Consolidators still around?
From 1995 to 2000 I flew regularly from SFO to BUD, and was always able to get airfares consistently several hundred dollars cheaper than the airlines' lowest published fares by using a consolidator. In fact, the one I usually used, Euro Lloyd, was actually a subsidiary of Lufthansa, and regularly discounted their tickets. I'm talking <$600 return in low season and about $800 return in the fall season for highly restricted economy class tickets.
Now I'm searching for a good fare for another trip from SFO to BUD, and even in the dead of winter, the lowest fare I've seen is about $860, and similar fares are available from various popular web sites. I don't see any "special" deals out there like I used to.
Are consolidator fares still available, and where should I look for them?