I guess the airlines really are hurting
I just came back from visiting my parents for the Thanksgiving break. Normally, when I take the flights I took they are packed in both directions. When I have done them for recent Thanksgivings (exact same flight times and numbers) and barely had breathing space on the planes.
This year, on the way over (the day before the day before Thanksgiving) the airports on both sides of the Atlantic were nearly empty. When I got to the States I was literally from my flight and to the car in 30 minutes (usually like an hour and half thing with all the waiting in lines).
Then on the flight back to London there were less than 20 people on my whole flight. Which, was great for me but must suck for them. There were three flights in the same area of the airport going overseas at the same time from other airlines (another to the UK, one to Paris and one to Spain) and there were just about the same amount of people waiting to get on those too.
I smell good deals to and from Europe coming up in the near future.
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