Life is pleasantly without complications when you live the life of ultra height of the doubt of the network. I lived precisely two hours and 25 minutes. It is a lifestyle that the smart but less monetio traveler could also live, but they may need to bring their own sandwiches.

That elapsed time was the time between being driven by Limusine from my hotel near the private Jet-Jet airport in Farnborough and collecting my reception key at the Grace five-star hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland. Such speed is addictive and surprisingly accessible, if you know how …

In comparison, commercial fly between London and Zurich and then transfer land to or from St Moritz takes seven and a half hours at best. But now I know how it is No Say: “There are three hours of my life, I will never come back,” when I will fight at each end of a flight that involves important airports, usually to miles where I really want to be.

Flexjet, which offers variations on shared access to its more than 300 private airplanes, with a platinum service for people flying 50 hours or more a year, added hours to my life. It arrives, discreetly, at the reception of Farnborough, calmly, Will Ferrell hanging out in the living room, with a brief visual contact and assent, and their wheels are built in 30 minutes and having dinner fine to 41,000 feet shortly after, before an equally issued arrival process 90 minutes later.

Private jets can use small airports that commercial airplanes cannot, in this case Samedan, 10 minutes from St Moritz. It’s like a private Jet bus station.

Flying Private is not just champagne and good food: my end -to -end trip Such brevity adds a massive value to certain people.

I flew in the 8.25 hours of $ 25 million range of $ 25 million, seven of us with a comfort of Rolls-Royce at 600 mph, in addition to the Amelia cabin server, which placed streets calmly, served two dishes and drinks, of course, all of a Galle of bridge houses. And so quiet: when approaching Samedan, he felt like floating in the air on the Alps. It was a flight that you never wanted to finish.

The cost? Flexjet does not pretend to be anything more than a service for the people to whom money is not object. For a single capital rate of € 1.5 million (£ 1.26 million) and then € 22,600 (£ 19,000) per month for the praetor, the “owners” get 50 hours of use and can fly when and wherever they want.

The next “Down” step is a standard private jet rental through the tastes of Air Charter Service in around € 15,000 (£ 12,600) for a unique jump from London to St Moritz.

Then there is something called “empty legging.”

Ski trips are not cheap, so maximizing slope time and, of course, Après-Ski, is key. Regular skiers know that flights and transfers can eliminate the entire days of a ski holiday.

But it is based on private flights of “empty legs”, includes the process, and can get the occasional treatment. However, prepare to be blinked by those who already use the system and do not want many others to take over.

Empty -leg flights involve a private jet flying a party in a way, but without passengers paid in the opposite direction. Consequently, you can negotiate agreements for empty legs: discounts of more than 50 percent are not unusual. It is in the financial interest of private aircraft owners and operators to fill the empty seats.

Assuming that the six or seven seats of the plane are filled, then an unidirectional empty leg flight could cost around € 6,000 (£ 5,000) to € 8,000 (£ 6,700). Divided between the passengers, that is between £ 850 and £ 1,000 each. Other smaller jets routes can be even cheaper.

The last minute nature of the agreements means that it must be flexible: it is ideal for people who have a place in the mountains or who can place a free accommodation of friends.

Flexjet does not offer empty leg seats, but others do. You must obtain knowledge of empty legs: Prepare for changes in flight schedule or cancellations, perhaps travel in strange moments or poker oriented until the last minute to get the best price.

Catering is generally included; However, you may have to take your own champagne and sandwiches if it is a super brief agreement. But just as pure convenience, there is the arrogance factor. Can you put a price on that?

“Without a doubt, there are the rights of boasting or even boasting, and people will pay for that, but sometimes not as much as they might think,” says Andy Christie, of the Air Charter service, which executes 28,000 private flights to reaction a year.

Christie says that smart travelers with flexible newspapers and that they ignited the empty legs are not shy when pursuing the agreements through it.

But for the sake of objectivity, I had to try another option: the four -hour train trip from St Moritz to Zurich airport, and then the flight to London, all for almost £ 500. Who was in “My” seat in the Praetor de Flexjet was probably at home almost at the same time that I made the second of the three train changes.

How to find empty leg offers

Most private jet charter operators will offer empty leg offers. First, get Geek in the range of private Jet sizes that there are. Some, such as Phenom 100, have only four seats, there is no loo and will take it to southern France; Others, such as the Gulfstream G650, seat until 19, have beds and a range of 7,500 miles.

There is a great matrix in the middle; The smaller, the cheapest. Next, some charter operators actually list the availability of empty legs on their websites; Otherwise, call or send an email to private jet charter companies, such as the air charter service or private airplanes, the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom and Europe, or mercury planes in the United States, either with a specific desire or time, or perhaps only a free time to fill, an adventure in mind or a will to be flexible. Ask what is available, or request that you have been alerted with offers or suggestions.

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