Apr 16, 2016, 7:33 am
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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
Apr 17, 2017, 6:42 pm
#1156
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Posts: 1,929
OLD-Smart memberships are subject to Dynamic-Pricing on New-Shuttles-over-3-hours long ?
Last edited by Alcibiades; Apr 17, 2017 at 6:47 pm
Apr 17, 2017, 6:56 pm
#1157
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 469
Good luck finding a definitive answer to any of these questions. It seems that deals are being struck on a nearly case-by-case basis with individual members. I'm guessing they will extract as much money out of one as they can before one speaks up.
Apr 17, 2017, 7:21 pm
#1158
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Los Angeles, New York, Lisbon-Portugal
Programs: BA Gold, UA Premier 1K, Amex Plat, GlobalEntry
Posts: 844
Apr 18, 2017, 6:42 am
#1159
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 716
It looks like they also reduced the number of free seats members get on JetDeals. You used to get five on Hawker 400s (light) and four on Hawker 800s (mid) but now you're only entitled to three free seats on both types of TMC aircraft.
Apr 18, 2017, 11:33 am
#1161
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Posts: 1,929
Hmmm, a concrete example of JetDeal availability decreasing from 5 to 3, and from 4 to 3, ... thanks for the datapoint !
Last edited by Alcibiades; Apr 18, 2017 at 11:38 am
Apr 18, 2017, 3:28 pm
#1163
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 469
Calling the VNY->DAL flight 3:05 is pretty brazen. I'd have more respect for them if they just admitted that they changed the rules again than insultingeveryone's intelligence by claiming that flight on a G-IV is over 3 hours.
Apr 18, 2017, 3:30 pm
#1164
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Oakland CA
Programs: DL Gold, AS MVPG, Globalist
Posts: 1,008
I think the planes fly slower when they're running a shuttle, because there's more people on them.
Apr 18, 2017, 3:36 pm
#1165
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 7
Apr 18, 2017, 3:43 pm
#1166
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Posts: 1,929
Apr 18, 2017, 3:48 pm
#1168
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 469
A charter for a G-IV SP flying eastbound will say 2:35 (just checked - 2:33 for the SP, 2:24 for the G-IV) but in reality, it will nearly always be faster than that, even full. It's 1250 miles. The planes "fly slower" when they're running a shuttle because they bring in more revenue that way.
Apr 18, 2017, 4:02 pm
#1169
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 469
Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission, I guess.