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jsmith50 Jan 26, 2012 1:07 pm


Originally Posted by deltagoldflyer (Post 17891092)
Yes. For $50,000 you can get the Jet card and get instant Diamond status and then have 2 years to spend the deposit on Delta flights!

http://www.deltaprivatejets.com/

Granted an expensive buy up but you can do it!:p

+1

This. I guess to someone with indiscriminate spending, $50K/year on an AmEx or $50K for the jet card would do it! Although, you don't get much in the way of air travel for that. The DL private jet flight I took in December (chartered for us, not paid out of my pocket), operated on a small aircraft (6 pax) at a cost of about $4200/hour. So, at that rate, for a $50K jetcard, you'd get about 12 hours of flight time! Expensive way, for sure, to earn DM!

dd1612 Jan 26, 2012 1:22 pm


Originally Posted by jsmith50 (Post 17892576)
+1
The DL private jet flight I took in December (chartered for us, not paid out of my pocket), operated on a small aircraft (6 pax) at a cost of about $4200/hour. So, at that rate, for a $50K jetcard, you'd get about 12 hours of flight time! Expensive way, for sure, to earn DM!

That should be good enough for many able payers ... they can pay the $50k and have ONLY to spend 12 hours actually sitting in an aircraft seat!
DM for 12 hours of BIS 720 Minutes (12x60)?

Better than some of us that spend 16-20 hours traveling to Asia or Africa!
For just 16-20k EQMs!

jsmith50 Jan 26, 2012 1:25 pm


Originally Posted by dd1612 (Post 17892657)
For just 16-20k EQMs!

But, you don't earn MQMs while flying on the DL private jet service! So you get DM status, no actual miles and a comfortable ride!


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