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Christmas, New Year’s travel busiest in 6 years

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Airports may be less crowded this travel season. AAA is predicting most of us will drive at least 50 miles during the holidays versus flying in a plane.

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This Christmas travel season could be the busiest in six years, with AAA predicting that 93.3 million Americans will hit the road. That's 1.6 percent more than last year and just 400,000 people shy of the 2006 record. More cars will crowd the highways than ever before. AAA says a record 84.4 million people will drive at least 50 miles between Dec. 22 and Jan. 1.