Frequently asked questions

It depends on how you fly. A card fixes the hourly rate, but you pay up front and accept peak-day surcharges and daily minimums. Below roughly 25 hours a year, paying per trip usually comes out ahead; above that, price both against your real trips.

Typically a fixed hourly rate for a category of aircraft, and an aircraft whenever you book with the required notice, except on the program’s peak or blackout days. The precise promises sit in each card’s terms, and they vary from program to program.

No. We arrange on-demand charter. If you are weighing a card, send us two or three trips you would use it for and we will quote them, so the comparison rests on real numbers.

Peak days are high-demand dates, mostly around major holidays, when cards add a surcharge or ask for longer notice. Blackout dates are the few days when a program may not guarantee an aircraft at all.

The fewest hours you are billed for any day you fly, commonly 1 to 2. Cards and charter operators both use them, and they weigh most heavily on short flights.

Yes, and plenty of frequent flyers do: the card covers routine trips, while charter handles peak days, unusual routes or a different size of aircraft.

A certificated carrier: an FAA Part 135 operator in the US, or the equivalent authority’s operator abroad. You learn which one before you book.

Nothing at all. There is no membership and no deposit; payment comes only when you book and sign the charter agreement.

For major holidays, as early as possible, because the best-value aircraft are committed first. Ordinary dates can often be arranged at short notice, subject to aircraft availability and the operator’s confirmation.

If the aircraft must return to its base empty, that flight is usually part of the price. Cards often avoid this with one-way pricing inside a service area; with charter, empty legs and nearby aircraft are the answer.

Yes. Our quotes include the 7.5% federal excise tax on US domestic flights and per-passenger segment fees, plus the airport and crew costs we can know in advance.

On many aircraft, yes, once the operator approves. Tell us the size of the animal and whether it will ride in the cabin.

For heavy flyers it can be. A 1/16 share works out to roughly 50 hours a year, with monthly and hourly fees on top. It is usually worth pricing once you fly well over 50 hours a year.