In the year and a half I have been in n. california, airfare has nearly doubled between here and our three major destinations, minneapolis, orange county, and san diego. The expensive tickets are more expensive, and the deals have gotten very very scarce. SouthWest used to be cheap, now it is the same if not more than the other major carriers. My experience is purely anecdotal, but I seem to read a story about airlines hiking fares every month or so. Frequent flier miles? fugetaboutit.
