Thanks for your quick replies and help... I have travelled a lot of the world and never experienced the prices I am seeing right now from N. America. Like I said, even travelling to Beijing 5 days before the Olympics last year and back from Hong Kong right after the Olympics finished, I got cheaper flights - and that was at a time that you would thing the flights to Asia were a premium!!
I have even flown Africa cheaper than the S.E. Asia flights I am seeing for this summer (rainly season at that!!)
I'll keep looking - thanks for the tips and other places to try!!
Cheers!