You Can Now Fly As Much As You Like By Private Jet

JetSmarter is the worlds largest private aviation community. You can search for private flights, book a rental jet, and pay on-they-fly. June 2017 update: Jetsmarter has given away thousands of free three-month memberships to people with elite status on airlines, or who accrued a million credit card point (in their LIVES).

While I didn't take a flight at all for the first half of this trial as life with two small children doesn't align well with jetting off at a moment's notice, I did become a bit more addicted to the allure of the JetSmarter app in the second half of the trial Now that it is over and I have returned back to my regularly scheduled far less glamorous life, I want to share my overall experience and break down if a paid JetSmarter Membership is worth it, or rather, in which cases it might be worth it.

The app itself is refreshingly easy to use, simply choose your service, your seats and (if chartering a flight) the date and time of departure. Even for rich people, private jets can be expensive. Forecasts for charter utilization across the company's fleet now top 15,000 hours annually and are expected to increase as JetSmarter's shuttle routes and service offerings are expanded.

When it comes to flying with a private jet charter service, it's natural to have some questions. Startups like JetSmarter are coming up with new technologies and better services for the customers. They sell the service as 'Unlimited private jet travel' - this is so far from the reality as there are several limitations that make it difficult or impossible to use.

In the US, where the company is more established, it's free flights on all trips under three hours. Flying private speaks for itself. Members then get a seat on a wide selection of flights free,” but have to pay for companion tickets if they want to bring a non-member along or pay to charter whole planes.

Starting as a simpler way to hire a plane, JetSmarter has expanded to buying excess capacity from owners, selling seats on empty flights and organizing shuttle schedules for popular routes such as New York to Miami. These guys are not ready for prime time, and they have a fundamentally flawed market approach.

Sure I've had seats at the dining table, which are honestly quite fine because I like to work on flights, (and there's free wi-fi), but I've also had other seats as well. Accordingly, investing in private company securities is appropriate only for those investors who can tolerate a high degree of risk and do not require a liquid investment.

The Best part about working with JetSmarter is the working environment and colleagues. My goal is to make private jet flying less elitist,” Mr. Petrossov said. JetSmarter is essentially a private jet charter marketplace that operates around the globe. JetSmarter's aggressive image maintenance seems to be working, at least according to the members who expressed fear about voicing complaints.

Meanwhile, JetSmarter uses SEO and SEM to make sure it ranks high up in Google's search results. Passengers' expectations for private jet booking services are constantly growing, which is why the whole industry is Uber for Private Jet constantly improving. NetJets is a private jet charter service that advertises itself as catering to family, business, and life.” Established in 1964, NetJets is one of the oldest private jet companies out there.

Based on conversations with other JetSmarter members on board the shared flights, my friend estimates his utilization is around 50% less than the average member. JetSmarter has made headlines over the last two years as a fast-growing startup backed by big names.

Like much of what JetSmarter announces and offers, we like the concept. The innovations of these companies are providing cheap private jet flights to the customers. On Tuesday, as Private Jet Card Comparisons reported , JetSmarter announced it was launching SHAREDCHARTER, a new way for its community of 10,000 private jet travelers to dip into the sharing economy and fly more for less.

If he's gonna make money as a business, it's not going to be by monetizing empty legs,” says Bradley Stewart, CEO of XOJet, which sells this type of flight to JetSmarter. JetSmarter declines to reveal its membership numbers but says that over the past 12 months, it has sold 35,000 to 40,000 occupied seats, with some being repeat passengers.