This holiday season, U.S. drivers may pay the lowest prices for gasoline since 2008, according to AAA.

As of Wednesday, the leisure travel and motoring organization pegged the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline at $2.199. That is the lowest average for this date since 2004. It is also down about 77 cents from a year ago and 9 cents less than a month ago.

“The fuel savings continue to add up with pump prices in many areas below $2 per gallon,” said AAA spokesman Avery Ash, in a statement. “It looks increasingly likely that drivers will find the cheapest gas prices for both Thanksgiving and Christmas in seven years.”

Drivers can find at least one station selling gasoline for less than $2 a gallon in 41 states and eight states have average prices under $2, AAA said. Drivers are spending about $275 million less a day on gasoline compared with a year ago.

Even so, AAA warned that many regions are likely to experience higher gas prices in the first half of this month because of continued refinery maintenance and a recent rise in crude-oil costs.

Futures prices for West Texas Intermediate crude CLZ25, -0.75% gained 3.3% in October. During that month, the national average price of gas was $2.26, the cheapest monthly average since February and the lowest October average since 2006, according to AAA.

But the expected rise in gasoline prices might not last long, said Ash. “With any luck, we could still see average gas prices drop below $2 per gallon in more areas in time for Christmas.”

Currently, the states with the lowest average prices are South Carolina at $1.90 and Alabama at $1.92, while the states with the highest average prices include Hawaii at $2.88 and California at $2.83, AAA said.