The actual fares are low, the taxes are high. The lowest I found roundtrip on Southwest going to OAK, with one stop, was $270.30. The fare itself was only $221.40. The taxes are $48.90 (22.1% of the fare). I found a fare for United of $209.30, connecting in LAX to SFO, of which the taxes were $51.16 (32.4% of the actual fare of $158.14). Just think of all the great airport security and hassle-free airports we are getting with our taxes! David R -------------- Original message -------------- > I keep reading about low airfares but unless you are traveling between a > dozen or so super competitive cities, ie NYC MCO or EWR SFO or somthing like > that > I find airfares are the highest I have seen in years. Costs more from Tucson > AZ to SFO than a trans continental flight. Seems like 90% of the American > travelers are paying real big bucks this summer.