How to Money · Friday, October 30, 2026
Matt and Joel highlight that seasonal airfares are up significantly for the holidays, with Hopper reporting Thanksgiving prices up 23% and Christmas prices up over 30%. They attribute part of the steep price increases and lack of discount routes to the downfall of low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines.
“I think The Hopper said that seasonal airfare prices are up 23% maybe for Thanksgiving and 30 plus percent for Christmas.”
“There was an article about essentially the death of Spirit Airlines and how... That's part of it. Yeah. Essentially, the downward pressure that they would put on certain routes specifically. But I saw that the median ticket is up 25%, and there is one route that's up 40% across all the airlines that now fly that route after Spirit left.”