The best private jet for New York to Florida
The most-flown private route in the US, and which aircraft category actually suits it — with real flight times from the Northeast to South Florida.
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This category is not short of marketing. It is short of straight answers. These are ours — including the ones that argue against buying from us.
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Are jet card hours refundable?
It depends entirely on the program, and the differences are substantial. Some cards — including the Velocity Jet Card — return 100% of unflown funds on request. Many large programs make funds non-refundable after an initial window, refundable only with a penalty, or convertible to a credit rather than returned. Because it is the single largest financial variable in a card, it should be the first question you ask, and you should ask for the clause rather than the summary.
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Is a private jet card worth it?
A jet card is worth it if you fly roughly 25 to 150 hours a year and you value guaranteed availability and fixed terms enough to pre-commit funds. Below about 25 hours, on-demand charter is usually better because it ties up no capital. Above about 200 predictable hours, fractional ownership economics start to win. What a card actually buys is not a discount — it is the removal of a negotiation from every single trip.
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What do ARGUS and Wyvern ratings actually mean?
ARGUS and Wyvern are independent third-party auditors of charter operators. They examine maintenance programs, pilot training and experience, insurance, and operational history, and issue a rating on that basis. A rating is not a badge an operator buys — it is an audit they pass, and it can be lost. The question that matters more than which ratings a broker requires is how often they re-check them: a rating confirmed once at onboarding tells you nothing about the aircraft you are boarding today.
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Filed by subject. Every article opens with a direct answer, so you can get what you came for without reading the rest.
How much notice do you need to book a private jet?
What is genuinely possible at four hours, twenty-four hours and a week — and why the honest answer changes completely around major holidays.
ReadEmpty leg flights explained — and when not to book one
How empty leg flights work, what you give up to fly on one, and the honest account of when an empty leg is simply the wrong tool for the trip.
ReadHow to fly privately into New York
Arriving in New York by private jet: airport choice, curfews, weight limits, seasonal congestion, and the ground-transport question that decides most of it.
ReadNew York private jet airports: which to use
Teterboro, Westchester, Morristown, Republic and Farmingdale — what each is genuinely good for, and the curfews and restrictions that catch people out.
ReadSeven questions about chartering, answered
The seven questions people ask most often before their first private charter — from what it costs to what happens when something breaks.
ReadWhen a jet card provider stops selling
Velocity paused new jet card sales when demand outran what we could serve properly. What that looked like from the inside, and what it tells you to look for.
ReadWhat actually drives private charter prices
Charter rates climbed sharply from late 2020 and never fully returned. What caused it, and the cost drivers that still matter for a trip you book today.
ReadWhat is a jet card, and how do you get one?
A plain explanation of what a private jet card is, how the mechanism works, what the main variants are, and what actually happens when you buy one.
ReadWhat a jet card gives you that charter does not
The specific, concrete differences between holding a jet card and chartering per trip — and an honest account of when the card is not worth it.
ReadThe case for flying privately, beyond avoiding crowds
Private aviation was sold hard on crowd avoidance in 2020. The reasons that actually endure are different, and more useful.
ReadYour Jet Card, priced around the way you actually fly.
No template, no tiers you have to fit yourself into. Tell us how you fly and we will build the program around it.
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