Name: Flying Privately: What Is a Jet Card and How Do They Work?
Uploaded: 2025-02-19T21:01:23.000Z
Description: Jet cards can be a step up in convenience over one-off charter bookings.

Going beyond one-off charter bookings, customers can allocate money with a company in a Jet Card program in exchange for a certain number of hours of flight time on a private aircraft at a fixed price. Doug Gollan, the founder and editor of privatejetcardcomparisons.com explains the basics of what new users need to know about this type of service.

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