There are still cheap transactions but they are very unsecure. You can't know whether this transactions will be ever confirmed or not. It's the best to use wallet where you can control the fee or where the acceptable fees are suggested. I guess this new fees are the price we have to pay for using Bitcoins.
So it is not a legit way to actually have cheap transactions, having a cheap transaction means sending it with a small fee and getting it confirmed at blockchain fast. To be honest there is no way to do that right now unfortunately and you need to pay something like at least 1 dollar per transaction which is ridiculous. We need the uasf asap, then with segwit we can send money easily and cheaply.