Pauline Frommer on heavy holiday travel
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Pauline Frommer, the editorial director of Frommer's Guidebooks, says you should get to the airport extra early if you're traveling during the holidays. She says the busiest day at JFK Airport is expected to be Monday before Thanksgiving, which is unusual.

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Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated couples kissed, and grandparents embraced grandchildren who had doubled in age.

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