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Private jets are more affordable than you think. Check this out...
Posted on 2/12/21 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 2/12/21 at 10:00 pm
Travel & Leisure Magazine article
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JSX, the revolutionary hop-on jet service serving the West Coast and Texas, has added Salt Lake City to its schedule just in time for the height of ski season. Fly from private terminals and arrive in style with your rental car waiting to take you to Utah's snow-covered mountains. Another plus: skis, snowboards, and bags fly free.
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Other convenient JSX destinations include Reno-Tahoe, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Orange County, East Bay-Napa, Dallas, and Houston. Two special weekend getaways to San Jose del Cabo have been scheduled for February and March dates
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Posted on 2/12/21 at 11:36 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Do they do Europe? Zurich and Salzburg in particular?
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:05 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
They need to expand to Florida
Posted on 2/13/21 at 2:03 pm to Reservoir dawg
If that comes to the east coast I’m all in.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 3:22 pm to CedarChest
No idea about expansion plans. I just found the article very intriguing yet sad that COVID is having such a financial impact across the economic spectrum.
I have never flown on a private jet nor have I ever expected to. But I am going to research this a bit more and see if I can experience this while my pocketbook can afford it.
I have never flown on a private jet nor have I ever expected to. But I am going to research this a bit more and see if I can experience this while my pocketbook can afford it.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 3:37 pm to CedarChest
My FIL looked into flying his jet to Sweden a few years ago. They wanted some bizarre fee to land there. It was something like $18,000 just for the fee.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 3:46 pm to TheWiz
$18,000 is bananas. Hopefully that included a full wash of the plane inside and out, full tanks of gas....and a few salt shakers full of cocaine for the plane ride back
Posted on 2/13/21 at 3:54 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I got a quote for 12 RT from IAH to SLC for 4 days. It was $55k. I'd rather spend the extra cash on a big Chalet and private transportation to/from the airport.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 4:04 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
What’s the catch? There has to be one...
Posted on 2/13/21 at 4:16 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Private jets are more affordable than you think. Check this out...
this is surely preferable to flying coach on commercial airlines, but a private jet it is not. instead, you're flying on a nicely-appointed RJ with 30 other travelers and coming and going through a general aviation FBO instead of the passenger terminals.
and trust me, the FBOs don't want the poors who are flying JSX anywhere near their real high rollers, who use the actual FBO lounges and not the segregated JSX ones.
this is a sweeter deal that commercial travel, for sure. but not the same as a private jet, or even fractionals like netjets, flexjet and wheelsup.
This post was edited on 2/13/21 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 2/13/21 at 5:53 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
That was a very awesome and diplomatic way to call out that I didn’t know what in the frick I was talking about.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 5:55 pm to Lsut81
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What’s the catch? There has to be one...
The locations they service, or lack thereof...
Posted on 2/13/21 at 7:03 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Is it really private though? I doubt they will book a flight for 4 people at $199 each. I’m guessing my party of 4 and 26 strangers?
Posted on 2/13/21 at 7:41 pm to Lsut81
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What’s the catch? There has to be one...
More likely to die in a fireball.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:50 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Well it is like a smaller plane that a large airline would use to service a regional airport which feels cramped to me. The upside is not having to go through standard terminal security. I am sure the single row seats would me more expensive than the double row seats.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:58 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I like to be on the big boy planes when flying into SLC - it can be a bit tricky
Posted on 2/14/21 at 5:44 am to RummelTiger
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The locations they service, or lack thereof...
I mean, it’s not really a private plane if you and your SO are on with 28 other people. It’s just a tiny regional carrier.
I’m sure there is a minimum occupancy to fly, if not, they will lose money hand over fist.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 6:15 am to KillTheGophers
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I like to be on the big boy planes when flying into SLC - it can be a bit tricky
What, exactly, is tricky about it Maverick?
Posted on 2/14/21 at 8:04 am to alpinetiger
Well Goose
Flying into airports in mountainous areas, pilots can regularly expect to find turbulence. This is due to wind blown across the ground interacting with terrain features and causing turbulent air. Aircraft flying into airports like Las Vegas, Denver and Salt Lake City often experience turbulence during their initial climb and approaches to landing. It generally only lasts for a few minutes while the aircraft is close to the ground. Higher up, pilots can experience mountain wave turbulence. This is the result of strong winds being blown across a mountain range, like the Rockies or the Alps, displacing air upward as it rises and falls along the mountains. The resulting effect feels like driving a car quickly up and down a hilly road. Intense mountain wave turbulence can result in a hundred feet of altitude change or more but happens gradually.
Johnny Jet
Flying into airports in mountainous areas, pilots can regularly expect to find turbulence. This is due to wind blown across the ground interacting with terrain features and causing turbulent air. Aircraft flying into airports like Las Vegas, Denver and Salt Lake City often experience turbulence during their initial climb and approaches to landing. It generally only lasts for a few minutes while the aircraft is close to the ground. Higher up, pilots can experience mountain wave turbulence. This is the result of strong winds being blown across a mountain range, like the Rockies or the Alps, displacing air upward as it rises and falls along the mountains. The resulting effect feels like driving a car quickly up and down a hilly road. Intense mountain wave turbulence can result in a hundred feet of altitude change or more but happens gradually.
Johnny Jet
Posted on 2/14/21 at 8:37 am to Bunsbert Montcroff
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by Bunsbert Montcroff
This MF sounds rich AF
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