Regional day trips; turboprop/light interchange.
Light, turboprop interchange
Jet Card · Transparent by default
The price is on the page.
The funds stay yours until each flight is confirmed. Published all-in rates, deposits held pending flight confirmation, settled per leg — no fuel surcharge, no peak-day surcharge, no taxi-time billing.
Rate card · FET · Fuel · Peak — all included
Seven categories, seven locked hourly rates. The same number appears on the rate card, the quote, the wheels-up confirmation, and the end-of-month statement.
CategoryReference airframesPaxCard hourly · all-inOne-way floor
TurbopropKing Air 350, Pilatus PC-126–8$3,650/hr$2,300
Very Light JetCirrus SF50, Phenom 100, HondaJet HA-420, Eclipse 5504–6$4,200/hr$2,450
Light jetCitation CJ3+, Phenom 300, Lear 456–7$4,990/hr$2,600
MidsizeHawker 900XP, Citation XLS+, Lear 607–9$5,775/hr$3,880
Super-midsizeChallenger 300/350, Citation Sovereign, Praetor 6008–9$8,690/hr$6,285
HeavyChallenger 605, Falcon 2000, Gulfstream G-IVSP10–13$12,200/hr$8,780
Ultra long-rangeGulfstream G650/G650ER, Global 6000/750012–16$17,000/hr$12,940
All rates locked for 24 months from deposit. 7.5% FET on transport of persons absorbed at sale time. 2026 segment fee (5.3 USD/pax/domestic · 23.4 USD/pax/intl) collected and remitted by Oneways. Source: NATA · IRS 2026 announcement.
Compare the math
Pick your year and cabin — the numbers below are tariff arithmetic from the published rate card, never a simulated quote.
At 25 hours/year, Range approximately 8,688 dollars per hour effective† vs Midsize ad-hoc from $5,775/hr.
Membership pricing
See full rate card →Frequent domestic routes; midsize flexibility.
Mid, super-mid, light interchange
Coast-to-coast and international cabin commitments.
Full fleet interchange
Prefer pay-per-leg? See ad-hoc rates from $5,775/hr (Midsize) →
The fine print · plain answers
How this math works
Effective hourly = annual deposit ÷ guaranteed hours. It is a contractual minimum, not the operator’s posted rate: hours beyond the guaranteed block bill at the same locked card rate, and empty-leg matches debit at the one-way floor instead (30–60% below the card hourly).
What "all-in" includes
The card hourly includes fuel, 7.5% FET, and peak-day pricing — the same number appears on the rate card, the quote, the wheels-up confirmation, and the statement. A short list of pass-throughs is itemized at cost, never marked up (see "Pass-through exceptions").
Pass-through exceptions
Five line items bill at cost, never marked up: catering above the included per-leg allowance, ground transport beyond 50 miles from the FBO, international landing & handling fees, Type II/IV de-ice fluid, and customs/immigration overtime.
Escrow & trust
Bankruptcy-remote by construction — read the flow.
- 01DEPOSITMember wire / Stripe → funds-held accountCUSTODIAN · HOLD
- 02RFQVertex returns floor / list / settleCUSTODIAN · NOTIFY
- 03QUOTEOperator confirms · funds reservedCUSTODIAN · PENDING
- 04CONFIRMEDFlight confirmationCUSTODIAN · VERIFY
- 05SETTLEPer-leg amount → operator settle accountCUSTODIAN · RELEASE
Member deposits are held in a segregated funds-held account, not on the Oneways balance sheet. Funds are held pending flight confirmation. The per-leg amount is settled to the operator only after each flight is confirmed; funds for un-flown legs remain the member's property and are recoverable in any operator default.
The category precedent is well known: a category-leading jet-card provider filed Chapter 7 in 2020 with member deposits commingled as working capital, and depositors became unsecured creditors. The per-leg settlement model exists so that situation cannot recur on our cards.
Deposit custody
Your deposit is held pending flight confirmation. Funds remain your property until each leg is confirmed, when the per-leg amount is settled to the operator. We do not commingle deposits with operating capital.
Refunds
Within 30 days of deposit: full refund less third-party fees (Stripe, funds-held setup) — typically under $400. After 30 days: refundable at any time at the then-current per-flight rate for legs already flown — you "buy out" of card pricing rather than forfeit. Death, disability, or international relocation: full refund, no fee.
