Does anyone have the price list for the Marquis Jet card? More specifically the price for the G5.
If you are doing out-and-back from the same airport, or at least general region, then working a charter with someone will most likely be better financially. This is especially true if you have a schedule known in advance. A G5/Global Express is a waste unless you are doing trips across an ocean. Point of fact on the G5/500/550 - the cabin where the boss rides is the exact same width and length as for a G4/400/450. So if you are using the extra range there is nothing more for the person that is writing the checks. At $14,700 and hour you can charter a VIP Boeing or just about any Gulfstream, Falcon or Bombardier. Jeff
yes, curious if the hours you pay for are just engine time? any additional costs? Not like I can afford it, but sure it works the same way for little King Airs and CJs.
Those prices are much much lower than I was expecting. http://www.marquisjet.com/fleet/22-gulfstream_g550_gv I had a 1/4 of a Citation X with NetJets a few years ago and loved it, especially for trips from Atl to San Francisco but I quit traveling so I got rid of it. It looks like I am going to be doing quite a bit more traveling coast to coast in the next year and hate airlines so I'm thinking it may be time to get one of these cards. edited to add: several trips to Australia, hence the desire for the 550.
The fractionals have a real dislike of scheduling oceanic travel because it makes the aircraft unavailable for other flights. You really need to look into what extra charges will be incurred for such flights, especially if you stay in the foreign location for an amount of time. The fractional business model works best when the aircraft stays in North America so it is available for repositioning to make other flights. Jeff
You of all people should notice that post #2 was SPAM. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=139726223&postcount=2
Why was that spam? A legitimate user asked a legitimate question, and got an answer. So what if the guy works for Marquis or NetJets? It would be spam if the Marquis guy started the thread, but I don't think that is the case here. I don't see it.
Agree that it did not really constitute spam. The poster certainly had a vested interest in his response but I have seen far worse from others when it came to questions on cars they had for sale. In this case the poster did provide information that directly answered the OP's question. Such information would not normally be openly available. Jeff
it was information they were looking for, I see your point, often spammers are two-pronged as first spam account asks a question on a forum and then follow-up from another user is the actual commercial post. that isn't the case here, madmaxatl is an existing user. however, just look at the users "Last Activity: 07-07-2010 09:23 AM". he was searching the internet for Marquis Jet hits, found this FerrariChat thread, and then came here only to post the commercial info and leave never to return. It is a fine line, but if a user asks what inventory does Ferrari of Houston (not a Sponsor) have available, that doesn't mean Ferrari of Houston is now allowed to post their inventory for sale themselves. Another user could post it though.
Maybe you should apologize and reinstate him. Who knows, maybe Marquis will become a sponsor? I would think this site would be a good fit for them.
actually, we did have a fractional contact us last week about this time for sponsorship, I think it was one of their competitors though, maybe saw this same thread on search? Pretty cool how quick our topics hit the search engines.
The now removed post #2 actually answered my question. But then again this isn't my website so I'm not going to try and tell its owner how to run it.
Charter rates are very misleading. If you see a GIV advertised for $4,000/hour and you are doing a 10 hour trip (say, VNY-TEB-VNY), you might logically expect to pay $40,000. However, when you get the quote it will be around $80,000, due to taxes, fees, surcharges, expenses, etc.
This doesn't help with Marquis, but it's still interesting info: http://www.avantair.com/comparative-pricing.html
