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Travel Tip: It’s Time to Buy Your Holiday Tickets

airplaneIt may be hard to believe, but it’s already time to start planning for holiday travel.

According to Skyscanner, which analyzes airfare data, you can save almost 13 percent on your Christmas holiday tickets if you buy the week of August 31.

For Thanksgiving, you have a little more time: You can save about 4 percent if you book in mid-September.

The good news, according to previous data analyzed by online travel agencies like Kayak and Orbitz, procrastinators can get a deal two to four weeks before Thanksgiving.

But your choices will be much more limited, so you might be stuck with a flight you don’t want just to save a few bucks.

The good news overall: Hopper—which also analyzes airfare—has found that domestic tickets through the end of November will average about $249, which is 2.8 percent cheaper than last year, and 6.8 percent cheaper than 2013.

So let’s hope that good will extends through the holidays.

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