November 3, 2024
When you need a guaranteed fixed rate jet with a callout of 24 hours or less, these providers will get you in the air fast.
Hurricane season reminds private flyers of the benefits of having a jet card with a short booking window. Before the COVID surge, numerous jet cards were available with guaranteed availability at contracted rates and callouts of six to 14 hours before departure. The average non-peak callout has increased from 23.2 hours to 62.1 hours. However, a dozen programs with entry-level jet cards still offer non-peak callouts of 24 hours or less.
From our latest update – Version 155 of our comparison, which includes over 80 providers and over 500 program options, here are the providers with short-notice entry-level jet cards.
Some include surcharges – as noted below.
Peak day callouts are longer – as we’ve noted.
However, the below gives you a quick overview of those jet cards that will get you going on notice 24 hours or less before you fly.
The good news is that Merlin 1 and PlaneSense have been added to our list of options since we last provided our summary in April.
| Flight Provider | Non-Peak Call Out | Notes |
| Fly Alliance | 8 hours | 77 peak days with 168 hours callout if you buy less than 50 hours |
| Air Charter Service | 24 hours | 29 peak days with dynamic pricing |
| FlyExclusive | 24 hours | A surcharge of $4,000 to $5,000 to book 24-48 hours before departure; 35 peak days with additional surcharges |
| Jet AI | 24 hours | HondaJet program in the Western U.S. with 31 peak days |
| Jettly | 24 hours | Up to 40% surcharge |
| Magellan Jets | 24 hours | 25% non-peak premium; 43 peak days; Also offers 10-or-12 hours non-peak callout if you buy 100 hours. |
| Manifest Travel Club | 24 hours | A surcharge of $8,000 to $13,000 to bo book 24-48 hours before departure; 45 peak days with additional surcharges |
| Merlin 1 | 24 hours | Austin and San Antonio area airports |
| NetJets | 24 hours | 3-and-5-year 25-hour leases with 10 blackout dates and 80 additional peak days |
| Nicholas Air | 24 hours | 29 peak days |
| PlaneSense | 24 hours | 88 peak days with no surcharge at 48 hours |
| VistaJet | 24 hours | 40 peak days |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons October 2024
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