Apr 16, 2016, 7:33 am
Last edit by: elitetraveler
JetSmarter is a membership program that allows members to fly on empty legs of private jets (JetDeals) and seats on scheduled private jet shuttles (JetShuttle).
JetSmarter - discussion and experiences
Oct 30, 2017, 8:59 pm
#1861
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,756
Is that an empty leg flight(APC-DPA)? I don't see any free shuttles from West Coast to Chicago on JetSmarter Simple plan.
Nov 4, 2017, 10:21 am
#1864
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 18
Also, check out Atlanta - South Florida. Any others?
Is this good or bad on balance? it may increase the financial viability of the route while it reduces value to members.
Nov 4, 2017, 10:32 am
#1865
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 469
I frankly couldn't give less of a crap about the company's financial viability. I would not have paid for a membership under these terms, which substantially alter the agreed-upon service. I don't want to hear any more nonsense about stat-up growing pains. When you charge a membership fee, you need to honor the terms of the agreement for the term for which payment was made. If they're going to keep changing the services they provide, they should operate under a monthly membership. Forcing someone to pay for a year in advance and then changing the terms is scammy.
Nov 4, 2017, 12:00 pm
#1867
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Oakland CA
Programs: DL Gold, AS MVPG, Globalist
Posts: 1,008
And yeah, the line about how the operators are doing this is BS imo... they've negotiated long-term contracts for capacity... I could maybe see the argument about charging more for an on-demand flight or custom shuttle, but not for the scheduled shuttles.
Nov 9, 2017, 4:30 pm
#1869
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Chicago
Programs: AA EXP, UA 1K, Wheels Up, Inspirato Pass, Marriott Titanium Elt, Hilton Diamond, Hertz Pres, Ntl P
Posts: 248
That's been the case for some time though I haven't seen any actual evidence comparing side by side yet.
Nov 11, 2017, 12:49 pm
#1870
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Los Angeles, New York, Lisbon-Portugal
Programs: BA Gold, UA Premier 1K, Amex Plat, GlobalEntry
Posts: 844
Trying to decide whether to renew at my $9k membership level for Smart. If I do I'll have to start paying for transcon shuttle routes which are essentially the only routes I use.
How much are people having to pay per flight for VNY-HPN now?
Thanks,
Steve
How much are people having to pay per flight for VNY-HPN now?
Thanks,
Steve
Last edited by backdoc; Nov 11, 2017 at 12:55 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 10:13 am
#1871
Join Date: May 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold Club, Chase, JetSmarter, NCL
Posts: 25
Dear Steve, I recently traveled to the states and flew the opposite route (HPN to VNY) for 720 USD. I can tell you that my app is showing some flights for 450, 540 and increased charges for flights around the holidays. On average, it appears to be hovering around 500-700 USD for transcontinental flights.
Nov 14, 2017, 1:27 pm
#1872
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 56
Terrible lack of JetDeals
Don't know if you noticed but wow, the JetDeals availability in Europe as considerably decreased..
Also their new service and terms sucks. When you book a JetDeal and the deal is cancelled, the messages are vanishing from the App. No more personalized aviation specialist to assist you in your booking.
The level of service is lower than before.. Any one is sharing my opinion on this.. ?
Also their new service and terms sucks. When you book a JetDeal and the deal is cancelled, the messages are vanishing from the App. No more personalized aviation specialist to assist you in your booking.
The level of service is lower than before.. Any one is sharing my opinion on this.. ?
Nov 17, 2017, 9:29 am
#1873
Join Date: May 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold Club, Chase, JetSmarter, NCL
Posts: 25
Don't know if you noticed but wow, the JetDeals availability in Europe as considerably decreased..
Also their new service and terms sucks. When you book a JetDeal and the deal is cancelled, the messages are vanishing from the App. No more personalized aviation specialist to assist you in your booking.
The level of service is lower than before.. Any one is sharing my opinion on this.. ?
Also their new service and terms sucks. When you book a JetDeal and the deal is cancelled, the messages are vanishing from the App. No more personalized aviation specialist to assist you in your booking.
The level of service is lower than before.. Any one is sharing my opinion on this.. ?
Also, I just went into the app to see Jetdeal availability for this weekend and found six in Europe. I noticed recently that there are plenty more Jetdeals toward the end of the week, so I would not be concerned about them decreasing. I assume there are more repositioning flights when the majority of charters are initiated - before/during the weekend.
Nov 19, 2017, 7:15 am
#1874
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Los Angeles, New York, Lisbon-Portugal
Programs: BA Gold, UA Premier 1K, Amex Plat, GlobalEntry
Posts: 844
Dear Steve, I recently traveled to the states and flew the opposite route (HPN to VNY) for 720 USD. I can tell you that my app is showing some flights for 450, 540 and increased charges for flights around the holidays. On average, it appears to be hovering around 500-700 USD for transcontinental flights.
It was fun while it lasted.
Steve
Nov 23, 2017, 10:36 am
#1875
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: delta
Posts: 15