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 wheels-up. Published all-in rates, deposits in third-party escrow released 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 → escrow custodianCUSTODIAN · HOLD
- 02RFQVertex returns floor / list / settleCUSTODIAN · NOTIFY
- 03QUOTEOperator confirms · funds reservedCUSTODIAN · PENDING
- 04WHEELS-UPTelemetry confirms departureCUSTODIAN · VERIFY
- 05RELEASEPer-leg amount → operator settle accountCUSTODIAN · RELEASE
Member deposits live in a segregated third-party escrow account, not on the Oneways balance sheet. DOT-compliant third-party escrow at a regulated trust. Funds released per-leg at wheels-up. The custodian releases the per-leg amount to the operator only after telemetry confirms wheels-up; 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 release model exists so that situation cannot recur on our cards.
Deposit custody
A DOT-compliant third-party escrow account at a regulated trust. Funds remain your property until wheels-up on each leg, when the per-leg amount is released to the operator. We do not commingle deposits with operating capital.
Refunds
Within 30 days of deposit: full refund less third-party fees (Stripe, escrow 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?
- A DOT-compliant third-party escrow account at a regulated trust. Funds remain your property until wheels-up on each leg, when the per-leg amount is released 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 in escrow and are not released. 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, escrow 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.