Thanksgiving award flights cost 32% more than last year

The comparison covers one-way flights during the Thanksgiving travel period, using average redemption prices recorded in early November. Seats.aero is a search site for miles and points redemptions.

Finding a predictable award price has become harder as airlines have largely moved away from fixed mileage charts and adopted dynamic pricing. Under that system, the number of miles required can shift with demand, the route and other factors.

Longer journeys, including flights from Hawaii, feature among this year’s most expensive routes. The list also includes a nonstop flight from New York to Houston. The source provides no route-by-route mileage figures in the material available here.