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You want to go where?
I don't see the point of buying a seat on a chartered plane (as opposed to chartering yourself) versus using first class on a scheduled airline (at least, a high quality scheduled airline such as LH, BA, AF, EK, QA, SQ, CX, QT, etc.)
You still have to fly their schedule, and the quality of service is probably as good or better on the scheduled airline. Plus you have better backups through the scheduled airline than the charter.
I don't have the income to make the choice (as is probably common with 99.5% of the worlds population) - I was just tossing it out as another suggestion of what Ive seen very affluent people do.
Chartered private jets (shared or otherwise) are not the same in some peoples eyes as commercial. Some elites enjoy bragging rights, if you will.