Stepped Up Security For Holiday Travel

That prompted extra security measures in airports around the country, including Norfolk International.

The United States’ busiest travel days of the year are likely to be even more complicated for travelers flying through USA airports.

More and more travelers are catching on to the incredible benefits of the TSA PreCheck Program and it is something I recommend to everyone, because that $17 a year could mean the difference between making that all important flight or missing it.

– If your plans for the next couple of days include airline travel, here’s a word of advice: GET THERE EARLY.

KCI officials said arriving early is the smartest thing a traveler can do during busy periods at the airport.

“Oh, yeah”, she said while clutching the leash of her travel partner, a Doberman named Murphy Brown.

Gas prices are at the lowest for this time of year since 2009, according to AAA. The increased number of travelers is expected to stay consistent through the first week of December, the agency says. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over a year ago, and the most travelers since 2007.

Heard said they expect 20,000 people on Thanksgiving, and another 23,000 leaving on Sunday.

From now until December 1, an estimated 25 million people will fly on US airlines. “I got one hour of sleep”. Be at the airport 90 minutes before your flight. The company also warned that roads would be clogged near major shopping centers over the weekend, one of the busiest of the year for retailers. Then came the attacks in Paris, France.

Airports: More than 1.6 million travelers are set to travel through global airports in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami over the holiday. The group took credit for placing a bomb on a Russian jet that blew up over Egypt on October 31, killing 224.

The bombing of a Russian jet, the attacks in Paris and threats in Brussels have put the world on edge.

“Exercise particular caution during the holiday season and at holiday festivals or events”, the alert said.

“Right now, we know of no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland”, Obama said Wednesday afternoon.

A State Department spokesman said Tuesday the point of the directive was not to discourage travel but to encourage Americans “to be very prudent, very vigilant”.