How about you stop being cheap and start including a higher fee? I've had no problems transacting ever (IIRC). I add a pretty high fee and it ends up usually confirming within the next block. Another factor to consider is the priority of your coins on your addresses (could be e.g. low). If you combine a lower fee with that it could explain your situation in general.
Blockchain.info has nothing to do with the BTC blockchain. There is an ongoing spam attack, so to confirm you need to pay a higher fee right now, thats all.
They should have never chosen that name. People tend to confuse both terms even though they're quite different.
How about you got a fucking clue b4 openning your mouth like an idiot?
Cheap is a relative term. Unless you're too narrow minded to see bitcoin needs to work for many other countries beside USA.
Currently bitcoin tx fees are artificially driven thanks to artificially blocksize limit. This is like having ISP cartels dictates your Netflix expense.