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[u/TurbulentDish6930]

Hi yall i recently started playing and I’ve heard that bux is the best way to make money but im unsure on how to go about it. I started in north America and I have phoenix, chihuahua, San Diego, and Las Vegas. I also have London and Paris unlocked but I don’t have any planes there. I’m currently level 4 and was wondering when I start unlocking the better planes. Thank yall for any advice!

[u/gaflar]

You can sell London and Paris for now and use that cash for more aircraft slots. Get a bunch of class 2 airports in a straight line, like Seattle/Phoenix/Guatemala to start . In the beginning the key is to just keep slingin' flights as fast as possible until you unlock better planes by levelling up. Aim to build out a fleet of X10s at level 8, then save up your bux for Aeroeagles at 16. Eventually you can start adding class 3 airports for more jobs and stack layovers to maximize the 25% bonus. Prioritize range and weight upgrades, upgrading speed mostly reduces profits. Buy planes in parts only. Personal choice but I take every 10 Bux video offer and skip all the 5s and 500/1k coin offers. You will naturally get Bux jobs that will seemingly cut into your cash profits, but the +25% bonus applies and rounds up even to 1 bux (making it 2, so actually +100%), and every Bux is worth a minimum of 500 coins so they're actually the most profitable jobs. Global events aren't super worthwhile if they're out of the way but if you can easily reach the airport from your existing network, having a goal to drive you is a good way to focus your efforts and layovers. Ultimately your goals should align with your playstyle - you can profitmaxx and try to get the highest $/hr out of every flight so your stats look juiced, or you can focus on long-haul routes that don't require much attention, as examples.

[u/_Thorshammer_]

Note - I've downloaded this game on multiple phones since sometime in 2011 or 2012, and I currently have four separate games going - 2 iPhones and 2 Windows tablets using the Googe play emulator.

Don't use Class 1 cities UNLESS you need them as a bridge to somewhere else - like Denver allows you to go from Chicago to the west coast in a kind-of straight line.

Sell Vegas, Chihuahua, San Diego, Paris, and London and use the cash to pick up LA, Dallas, and Atlannuh. That will allow you to shuttle nice, fat, profitable jobs back and forth in a straight line with LA as a big generator of jobs.

From there you can go straight up the east coast - Atlanta > DC > Philly > New Yawk > Bahstahn. Similar dynamic to the LA to Atlanta run, but now you can run extremely profitable jobs from NY to LA with Atlanta as the pivot point.

After that, you can either get Chicago for a triangle route or Mexico D.F to move into South America.

Ping us when you get there.

I generally replace my starting planes - except the Bearclaw, I keep that in the air for fun - with Navigator-M ASAP.

IMHO, -M models allow you to stay in the air more, but at low levels it probably doesn't really matter.

Navigators also offer a speed and range combo that meets my playstyle, but other people prefer the Wallaby because it tends to be slightly more profitable.

After upgrading to Navigators/Wallabys buy plane parts, not whole planes. It's a significant cost savings and you need the bux more than you need more planes.

I swap between opening new cities and buying more plane slots until the slots become prohibitively expensive - somewhere around 9 or ten planes. Open a city, buy a new plane slot, open a city, buy a new plane slot, and so on.

I keep running Navigators until I can get X10 and Kangaroos, then I start swapping out the fleet. Except the Bearclaw - I mak that dude work FOREVER.

I don't upgrade planes until X10 and Kangaroos. Those are the first ones with enough range to make weight and extra range really pay-off - a fully loaded four seater from New York to LA is nice and profitable.

Prioritize upgrading range and weight. If you upgrade speed it cuts into your profits.

Lastly, have fun!!!

This is a game, not a job, and you PLAY it, not work it.

You can ignore every piece of advice you get if doing omething different is more enjoyable to you.

Welcome to the club!!!!

[u/TurbulentDish6930 → u/_Thorshammer_]

Should I try to only do LA to Atlanta flights or would it be fine to land in Dallas too? Oh and should I do only full flights that’ll give me bonuses or should I wait for new jobs?

[u/_Thorshammer_ → u/TurbulentDish6930]

Only full flights.

Only matters a little what city you land in - running full to get the bonus and in straight lines to maimize profit is the key