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A Jet Card Designed With YOU In Mind

Airstream Jets — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:09:16 +0000

DISTANCE CARD became a concept in 2015 by Peter Maestrales, Owner and CEO of Airstream Jets.

“As cliche as it may sound, my goal was to design a new type of jet card, something I would purchase if I was a customer…” says Peter Maestrales, “…it all started with wanting to remove the mystery from private jet travel pricing. I determined that substituting a distance-based system would result in simple, transparent, and honest pricing with unparalleled flexibility.”

Enter DISTANCE CARD. By pricing trips by the mile, as opposed to the hour which is standard with every other card in the industry, the cost of your flight is guaranteed the moment you confirm your travel.

The world of aviation is a world fixated on hours in a lot of different ways; maintenance, pilot qualifications, etc., but this doesn’t necessarily correlate to a positive pricing experience for customers. There’s never a guarantee that the estimated hourly pricing you receive when you book your trip is going to be the same flight time when you travel. Hourly pricing is in part dependent on aircraft performance. Within the same aircraft category, some jets are slower than others which can increase the cost you pay for a trip. Additionally, if there’s heavy traffic and/or weather in an area and you are required to hold prior to landing, you are billed for that time. This is a concept that didn’t sit right with Peter Maestrales.

“Mileage pricing offers customers peace of mind in knowing the exact price for any trip before they purchase DISTANCE CARD,” says Peter.

As a boutique charter broker, Airstream Jets specializes in a personalized customer experience. Upon enrollment, DISTANCE CARD customers are paired with a dedicated account manager who takes the time to learn their preferences. This high-touch service level allows Airstream Jets to provide a best-in-class customer experience and exceed expectations in areas of aircraft quality and personal service.

Unlike most jet cards on the market, DISTANCE CARD customers pay NO membership or annual management fee. Furthermore, Airstream Jets offers tiered pricing, promos on jet card packages, and discounts year-round including early-booking, hub airport, same-day roundtrip, and date flexibility discounts.

DISTANCE CARD is sold in increments of $25K or $100K and functions as a debit account. With no hidden costs or surprises, learn more about this innovative approach to jet card travel by visiting airstreamjets.com/jet-card or contacting Airstream Jets today.

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Listen to Peter Maestrales talk all things charter on Penny Pompei’s “Talk of the Palm Beaches”

Airstream Jets — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:05:59 +0000

Founder and owner of Airstream Jets, Peter Maestrales talks about how he got started in aviation. Plus DISTANCE CARD, the advantages of private aviation, especially in today’s environment, and the importance of safety and knowing your operator.

Airstream Jets takes the guessing out of private travel and ensures a safe, efficient, and personalized service in order to exceed your expectations.

Listen here to Peter on Penny Pompei’s Talk of the Palm Beaches show.

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Peter Maestrales, Owner of Airstream Jets, featured in Palm Beach Illustrated July/August 2020 Issue

Airstream Jets — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 03:31:45 +0000

Read the current issue here or visit: https://www.palmbeachillustrated.com/pbi-current-issue/

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Private Jet Card Comparisons (PJCC): Airstream Jets partners with Auberge Resorts

Airstream Jets — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:11:09 +0000

Airstream Jets partners with Auberge Resorts

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Private Jet Card Comparisons (PJCC): Airstream Jets launches 5% Flex Discount

Airstream Jets — Fri, 10 May 2019 00:21:17 +0000

Florida-based Airstream Jets which uses a mileage-based model instead of hours for charging clients has added a new Flex Option Discount for its jet card members. Cardholders with flexible travel dates plus or minus one day who select the option will receive a 5% discount on any one-way trip.

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Leading Jet Card Provider Opens New Office at Teterboro Airport

Airstream Jets — Thu, 02 May 2019 01:58:22 +0000

Fueled by strong demand for its innovative DISTANCE CARD Airstream Jets expands operations.

TETERBORO, NJ — Airstream Jets (ASJ), a leading jet card provider, has expanded its operation to the Northeast. The office is in Signature Flight Support’s new South Terminal at Teterboro Airport, just a 20 minute drive from Manhattan.

The expansion was necessary to accommodate increasing demand for ASJ’s new DISTANCE CARD. According to CEO & Founder, Peter Maestrales, the company’s customer base is growing rapidly and revenues for 2019 are on pace to triple in comparison to last year’s.

The innovative DISTANCE CARD is sold in increments of $25,000 and is the industry’s only jet card program to offer mileage-based pricing, thus challenging the status quo of traditional block-hour pricing systems. The dynamic pricing algorithm is 100% quantifiable and provides customers with unparalleled flexibility, cost transparency, and convenience at a superior value.

The new office will be led by industry veteran Debbie Higgins in her new role as President of Operations at Airstream Jets with plans to add additional staff in 2019 and 2020.

