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Travel deal mega-site Orbitz has some news for you: O'Hare is going to be really, really busy at Thanksgiving and you should fly out of Midway instead. Of course, chances are you already knew that. And, given the way prices for Thanksgiving are almost twice as expensive as any other weekend of the year, chances are you booked well in advance and you're either stuck with O'Hare or Midway already. But in the event you've waited til the last minute (seriously, Thanksgiving is two weeks from today! Don't disappoint Mom!), Orbitz thinks Midway is the better option.

If you're booking flights for travel around Thanksgiving or New Years and you're flying American or Chicago-based United Airlines, be prepared to tack on a small fuel surcharge of $10. Crain's reports the fees were added earlier this week.

Just in time for the holidays, O’Hare Airport announced a plan that will no longer require travelers to think ahead. Anyone who carries banned liquids or gels to the airport now has the option of mailing the items to an address or leaving them at the O’Hare Hilton. It costs ten bucks to leave your hair gel at the Hilton and $14 to send it home or to your destination via the U.S. Mail. What...

While planes are managing to stay on the runaway this week, problems of a less frightening and more mundane sort are starting to pile up at Chicago's airports as the holiday travel season begins.