With aviation taxes suspended, last week I explained who wins and who loses, and most importantly how you can still benefit: taxes aren’t being charged on the purchase of miles from US airline frequent flyer programs, or by American Express Membership Rewards when transferring points to those programs.

Now that most airlines have raised their fares to offset price reductions from tax savings, few consumers remain rooting for the FAA re-authorization bill to remain stalled (which is why we’re on a tax holiday).

But it looks like the situation will continue throughout the month of August. National Journal reports that the House plans to adjourn for its month-long recess after tonight’s debt ceiling vote.

The partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration will drag on until September because Republican leaders are planning to adjourn the House for its August recess without waiting for a bill to fund the agency from the Senate.

The Senate is preparing to pass a clean stopgap funding bill on Monday night, but it won’t become law unless the House agrees to it. The House has already passed an FAA stopgap, but it includes extra provisions on rural airport subsidies that are objectionable in the Senate.

Of course, if the Senate were to pass the same bill that has already cleared the House, the FAA would once again be operational and taxes would go back into place. But that appears unlikely.