Biggest Thanksgiving travel rush in 9 years, predicts AAA

The slowly improving economy could boost travel over the Thanksgiving holiday to levels not seen in nine years.
The auto club AAA forecasts that 48.7 million Americans will travel, the busiest Thanksgiving period on U.S. roads and skies since 2007, the year before the global financial crisis plunged the U.S. economy into a deep recession.
AAA said Tuesday that it expects 1 million more Americans to venture at least 50 miles from home, a 1.9 percent increase over last year.
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