Travelers scrap European trips as $6,000 airfares drive destination dupes
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 5
Travelers scrap European trips as $6,000 airfares drive destination dupes
11 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 5
One-way business-class fares from Cleveland to Split reached $6,000, prompting Michelle Sutton and her wife to drop plans for Croatia and consider cheaper alternatives.
Travelers say volatile summer pricing is turning vacation planning into a search for whichever destinations offer the best deals, including lower-cost substitutes for popular European hotspots.
The shift comes as wider airfare pressures build, with recent reports linking higher ticket prices to rising jet fuel costs and reduced competition after Spirit Airlines' exit from Baltimore-Washington airport.
With Spirit Airlines gone, which budget airline is next to collapse and how will this impact summer flight prices?
As airlines bid for Spirit's assets, who will emerge to dominate the future of low-cost American air travel?
A fragile ceasefire with Iran has cooled fuel prices, but will it hold long enough to save summer travel plans?