Auto insurance is obviously different depending on the type of coverage you buy, but since the national average expenditure for car insurance is $795 a year and PA's average is $820, it can easily be inferred that Pennsylvanians are likely to pay a bit more on average for just about any type of coverage.
To answer that question, airfare shopping engine CheapAir.com monitored fares for more than 4 million flights in 2013 over a booking period ranging from 320 days in advance to one day in advance. Its researchers found that fares for domestic flights were lowest 54 days in advance.
With summer right around the corner, U.S. News spoke to Brancatelli and other travel industry experts about the best ways to stretch your travel budget. Here are eight insider secrets to booking cheap airfare: Book six weeks in advance. Passengers pay the lowest price, nearly 6 percent below the average fare, if they buy six weeks before their flight, according to a study by the Airlines Reporting Corporation.