Global Express

Hi Randy,

Great catching up with you at NBTA in Houston at the Etihad booth.

Can you please add a section about charter / fractionals / jet cards? Let me know if you would like any assistance with this.

Thanks,
Global Express

cblaisd

Since Randy has tasked the Talkboard with new forum requests, I'll move this there from Only Randy Petersen.

cblaisd
Co-Moderator, ORP

Spiff

Is there sufficient demonstrated need for this forum? Miles/points obtained from the use of such flights?

tom911

Can you highlight some of the threads from the last year where these topics were discussed? If you can't demonstrate a need, it will be a long road ahead to get a new forum approved.

N830MH

I think it was another charter flight who will provided to get on the foreign airlines and etc. Obviously, I can definitely that we will agree to create new forums. That mean it was not a regular schedules. Only for a charter flights where lots of the tourists who likes to get on the flights

NickB

I do not think that the OP meant charter as in tourist or pilgrims charters (i.e. a tour operator chartering a flight and offering seats to the general public, either separately or as part of a package tour).
Rather, it seems to me that the OP meant chartering as in private transport: a (wealthy) individual or company chartering a plane for their own needs.

As regards tourist charters, they would fit reasonably well in the budget travel forum.

As to what the OP had in mind, I can aware of only one miles-focused thread on this (the Lufthansa private jet thread on a few months back). The topic is more of a general air travel topic, but with probably not enough traffic to justify its own forum and, therefore, normally falling within the general remit of travelbuzz.

tcook052

+1.

BTW when my ear hears charters I tend to think of charter airlines like Thomas Cook in UK or Air Transat here in Canada, not chartering my own plane. Obviously YMMV.

GUWonder

DL markets the "Air Elite Card" for those who may consider using it to charter private jet travel -- that provides DL Diamond status for two.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...et-flyers.html

LH's approach is somewhat different but they too are in the market in their own way.

Isn't "luxury hotel" already a forum here on FT? Even as that forum is as active as it is, I cannot see a "luxury air charter" forum being much more active than it would be amusing (for example, as a pick-up place for or ISO "sugar daddy/mommy") .

essxjay

If the opportunity for mileage accrual exists then the appropriate home would seem to be one of the several Other [Region X] FF Programs or, if already affiliated with an existing F program, in the established airline forum. Otherwise, TravelBuzz is the better spot.

skywalkerLAX

Are there existing threads that demonstrate demand for air Air Charter Forum?

FT caters to a wide variety of travellers - budget to high end - but I fail to see extensive discussions happening about the features of that industry.

Then again, if the OP wants to impress the TB with some actual and long living examples please go ahead and we will listen!

Cheers
~S