>> the airles candoit.>> frds they don't need to doit. go to the big travel webses li iceline.have travelholiday deal zeks. sign up for air fare alerts. i use a sight cald air fare watcog.com. they send als to me. >> the plane ll be crowded. they will be 85% full on average over the tnksgiving weekend. prices are 8% higher than lt year. what's behind this increase other an the airlines can do it? >>ne of the things is the airlines are king tons money. i've heard one person say i the last couple o years the profits were zor thin. now they areaper thin. they are doing pretty well. a lot o that venue isÑi comi from the ancillaryees that they are getting when you have to cheng a b and you have to pay a fee change your travel dates. i ink it's estimated $42 billion just on those fees alone. >> how can travellers aid the extra es? >> when it comes to a lot of the fe you just don't pay them. i always carry with travel ones. the last time i paid for a checd bag was almost never. you don need to pay extra for the in-fght entertainment. >> thesa expanded the pre-check program to another

>>eporter: to get approval, the government provided they surrender slotso other airles at rean national airport in washington and new york laguardia. >> the government believes at requiring the new american to givep some flights at big airportso low cost airnes like jetblue and sthwest will lead to more competition and cheaper fares. >> reporte today ceo dg parkeraid the new american will have the greatest network in the world which is great for our customerand our employees. theirlines have agreed to keep their existing hubs for at least three years and the frequent flierrogramsill entually merge which means u.s. airways frequent flierarticipants will joinhe one world. >> tom costello apparently just off th runwaythere. thank you. >>> up next for us tonight, why campers inside t grand canyon had better move their stf if th haven't already. >>> if you know the name trevor bayne, either you're a nasr fan o you heard his ne after he became the youngestver winner of the daytona 500 back in 2011 at the age of 20. was back in the news today because he's been diagnosed with ms. he went for a

airls added extra flights for this busy travel week. many folks are trying to outrun the storm. some say they're just about fed up with the delays. others are trying to make the best of it. >> our flight was leaving at 10:00. we gave ourselves three hours to get here, we sat in traffic for four hours. >> snow days, no school. i love snowball fights. >> and the way the weather is shaping up, looks like that girl will have plenty of reasons to be thankful. we have live coverage with chief meteorologist rick, who has the forecast. we'll start with steve who is at reagan national airport. how is it there? >> fairly calm as you see behind me at reagan national airport. there is bad weather on the way and already hitting part of the u.s. let's look at pictures we shot earlier. everything was running fairly smoothly, but this holiday season, this television, we have a perfect storm of fewer flights, more passengers, and higher fairs. that is a recipe for frustration. many arrivals have been delayed, departures still on time supposedly, but that could change as we have a domino effect l

we have a on-off, love-hate relationship with our arab airl. we remember the good old days when you flew by por pan am. we hate them because they herd us around. the on off and on off relationship between u.s. airways and american appears to be back on. this time for good if the justice department's approval ticketsticks with the judges. >> legalitiewheels up for the mr following weeks of closed doors negotiations. the department of justice and six states attorney general and try to stop the merge your sayings it would lead to higher prices they filed a lawsuit in august saying the amr couc corporation should be forced to scrap it on the grounds if they went ahead more than 80% of commercial aviation would be in the hands of four companies. now the u.s.-mes-american deal s back on. >>> being there i there is a pro pay. landing slots and gates at dozens of airports including regan and la guardia must be given up to win anti-trust approval. competing low cost ai carriers l be given more access in boston, chicago, los angeles and miami under the t

gerri: i will go invest in nice canceling had said manufacturers before you go from american airles isiers to bet on for stressed -- versus less updates. i wonder what you make of that. are you a fan? will it be a big deal? >> i don't think it will be a huge deal. if you are an elite traveler and they're worried about this particular building program because it is one of your freebies that may be going away, they say it will not affect this particular one i don't expect people to find out where debat and how to bid, six days ahead of time to read another complicated thing. i don't expect this to be popular. gerri: we have to get them to do what we want them to do. we are the customers. thank you for coming on the show. great to see you. have a great weekend. we want to know what you think. should airlines allow ppople to make some phone calls and flight? log on to gerriwillis.com, vote on the right-hand side of the screen. i was se the results of the end of the show. coming up, ways of -- waves of insurance cancellations. will that lead to a wave of loss -- losses? our legal panel deba

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