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flyertalkrocks
Flying commercial isn't ideal here because it would require 3 flights and I'm traveling with very young children.
This is starting to freak me out. Maybe I should avoid brokers altogether and just find an operator I trust in each location I need and always go to them? That's pretty much just home in California and in a particular location in Europe.
What's the exact routing?
If you are flexible you might pick up some empty legs - although that is a far from ideal solution.
I think from pricing, the challenge is an N registered (US jet) as i understand it - after it flies you to Europe - can't fly more charters within the EU - so it then needs to dead head back to the US -- I think VistaJet avoids that by having a quasi global floating fleet - so they may have customers going from Europe to the Middle East or Africa - which I believe they can sell on a N aircraft - so less likely to have dead heads - but perhaps somebody more in the know can correct me. If I was in SoCal i would certainly get a quote from Jet Aviation or Clay Lacy - they may not be cheapest but they are both IS-BAO Stage 3 and probably as transparent as you are going to find. Solairus might be another option in terms of dealing with actual operators.