Spending & Earning
Flights to Europe at $6,000 Push Summer Vacationers to 'Destination Dupes'
In the face of sky-high airfare, travelers are reworking — though not entirely canceling — their plans
Travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.
Photographer: Adam Gray/BloombergIt’s the summer of vacation roulette, with soaring airfares upending plans and sending people to wherever the best deals take them.
Michelle Sutton and her wife scrapped their original vision for a July vacation on the Dalmatian coast after seeing a one-way business-class ticket from Cleveland to Split, Croatia, costs $6,000 a seat—or nearly 100,000 points per person. “Which is wild,” Sutton said, given they flew to Madrid in business class last year for around half that using points.