<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cordelli:
One of the beauties is the cost isn't mileage based anymore, so there are some very good deals out there.</font>
It is based on mileage when you look at the averages. There are significant variations in the individual examples but it all averages out when you look at all of the fares and all of the flights over a longer period of time. The trick is finding the variations in your favor and avoiding the rest.