How do groups work in iOS 6 contacts now?

Hi,
I used to pick contacts from my phone menu and then select the Group I wanted to quickly get to a short list of contacts.
Now when I get to the groups menu and select "travel" for example, it just checks/unchecks the group... I cannot seem to drill down to a contact using the old route.
Seems I can only contact someone by using the entire list to select from and so I am missing the point of groups now. I cannot find any instructions as to the "right way" to use groups in iOS 6. Thanks for any tips.
Thanks!

Hi, Thanks,
I sorta got that but your note and the way it operates seem to indicate that groups is now just an extra step to determine what shows up in a/the complete list which is where you have to pick your number from?
For example to get to the short list of my Travel contacts, it now looks as though I have to un-select all the other groups, press done and go to the contacts summary which will now only display Travel....
and then after making my call I guess I need to go back and reselect all the groups if I am unlucky enough to want something else besides Travel for my next call. Am I missing something?
I guess I am not used to Apple adding extra steps to something that worked pretty well. Groups used to be a fast way to get to a set of numbers without having to remember details.
Thanks again!

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