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Jet Card Research

Sunday, June 04, 2023

  • Jet Card Features

    Different providers offer different features. If you’re comparing jet cards, make sure you know all the key features, so that you can buy the one that best fits your requirements.
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  • The Leading Jet Card Providers

    There are a wide variety of jet card providers in the market. Here are the leading providers including the largest issuers.
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  • Fuel Surcharges

    A walk through of fuel surcharges and an example calculation.
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  • Comparing Jet Cards

    The cards from the leading providers have slightly varying features. Make sure you're comparing "apples-to-apples".
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Wheels Up King Air 350i

While Wheels Up doesn't use the term jet card for its products, it does have two offerings which are jet cards in all but name. At Wheels Up they use the term "Pre-Purchase Programs" to describe these products, and just like a jet card you are pre-paying to lock in time on their fleet.

The private aviation provider recently reported year-to-date, new jet card sales are up 40% over last year, while charter revenue is up 58%.

Solairus manages one of the five largest fleets of well-appointed, late-model aircraft in the USA. It offers a jet card type program that it calls Altitude By Solairus, and refers to this as a private membership charter club. Here's an overview of the program.

NetJets sells its jet cards under two brand names - The Marquis Jet Card in North America and NetJets Europe Private Jet Card. Both are available in different commitment levels and also in various aircraft type combinations. Altogether, between both brands, NetJets has over 3,900 jet card clients.

Sentient Jet, the largest independent Jet Card provider, recently announced its summer performance results, recording its best-performing summer since 2008. The announcement included details on the number of jet card clients and the company revenue.

The global air charter company, Air Partner, is offering a 5-hour jet card for a limited time this summer. Cards with a low number of hours like this are a good way to try out a card program and see whether a jet card is the right solution for your travel needs.

Cofounders Patrick Harris and Jessica Osterneck started Velocity Jets in 2007. The companies jet cards offer access to a range of aircraft from turboprops, light jets up to heavy jets such as Gulfstream IV and V's.

College Tour Jet Card

Magellan Jets is offering a 10 hour jet card to help parents and children see prospective campuses before making their college decisions. Pricing starts at $43,500 and comes with a selection of services to help make the trip smooth and productive.

Sentient Jet is offering a special destination themed 25-Hour Jet Card which provides exclusive offers to customers this holiday season.

Detailed Jet Card Comparisons

Get side by side comparisons of the leading membership and jet card programs in North America.

Compare all the main features. See the differences.

Details on NetJets, Flexjet, Sentient, Wheels Up, Airshare, Air Partner, Magellan Jets, XO and more.

Plus get fractional jet comparisons, details on charter operators and the SherpaReport Guide to Private Aviation, which walks through the different products and their pros and cons.

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