost 10% this year from last year. He said TSA has multiple lanes in place so you can travel through security at your own pace.
