Published program terms

Flexjet cost: how the share, lease and jet card are priced

Flexjet cost is set in a written proposal, and Flexjet publishes no share prices, lease payments or hourly rates. A Flexjet fractional share starts at 1/16th, described as 50 hours, with more hours in increments of 50, on a maximum term of 60 months. A share or lease carries a monthly management fee, an occupied hourly rate for each hour flown and a monthly fuel adjustment, while the Flexjet 25 jet card is a prepaid deposit.

The rate in a proposal is not the client’s final cost per hour. The effective cost depends on the hours actually flown, the taxi-time billing convention, the fuel adjustment, the term and, on a share, what the interest is worth at exit.

We review Flexjet’s proposal and agreement against competing programs using the same flight history and assumptions.

Published terms

Flexjet’s published share, lease and card terms

Share and card structures retain the October 8, 2026 source review; lease details retain the September 29 review. Annual-hour descriptions are Flexjet's stated program fit, not prices or a universal economic threshold. Share capital, deposits, management fees and flight rates are not published; a current proposal supplies amounts, tax treatment and additional charges. A deposit and an aircraft purchase are different commitments.

Flexjet’s published share, lease and card terms
Term	Fractional share	Lease	Flexjet 25 card
Flexjet’s stated fit	50+ hours a year	50+ hours a year	25+ hours a year
Capital	Asset purchase	Refundable deposit	Prepaid deposit
Monthly management fee	Yes	Yes, plus the lease payment	None
Flight charge	Occupied hourly rate plus fuel variable	Occupied hourly rate plus fuel variable	Hourly rate plus fuel adjustment
Stated term	Maximum 60 months	Typically 60 months	Renewable once per account per year

Reading the proposal

Flexjet share, lease and card hourly rates cover different costs

A Flexjet share requires an upfront aircraft investment plus ongoing fees and flight charges. Their relative weight depends on the proposal, actual use and holding period. Jet card spending is almost entirely an expense, with no aircraft interest to sell at the end. The card’s hourly rate includes costs that a share or lease bills separately, so it cannot be compared directly with a share’s occupied hourly rate.

The relevant comparison includes the full commitment and the access it provides. We assess Flexjet’s share, lease and card alongside alternatives that serve the client’s flying.

Additional charges

What sits on top of Flexjet’s occupied hourly rate

Flexjet describes the monthly management fee as covering the indirect expenses of operating an aircraft: pilot training, insurance, crew provisions, cabin support and administrative costs. The occupied hourly rate covers direct operating costs, including maintenance, engine reserves, pilot fees and catering. A fuel variable is listed separately and adjusted monthly.

The monthly management fee is due whether or not the client flies. In a year of lighter flying, that fixed cost is spread over fewer hours, increasing the effective cost per hour.

Occupied hours are billed for each hour in flight plus two tenths of an hour for taxi time. The taxi charge applies to each leg rather than to each hour, so a short leg carries proportionally more billed time than a long one. The same rate applies within Flexjet’s Primary and Extended Service Areas without ferry fees, on both the share and the lease, so legs outside those areas are a separate line in the cost.

Two illustrative travel patterns each contain 50 hours in the air. With the 0.2-hour taxi allowance per leg, fifty one-hour flights produce 60 billed hours, while twenty-five two-hour flights produce 55. This isolates the taxi allowance; the proposal’s rates and other charges determine the dollar cost. The same annual flight time can therefore require different spending when the number of legs changes.

On the Flexjet 25 card, the deposit is the prepaid base hours multiplied by the hourly rate of the primary aircraft type, plus Federal Excise Tax of 7.5%. An hourly fuel adjustment follows monthly fuel prices and sits outside that calculation. The card’s cost per hour therefore still moves with fuel after the deposit is paid.

The term

Flexjet’s term and the value of a share at exit

Flexjet states a maximum term of 60 months on the share and a typical term of 60 months on the lease. The maximum is a ceiling rather than a required commitment, and a proposal may carry a shorter term.

The difference between the acquisition price and net exit proceeds is part of the ownership cost over that term. An ownership-cost comparison limited to annual spending implicitly assumes the full purchase price will be recovered at exit. The effective cost per hour is the total over the term, net of exit proceeds, divided by the hours flown.

The Flexjet lease removes the residual exposure and replaces it with a refundable deposit and a monthly lease payment. Which arrangement costs less over the term depends on the buyer’s cost of capital and the eventual net proceeds from the share.

Red Label

Red Label eligibility and value

Flexjet describes Red Label as a dedicated crew flying a dedicated tail number, with the LXi Cabin Collection of custom interiors, offered exclusively to super-midsize aircraft owners and above. Red Label therefore belongs in the comparison for eligible cabin categories, rather than as a feature assumed to apply to every Flexjet share.

Dedicated crewing can provide continuity of service, familiarity with the owner’s preferences and consistency of cabin standard. It is not a promise of the same crew on every trip. The value of those benefits depends on how the buyer uses the program.

Travel pattern

Flexjet’s usage guidance for shares, leases and cards

Flexjet positions the fractional share and the lease for travelers flying 50 or more hours a year, and the Flexjet 25 jet card at 25 or more. The card involves no asset purchase and no monthly management fee, and booking is available on as little as 5 days’ notice. The share and lease suit a client whose flying is steady enough to carry a fixed monthly fee across the full term. The card suits flying at the lower end of that range and involves no capital in an aircraft.

Those annual-hour figures are guidance, not a rule. The relative cost of the three programs also depends on aircraft category, leg length and leg count, the client’s travel calendar and how reliably next year’s hours can be forecast. The relevant question is whether each commitment’s access, pricing and flexibility match the client’s actual travel pattern.

Independent advice

Comparing Flexjet’s cost and access

Our Flexjet review considers whether the proposed share size and aircraft fit the client’s expected use. Share size affects acquisition capital and fixed fees; leg length and frequency affect the cost of taxi-time billing.

Fee escalation changes charges over the offered term, while peak-day rules and notice requirements affect access. Interchange, meaning use of a different aircraft category, and the share’s exit value can also change the overall commitment.

We assess a Flexjet proposal against your expected flying, aircraft needs and holding period. The comparison brings together capital, recurring charges, access terms and exit value to clarify the commitment behind the quoted rates.

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Yes. More legs create more applications of a per-leg taxi allowance. The illustration shows that effect while holding airborne hours constant; any contractual minimums or rounding would require a separate adjustment.

No. Avoiding the share purchase removes the acquisition and resale component, but the lease payment and applicable program fees remain payable under the agreement. Lower flight use affects usage charges rather than automatically reducing those commitments.