Considering a SkyCard Program to Purchase?
Flexibility, convenience, and simplicity are the hallmarks of the Zephyr Jets Sky Card programs If your private jet travels have continued to grow to the point where you are exploring the benefits of a SkyCard or Jet Card Program. Review the true benefits of a program that we pride ourselves as being the best in the industry. A true on demand Jet Card program that you can understand.
The Benefits
- Two unique pay-as-you-go programs tailored to each client’s individual needs
- 24-hour concierge service and customer support staff
- Financial liquidity
- Superior safety protocol
- The most affordable rates in the private jet industry
- On-demand access to the most diverse and safest aircraft fleet in the world
- NO long-term commitments, capital outlays, membership costs, or hidden extras
- Improved pricing and rewards, including cash discounts, upgrades, and block hour sales
- Guaranteed availability 24 hours a day, 365 days per year
Zephyr Jets Sky Card Debit Program
How it works: Our Sky Card Debit program members exchange pre-paid aircraft hours from an interest-bearing escrow account and then select the aircraft type best suited to their needs. And, when it’s time to replenish the funds in the debit account, simply contact your personal aviation consultant for assistance. Ideal for : Individuals and executives who place a premium on flexibility and require the diversity rendered by Zephyr’s extensive airport network and prodigious fleet of more than 3,000 state-of-the-art aircraft. The Sky Card Debit Program allows frequent travelers to run the gamut of every aircraft that Zephyr has at its disposal.
Travel Hours Program
How it works : A Jet Card program that offers benefits for members utilizing common routing and aircraft. Our Travel Hours program clients create an account with a set number of hours on a particular aircraft. Clients are free to withdraw from that account whenever they choose to travel. The program can be customized at will. If you’ve purchased time on a specific aircraft through the Hours Program, you may exchange up or down by paying a nominal change fee. Customers can easily top up the hours in their account with one simple phone call to their personal aviation consultant. Ideal for : Travelers who prefer to fly on the same aircraft each time they travel.
| Zephyr Jets | The Competition |
| No ground hold or wait time fees | Wait time and ground holds charged for anything over 60 minutes |
| No cancellation fees, 100% refundable | Penalties for cancellation of the card |
| No overnight fees | Overnight fees on all flights that apply |
| One CUSTOMIZED program built around your travel requests, patterns, frequently visited destinations and aircraft preferences. | Different program levels |
| Over 31 aircraft types to choose from! | Limited aircraft to choose from (some programs, only offer 3 aircraft) |
| A Simple & straightforward program, it’s the hourly rate multiplied by the number of emplaned hours plus FET tax or international fees, which ever applies. | Confusing programs, unpredictable pricing, high demand time surcharges, hourly fuel surcharges, penalties and cancelation fees, higher pricing applies to all of the hourly rates. |
| ON-DEMAND Available in as little as 3 hours. 24 hour notice preferred for Round Trip itineraries, and 48 hour notice preferred for One-Way itineraries | Fine print and red tape in every jet card program we analyzed, some programs even require a 5 day notice for any itinerary. |
| At Zephyr Jets Round trip is defined as start & return in 48 hours or less. | Competitors Round trip is defined as start & return in 12 hours or less |
| Rates are locked for life of jet card balance | Rates adjust upward at least twice a year. |
| Special Catering and car services are arranged by us and billed to you at the actual cost. | Hourly surcharge applies to additional hours used over your initial balance or hour allotment. |
| Zephyr SkyCar Jet Card Program | Fractional Ownership |
| Aircraft Interchange You may have a variety of trip needs that would best suited by different aircrafts . You may require a turbo prop to access a remote airport with a small runway that may not be accessible by a jet. Or 2 people traveling= light jet, 10 people, large cabin aircraft, etc,. | With Fractional ownership, you are committed to the specific aircraft type you purchased for the term of your ownership, usually 5 years |
| Use as much or as little as you want, whenever you want from where ever you want | You have a set number of hours of usage and you can not go over your hours without incurring a financial penalty |
| No asset to purchase, no financial risk and no big upfront cost | Huge upfront fees 5 year commitment to travel volume! Non-refundable with out incurring a huge financial penalty. Asset risk / exit fees |
| Travel when you want to. | Rigid scheduling |
| No management fees | Monthly management fees, which will continue regardless of your usage |
| No deadheads or repositions fees | Reposition fees, deadhead fees |
| No red tape or fine print | Lots of Red tape and fine print |
| Secure funds – All Deposits go into segregated account – earning interest with monthly bank statements mailed. 100% refundable any time No expiration date, no hourly adjustments Locked hourly rates for the life of the card | Cancellation Fees Rate adjustments twice a year. Rates will continue to fluctuate, no predictability in pricing. Hourly surcharges apply to all flights |
| Zephyr JetsSky Card Benefits | |
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$100,000 |
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Free |
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Available |
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Free (up to $500 per trip) |
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2.5% |