The rise of mobile cellphone applications have allowed a variety of new companies to be created, one’s that revolve almost entirely around the use of these apps. The travel industry is one area that has been impacted the most, with services like Uber and Airbnb revolutionizing the travel business. There are also a few travel companies that cater to the most discerning luxury travelers, like BlackJet. They have been described as the Uber of the private charter jet world. Essentially through their app, you can easily book a seat on-board one of their many private jets that operate throughout the country. It is by no means cheap, but if you can afford it, it’s one of the best ways to fly. The company has recently just launched a new program for 2016, and it allows unlimited private jet flights for you and a friend. According to their website, the new program looks like this:
Unlimited Free BlackJet Seats Network-Wide – $55,000
1 year and unlimited free seats between all BlackJet Markets
-Unlimted seats on all available BlackJet routs (save $1,200 – $5,800/seat)
-1 Year Membership
-1 Free guest pass per flight, others pay the publish seat prices
-$4.00 government segment fee not included and will be collected when seats are reserved.
For the luxury travelers of the world that want to fly in style, this is actually a pretty compelling offer. If you and a friend were to actually fly often, $55,000 dollars for unlimited flights isn’t the worst deal in the world. And again, you will be flying on luxury private charter jets that range is size from 6 to 14 seater jets.
All of the flights are non-stop and can be booked with virtually no notice through their streamlined app. Additionally BlackJet will also help with in-flight meals, concierge services, and even ground transportation. It seems like they have a pretty compelling business model with one big downside: availability. As impressive as BlackJet is, they are still a young and growing company. Through this program, the are only offering flights to and from New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., South Florida, and Seattle. They are just not in enough markets for their $55,000 dollar package to be extremely viable. However if you are wealthy and often fly to those cities, then flying with BlackJet is the way to go.
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