New York – Delta Unveils Plans To Offer Elite Customers Option To Fly By Private Jet

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    FILE - Two delta Airlines jets sit at their gates at the Lambert - St. Louis International Airport, in St. Louis, Missouri, March 4, 2013.  REUTERS/Tom Gannam New York – Beginning as early as this week, Delta has announced that its “high-value customers” will now have the affordable option of upgrading to traveling on one of the airlines’ private jets.

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    BLOOMBERG.com (http://bloom.bg/1GV03yP) reports that, at least initially, only “Diamond Medallion” level customers—those who spend at least $15K and travel above 125,000 miles annually—will be offered the upgrades, which will run between $300 to $800.

    Delta officials also noted that private jet travel will at first be limited to the airlines’ East Coast hubs due to its limited 66-aircraft private jet division.

    Industry insiders say the program is aimed at addressing the problem of “empty legs” flights, in which jets are often forced to reposition without passengers aboard.


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    Rafuel
    Rafuel
    8 years ago

    Is this for real? For just $300 someone can upgrade to a private jet? And then he doesn’t have to deal with other passengers, often with very divergent standards of personal hygiene and with atrociously dressed women. Wow!

    ydeneydene
    ydeneydene
    8 years ago

    Sounds grrrrrrreeeeeeeeeaaàtttttttttt!!