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With Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl, airlines add flights from Kansas City to Phoenix

Delta, Southwest, Frontier, American and United airlines all added direct flights to Phoenix days before The Super Bowl.

With Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl, airlines add flights from Kansas City to Phoenix

Delta, Southwest, Frontier, American and United airlines all added direct flights to Phoenix days before The Super Bowl.

PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING. LARA: SOME FANS ARE FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR FLIGHTS AND HOTEL ROOMS, WITH THE BIG GAME COMING UP IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. KMBC 9’S DENNIS EVANS JOINS US LIVE, WITH WHAT FANS NEED TO KNOW. DENNIS: CHIEFS FANS HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY USED TO BOOKING SUPER BOWL TRAVEL. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO THREE SUPER BOWLS. THE FIRST TWO TRIPS WERE SOUTH TO FLORIDA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE TEAM HAS HAD TO HEAD WEST FOR THE BIG GAME. FANS DIDN’T WASTE ANYTIME STARTING THE SEARCH FOR AIRLINE TICKETS AND HOTEL ROOMS. WE SPOKE WITH LOCAL TRAVEL AGENTS THIS MORNING WHO SAID FLIGHTS ARE A BIT PRICY AND HOTEL ROOMS CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDRED UP TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DEPENDING IN SOME OF THE NICER POSH RESORT AREAS. IF YOU’RE EXPECTING TO SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU DID IN TAMPA OR MIAMI, YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXPAND YOUR TRAVEL BUDGET. >> IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN THE INFLATION IN THE INDUSTRY. WE WERE DOING PACKAGES FOR AROUND NINE AND $50 WITH AIRFARE TO MIAMI. AND I WE ARE AT $1500-$1600. PEOPLE COULD DRIVE TO ARIZONA IF THEY’RE INTERESTED IN SAVING. >> THE AIRLINES ARE GOING TO BE ADDING A FEW MORE FLIGHTS TO MAKE THINGS MORE REASONABLE. WHERE YOU STAY IN ARIZONA IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IF YOU ARE SAYING TO THAT’S CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT, IT WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE. OVER BY ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS STILL IS IN, BUT ONCE YOU GET INTO THIS RESORT AREAS, THINGS ARE GOING TO GET PRICIER. ALSO, IN LOT THE NICE RESORTS WILL REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF A THREE NIGHT TYPE AND THE MONEY IS NONREFUNDABLE. MAKE SURE YO
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With Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl, airlines add flights from Kansas City to Phoenix

Delta, Southwest, Frontier, American and United airlines all added direct flights to Phoenix days before The Super Bowl.

Multiple airlines have added direct flight options from Kansas City to Phoenix as the Chiefs Kingdom gears up for a return to the Super Bowl.Delta, Southwest, Frontier, American and United airlines all added direct flights to Phoenix days before The Super Bowl. Hopper, a travel booking app, said flight searches from Kansas City to Phoenix had surged 61 percent since Sunday. American Airlines said it would increase options beginning Feb. 9. They will operate two additional Airbus A321 flights to Phoenix on Feb. 9, 10 and 11. Fans can also book trips on the two Airbuses on Feb. 13 and Feb. 14. Delta's additional flights will be on Feb. 10, Feb. 11, and Feb. 13. United's additional flights will be available on Feb. 10, 11, 12 and 13.

Multiple airlines have added direct flight options from Kansas City to Phoenix as the Chiefs Kingdom gears up for a return to the Super Bowl.

Delta, Southwest, Frontier, American and United airlines all added direct flights to Phoenix days before The Super Bowl.

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Hopper, a travel booking app, said flight searches from Kansas City to Phoenix had surged 61 percent since Sunday.

American Airlines said it would increase options beginning Feb. 9.

They will operate two additional Airbus A321 flights to Phoenix on Feb. 9, 10 and 11. Fans can also book trips on the two Airbuses on Feb. 13 and Feb. 14.

Delta's additional flights will be on Feb. 10, Feb. 11, and Feb. 13.

United's additional flights will be available on Feb. 10, 11, 12 and 13.