{"id":182930,"date":"2025-08-28T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182930\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:10:21","slug":"gas-prices-predicted-to-be-lower-than-last-going-into-labor-day-aaa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182930\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices predicted to be lower than last going into Labor Day, AAA says"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Labor Day is coming up next Monday, and gas prices are projected to be lower than last year, according to AAA.<\/p>\n

Going into the holiday weekend, gas prices in San Antonio are currently at $2.89 per gallon, a nickel less than in 2024.<\/p>\n

Doug Shupe, corporate communications manager for AAA, said prices have risen in the last month due to families taking trips before summer ends.<\/p>\n

Shuper highlighted San Antonio as a popular travel destination, which could also result in a slight increase at the pump for both locals and tourists. <\/p>\n

However, prices are predicted to drop as gasoline demand dips and America transitions into winter gasoline, which is cheaper.<\/p>\n

Some viewers in the San Antonio area have reached out to KSAT with concerns that prices this summer have been fluctuating at gas stations, seemingly at random. <\/p>\n

Viewers have reported noticing a pattern where prices rise at the beginning of the week, drop incrementally throughout the week and then rise again the following week.<\/p>\n

Shupe said that, as gas stations are allowed to set their own prices, they often use this as a business strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes retailers will discount their gas prices to encourage consumers to visit those gas stations and purchase items from their convenience stores,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Other stations will raise prices in high-demand locations, such as near interstate highways. <\/p>\n

Shupe recommends not settling for less if you\u2019re finding yourself paying more than you would like for gasoline.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom line is, shop around for the cheapest gas prices,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t just go to that one gas station because it\u2019s easy to get to.\u201d <\/p>\n

You can also download a gas price tracker app. AAA<\/b><\/a> has one, as does Gasbuddy<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2025 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Labor Day is coming up next Monday, and gas prices are projected to be lower…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,2436,26769,7202,7203,358,1164,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-182930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-consumer","10":"tag-gas","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-travel","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115107976035323362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}