Scope
Five line items we don't absorb, stated up front — itemized at cost, never marked up.
- 01Catering above $231 per leg.
Standard catering up to $231/leg is included; above that, billed at cost.
- 02Ground transport beyond 50 miles from the FBO.
First 50 miles included. Past that, billed at the operator's rate.
- 03International landing & handling fees.
Eurocontrol, customs, Mexican navigation. Quoted at the time of the leg, never marked up.
- 04De-ice fluid Type II / IV.
Type I (fluid up to 200 gallons) included. Type II/IV (anti-icing for active precipitation) billed at airport rate.
- 05Customs & immigration overtime.
CBP and customs after-hours fees passed through at cost.
Federal Excise Tax
The card hourly is FET-inclusive. The 2026 segment fee is $5.30 per passenger per domestic segment and $23.40 for international facilities. Both are absorbed into the all-in rate at sale time and remitted to IRS by Oneways. There are no FET line-items on your statement.
Unused-hour roll-over
Unused guaranteed hours roll over for 12 months at term. Hours flown beyond the guaranteed block bill at the same locked card rate — there is no penalty tier.
Questions
Twelve questions, plain answers.
Pricing
- Are there peak-day surcharges?
- No. The card hourly is locked for 24 months from deposit. The category-norm 5–40% peak surcharge is absorbed into membership margin. We do reserve the right to extend lead-time on declared peak days (Long-Range tier only, 96 hr instead of 48 hr).
- Are there blackout dates?
- No card-rate blackouts. Long-Range tier shifts to 96-hour lead time on the 12 industry-standard peak days (Thanksgiving Wednesday and Sunday, Christmas Eve and Day, etc.). The card rate itself is unchanged.
Escrow & trust
- Who custodies my funds?
- Your deposit is held pending flight confirmation. Funds remain your property until each leg is confirmed, when the per-leg amount is settled to the operator. We do not commingle deposits with operating capital.
- What happens if an operator defaults mid-trip?
- Funds for un-flown legs remain held and are not settled. Re-routing is performed against the federated supply pool at the locked card rate; if a re-route requires an operator-positioned one-way at higher cost, Oneways absorbs the spread. You do not pay twice for the same leg.
How it works
- How does the refund work?
- Within 30 days of deposit: full refund less third-party fees (Stripe, funds-held setup) — typically under $400. After 30 days: refundable at any time at the then-current per-flight rate for legs already flown — you "buy out" of card pricing rather than forfeit. Death, disability, or international relocation: full refund, no fee.
- Can I upgrade to a larger cabin on a specific leg?
- Yes. You pay the rate delta only — a Light Member upgrading to Mid pays the per-hour difference, not full Mid rate. The delta is debited from your card balance at the upgraded category rate.
- How does the empty-leg priority work?
- Members see SmartRoute empty-leg matches 24 hours before public release. When Vertex finds a tail already heading your way, the card debits at the empty-leg floor rather than the card hourly — typical savings 30–60%.
- What is the call-out window?
- Light and Range tiers: 24 hours. Long-Range tier: 48 hours non-peak, 96 hours on the 12 declared peak days. Inside the window, availability is guaranteed at the locked card rate or the card pays the open-market spread.
- What currency are deposits held in?
- USD by default. EUR, GBP, AED, and CHF deposits available on request — the card balance is held in the deposit currency and converted at mid-market at the time each leg debits. Multi-currency statements monthly.
Compliance & disclosures
- How do you comply with 14 CFR Part 295?
- Every quote includes the operator name and D/B/A, our broker capacity disclosure, total cost including all taxes and fees, third-party fees if any, and our broker insurance status. The operator is the direct air carrier on the certificate; we are an air charter broker as defined in 14 CFR § 295.5.
- How is the 7.5% Federal Excise Tax handled?
- The card hourly is FET-inclusive. The 2026 segment fee is $5.30 per passenger per domestic segment and $23.40 for international facilities. Both are absorbed into the all-in rate at sale time and remitted to IRS by Oneways. There are no FET line-items on your statement.
- Where can I fly under the card rate?
- Lower-48 United States and the Bahamas at the card hourly with no reposition fee. Mexico, Canada, Caribbean: card rate plus published reposition fee. Trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific: priced separately on the Long-Range tier; Light and Range tiers do not include international long-haul.