By George he's got it! Give the man a shiny nickel! Seriously, the increase the "security" tax (sorry, it's a "fee," not a "tax"), they increase the segment tax (again, it's not really a tax), etc., etc., etc., and the system ain't getting better David R -------------- Original message -------------- > Security? Hassle-free? Looks like it's about a half-dollar per minute > of wait time..... including the pad for variability. > > - RWM > > > > David MR wrote: > > >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. > >>