Decision Guides
Our Decision Guides explain your many options for flying privately. Start your research here.
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- Fractional Ownership
- Fractional Card
- Charter Card
- On-Demand Charter
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Fractional Card
These prepaid plans offer the turnkey service of fractional ownership programs, but with a much smaller commitment. There are two models: the Hour/Plane model and the Debit model. In the former, you purchase a 20 or 25-hour block of hours on a specific plane, with guaranteed access similar to fractional ownership. With the debit model (offered only by Flight Options), you prepay $100,000 which may be applied against any of the three plane classes (light, medium, heavy). The funds are deducted per-flight based on a fee schedule of plane size, time-of-flight (busy vs slow periods), and 1-way/round-trip travel. In each model, you receive the consistency, services and support that fractional owners enjoy, and your account is deducted only for "occupied" flight hours, not for time spent positioning your plane before or after the flight.
