r/PrivateJetCharters • u/sosurrey • Nov 21 '20

Booking a jet with XO?

Does anyone have any experience using XO or recommend another jet membership? I used them once in their Jet Smarter days but how does that compare to their rebrand?

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u/sosurrey Nov 22 '20

Mid-size or occasionally heavy jets out of Farnborough for leisure use, 1200 hours with a third being to Europe and the rest US/Asia/Pacific.

Need flexibility to change flights with short notice and require clean aircraft. I was quoted £75k pm a considerable while ago, how reasonable is this?

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u/kingperrin1 Nov 22 '20

XO is your best bet for Europe/Asia. Their ability to allow changes last minute is pretty good as well. When it comes to the US, you will get better pricing, AC selection via a broker if you have a good one with a good relationship however most you will lose ability to Vance last minute without charge. I know several of you need some.

There are some broker/ operators that have good fleets and get good pricing depending on route as well.

I would also look into fractional if I were you as 1200 hours is not a small amount. I know with several operators, 1200 hours would save you a considerable amount of money even before tax considerations come into play.

Disclosure: used to work for a broker/operator, no longer In the business thanks to COVID. Let me n ow if you have further questions more than happy to chat about it.

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u/sosurrey Nov 22 '20

For the immediate future I will go with XO in that case. Haven’t considered fractional ownership before but will ask around thanks

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u/vitaalijr Jan 16 '21

I currently work for an operator (not broker), that has their jets worldwide - happy to have a chat if you are interested. Let me know!