Bestfares.com: Three Airlines Add Up To $50 Holiday Or Peak Travel Airfare Surcharges Through May 28, 2010.

If there is one day you want to avoid traveling, especially on Delta Airlines or Northwest Airlines, it is February 8, 2010. Both airlines have added a $50 one-way holiday or peak travel airfare surcharge to their plane tickets.

It's not clear as to why there is a $50 surcharge on February 8. Presidents Day three day holiday isn't until the following weekend. Could it be a Monday after the Super Bowl surcharge?

"United, Delta, and Northwest Airlines have also added $10 and increased the previous $20 holiday or peak travel surcharge to $30 for the following dates: March 14, 20, 21, 28 and April 5, 2010. From now through May 28, 2010, these three airlines have as many as 41 travel days with holiday or peak travel airfare surcharges ranging between $10 to $50" - states Parsons.

The writing is on the wall. If you want to travel on a peak holiday or high demand travel period, such as spring break or Easter, it's going to cost you more in 2010.

Travelers should make every attempt to avoid flying on the peak travel days if they expect to fly on the Bestfares.

It should also be noted that US Airways, which currently has not matched the new additional holiday or peak travel airfare surcharges, plans to charge a 5 % surcharge for ALL flights beginning May 8, 2010.

The real question is, what should travelers expect in the peak summer travel season 2010 between Memorial Day and Labor Day?

"One answer could be just plane higher airfares" - states Parsons.

Listed below are the current 41 holiday surcharge dates.

Please Note: The dates in red are the new added holiday or peak travel airfare surcharges.

The dates in blue are where Delta, Northwest, United, have increased the holiday surcharge from $20 to $30.

$20 - November 29, 30, 2009

$10 - March 18, 19, 2010

$20 - December 18, 19, 2009

$30 - March 20, 21, 2010

$20 - December 23, 2009

$10 - March 22, 2010

$20 - December 26, 27, 2009

$10 - March 25 - 27, 2010

$20 - December 30, 2009

$30 - March 28, 2010

$20 - January 2, 3, 2010

$10 - March 29, 2010

$50 - February 8, 2010

$10 - April 1 - 4, 2010

$20 - February 12, 2010

$30 - April 5, 2010

$10 - March 7 - 10, 2010

$10 - April 8 - 10, 2010

$10 - March 11 - 13, 2010

$30 - April 11, 2010

$30 - March 14, 2010

$20 - May 28, 2010

$10 - March 15, 2010

Tom Parsons, CEO and founder of Bestfares.com, a discount travel website that tracks airfare changes and travel industry trends, is one of the most sought-after travel industry experts in the United States. Parsons has been chasing down hidden travel bargains and bringing them to the traveling public for more than 27 years. Parsons regularly appears on over 100 national and local radio stations and television networks each month, and is regularly quoted by countless newspapers and magazines. Even Herb Kelleher, Former CEO and Founder of Southwest Airlines, called Tom "the best low fare policeman on the beat."

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