Fly private with your group. Pay less than business class.
When you split an empty leg with your group, the per-person cost can be lower than a business class ticket. Here's the math.
| Route | Business Class | First Class | Empty Leg / 4 people | Empty Leg / full plane | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York → Miami | $1,200/person | $2,400/person | $4,625/person | $2,313/person | Citation Latitude (8 seats) |
| LA → San Francisco | $450/person | $900/person | $2,050/person | $1,367/person | Phenom 300 (6 seats) |
| New York → Aspen | $1,800/person | $3,200/person | $7,125/person | $3,563/person | Gulfstream G200 (10 seats) |
| Dallas → Las Vegas | $600/person | $1,200/person | $1,700/person | $1,133/person | Citation CJ3 (6 seats) |
Commercial fares are estimated averages. Empty leg prices are based on representative Exceptional Value listings. Actual prices vary.
What you get for the same price
Business class ($1,200/person)
- • Wider seat in a shared cabin
- • 2-hour early arrival for security
- • TSA screening
- • Shared overhead bins
- • No pets (or cargo hold only)
- • Gate changes, delays, connections
- • 5-7 hours door-to-door
Empty leg split 8 ways ($1,063/person)
- • Entire private cabin for your group
- • Arrive 15 minutes before departure
- • No security line, no TSA
- • Unlimited luggage
- • Pets in cabin, free
- • Direct flight, your schedule
- • 3-4 hours door-to-door
The time value
A commercial NYC→Miami trip takes approximately 7.5 hours door-to-door (drive to airport, parking, check-in, security, boarding, flight, deplaning, baggage, ground transport). A private empty leg takes approximately 3.5 hours. If you value your time at $200/hour, those 4 saved hours are worth $800 — making the effective per-person cost of the empty leg even lower.
See deals on your route
Set your corridor and group size. We'll show you the per-person math for every matching empty leg.