Round-trip flights from New Delhi to Trivandrum cost a staggering Rs 50,000, more than some international routes. Read on.

As if canceled flights and lost luggage weren’t enough of a hassle, would-be Southwest Airlines passengers faced another hurdle to their holiday travel this week: High fares on other carriers.

The search result offered three options, starting at $872 and reaching as high as $937. Flights with stopovers — often in Los Angeles — started at $812 on Google Flights.

Ward booked a flight last September on United Airlines in business class from San Francisco to Frankfurt to Florence, leaving next month. The fare was $7,600 for two tickets.

Book the first flight of the day. Flights departing after 9 a.m. are two times more likely to be delayed than those scheduled between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., according to Berg.

Travel app Hopper says domestic flights are up 40% from the beginning of the year. And according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index, online spending for airline tickets in March was up 28% from ...