Tony's sitting on a fat pile of "subscribe to support my work" money, it's not going to spend itself.
A monthly subscription is $5, and Substack takes 10%. Substack says Tony has "tens of thousands of paid subscribers" (on 123,000 total), but even if we low-ball it at exactly 10,000, that's still $45,000 a month, or $540,000 a year.
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From Zac's post, it sounds like they flew out of Nice. Washington Dulles is 9h 40m direct. Picking a future Sunday departure on a day Skyscanner said was cheapest, both United and Lufthansa business class would be over $11,000 total.