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Travel dilemmas: Check in on holiday airfares

Filled your gas tank recently? You probably noticed an uptick in prices and may have attributed it to the recent attack on Saudi oil facilities. Then, if you're a worrier, you said, "If I'm paying this much at the pump, can airfares be far behind?"

Fliers, don't panic about this. There are other reasons to panic about holiday airfares. Some have to do with your mother, grandmother, father or sister, depending on whom you love most. Here's what going on:

The most recent gas price jump in California,

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