How to navigate summer air travel when everything costs more

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  This is In Conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Sam Sanders, in for Shumita Basu.

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  Today, what to know about air travel this summer.

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  The summer travel season is upon us, and with every hard-won vacation

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  comes the usual challenges: crowded airports, flight delays, unpredictable prices,

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  and maybe some not-so-considerate fellow passengers.

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  But this season has some notable forces making it especially complicated this year, and more expensive.

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  The war in Iran has driven up oil and jet fuel prices across the globe.

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  The recent collapse of Spirit Airlines, one of the biggest budget carriers in the country,

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  could drive up ticket prices at other airlines.

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  Add to that the possibility of a super El Niño and international health scares in the headlines.

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  It has so many of us wondering how to navigate all of this.

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  Being prepared to roll with the punches and building some flexibility into your summer travel can go a long way.

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  Zach Wichter, he's a consumer travel reporter at USA Today,

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  and I wanted to talk to him about how these different forces could impact summer travel

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  and what you should know as you make your plans.

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  We began with what's on many people's minds right now: the cost of fuel.

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  Fuel is a major input in terms of expenses for airlines.

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  And so when fuel prices go up, we typically see the costs associated with air travel also go up.

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  Now, airlines have been trying really hard to back away from raising their ticket prices

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