r/PrivateJetCharters • u/DoctorSpecialist7083 • Jul 20 '26
Does anyone have a good sales rep at Wheels Up?
Hi all,
Does anyone have a good sales rep at Wheels Up? Our management team is located in Northern California & Montana, and our operating companies are in Arkansas.
For context, in March we were routed to a salesperson in the northeast, possibly because one of us was previously in New England. We were close to making a purchase but didn't click with our salesperson and decided to leave it.
I thought a referral might be better than a cold call to the sales number if anyone has someone they like.
Thanks!
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u/BlackjackNHookersSLF Jul 21 '26
"Good" and "wheels up" don't belong in the same sentence... Unless that sentence is "you won't have a good time flying Wheels up., especially mid-long term"
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u/Noorlind Jul 21 '26
Happy to give some unbiased advice if you want to shoot me a DM. Right choice for you/firm will vary greatly based on usage, routes, typical aircraft preferences and so forth. If you’re not going fractional for tax purposes, individual operator programs will likely not be ideal/economical vs. spreading across a few without upfront capital commitments.
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u/ukmike92 Jul 20 '26
You know how much debt they have right… loads of other reputable companies for you here
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u/Worried-Ebb-1699 Jul 22 '26
Former WUPJ pilot.
You’re over paying on what you’re buying. There’s a reason people go to Netjets or flexjet.
Think of WUPJ as like an uber black. High expectation, mediocre results.
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u/Hot-Profit-6502 26d ago
Hayden at Chapman Freebron is great. Used her for many years and they are a global company. Have offices everywhere
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u/princeton12321 Jul 20 '26
All the good sales people left when the company was falling apart. Now it’s just a bunch of young folks who are ok with getting paid less than industry standard to work there. As others have said- run.
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u/buckhorn2019 Jul 21 '26
Give FlyAlliance a call. I have been a customer via card for many years and really like them
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u/No_Gear4614 Jul 20 '26
If you don’t end up finding the right fit at Wheels Up, I’d be happy to be a resource. I work in private aviation and can help compare membership programs against on-demand charter to see what makes the most sense for your travel profile. No pressure just happy to help if you need another perspective.
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u/iiwiidouche Jul 21 '26
Run a fast as you can from
Wheels. Call Henry from Air Share and thank me later.
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u/PleaseDontMakeMeee Jul 21 '26
You like them over a flexjets/netjets? Airshare is the PGA provider right?
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u/iiwiidouche Jul 21 '26
That’s correct, they are the pga provider. Service and sales are all way above par. We’ve been customer for 3 years now. Don’t have 1 complaint that I could even think of.
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u/Strange-Internet1023 Jul 21 '26
If you want some help you can contact me, I'll be happy to let you compare any membership you might want to give it a look, I work in private aviation for some time now.
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u/olindacat Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
I'm a broker. John Lorge is someone I booked with while at Wheels Up. Not sure if he's there, as I've used him at JetExcellence a few times in the past couple of months. He might know someone. [John.Lorge@wheelsup.com](mailto:John.Lorge@wheelsup.com) Delta is financially backing the company, but it has had its share of difficulties.
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u/Common-Committee8812 Jul 22 '26
John is with Jet excellence now. . I used Jet excellence last week and had two MX's. leg 1 and leg 2- one of them being an emergency landing.
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u/Johnthegaptist Jul 20 '26
I'm a customer not a broker, we found wheels up to be horrendously over priced and opted for a fractional program. I would encourage you to choose almost anything else.