Debbie began her Business Aviation career in 1988, giving her over 30 years of experience in the industry. This includes extensive managerial experience with several flight departments in the South Florida and New York areas. Debbie is also the founder of Aero Education Academy (AEA), which she started in 2017 as a result of her passion to train and mentor future business aviation professionals. AEA offers students entry-level training and mentoring for a career in private aviation.

“In selecting our new office location, we felt it was important for us to have a presence in the heart of the world’s leading financial center,” commented Higgins. “We’re very excited to open our new office at Teterboro Airport to better service our New York clients, more easily interact with partners and attract the best and brightest talent.”

About Airstream Jets

Airstream Jets is an on-demand air charter operator and jet card provider, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boca Raton, FL. The company is distinguished by its DISTANCE CARD, an innovative jet card program designed to combine the convenience of jet cards and fractional ownership with the value and flexibility found only in on-demand charter

For more information please visit http://www.airstreamjets.com/.

Media Contact:
Francesca Termini
561-558-5733
francesca@airstreamjets.com

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Airstream Jets Posts One-Week Sale on its DISTANCE CARD™ Jet Card

Airstream Jets — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 00:26:52 +0000

The Boca Raton-based jet card broker is offering discounts through May 14, 2019. Buyers of the Gold Distance Card get a $500 discount off the Silver Distance Card, normally priced at $25,000, while Gold Distance Card buyers receive a $2,500 savings from the $100,000 price.

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Jet Card Insider takes a detailed look at the Distance Card from Airstream Jets

Airstream Jets — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 01:29:09 +0000

Jet Card Insider takes a detailed look at the Distance Card from Airstream Jets.

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New DISTANCE CARD™ Hubs added to Jet Card Program

Airstream Jets — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 02:00:29 +0000

Airstream Jets adds innovative HondaJet to Jet Card Program. Texas gets two more DISTANCE CARD Hubs, Austin and Houston.

Boca Raton, FL – Airstream Jets has announced two new DISTANCE CARD Hubs airports and has also added the HondaJet to its jet card program.

HondaJet

The HondaJet HA-420 will be categorized as a Small Jet joining similar models such as the Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna M2 and CJ1.

The HondaJet is produced by Honda Aircraft Company and features an Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) design that reduces drag, improves speed and range and maximizes the size of the interior cabin. HondaJet received its FAA type certificate in late 2015 and was the recipient of Flying Magazine’s first Flying Innovation Award in 2017.

The HA-420 has a cabin volume of 228 cubic feet making it very comfortable for 4 passengers. It also features 66 cubic feet of luggage capacity, the most in its class.

New DISTANCE CARD Hubs

The state of Texas is the lucky recipient of new DISTANCE CARD Hubs (AUS) Austin Bergstrom International Airport and (HOU) Houston William P Hobby Airport. They join (DAL) Dallas Love Field to give Texas a total of three hubs.

“We have enjoyed considerable demand coming out of Texas for our Jet Card Program. More than a third of all our cardmembers are based in Texas. By making Austin and Houston DISTANCE CARD Hubs we are aiming to not only capitalize on this trend but also provide our existing Texas-based customers with an even greater value,” said Peter Maestrales, CEO of Airstream Jets.

New York and Illinois also have three Hubs each while Florida has the most at four. The full list of DISTANCE CARD Hubs can be found at (http://www.airstreamjets.com/jet-card/distance-card-hubs-airports/).

What is a Jet Card Hub? Cardmembers receive a 5% discount for any one-way, round trip or multi-leg trips that originate and terminate at any of the DISTANCE CARD Hubs Airports.

About the DISTANCE CARD

Airstream Jets’ DISTANCE CARD features a 100% quantifiable cost model based on mileage rather than time, a first for the private jet industry. Traditionally, jet cards and fractional ownership programs base pricing off flight time (hours) which is a variable metric in private aviation. As a result, hourly programs offer very little flexibility with aircraft size and are typically loaded with hidden fees and surcharges.

On the other hand, because the distance between two points constant there are no surprises with the DISTANCE CARD. Each trip is billed according to the distance traveled, using a simple formula (Total Miles x Price-Per-Mile = Total Cost) which is based on a ‘tiered price-per-mile system’ where rates decrease as travel distance increases. Furthermore, because the DISTANCE CARD works like a debit card, customers enjoy the freedom to move between aircraft categories and choose the most appropriate aircraft size for their travel on a trip-by-trip basis.

To learn more about Airstream Jets’ DISTANCE CARD, visit http://airstreamjets.com/jet-card/ or call 1.888.835.JETS.

About Airstream Jets

For more information please visit http://www.airstreamjets.com/.

Media Contact:
Francesca Termini
561-558-5733
francesca@airstreamjets.com

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BARRON’S: The Best Private Jet Cards

Airstream Jets — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:30:37 +0000

Some jet card programs have minimum hours, while Airstream Jets charges by the mile rather than the hour, setting its minimum at 500 miles per day of use.

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