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Americans search for cheaper Thanksgiving trips

Quick ReadSkip the plane, take the train? More Americans looking for cheaper Thanksgiving travel options

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Miles family is changing it up this year in the annual American race to make it to the table for Thanksgiving dinner. Instead of booking plane tickets, they opted to take the 1,100-mile trip by train.

Airline tickets seemed too pricey, so they paid $800 for the five of them to travel roundtrip by train from their Syracuse, N.Y., home to Omaha, Neb. to see family. Airfare...

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