A jet card is a private aviation product that enables holders to use different aircraft at agreed-upon fixed hourly rates.
The jet card was developed in response to the highly popular fractional ownership programs of the time offered by NetJets and Flight Options.
[10] Jet cards were created as a way to offer flight time to private aviation users flying up to 50 hours per year.
Rather than purchasing a whole aircraft or investing in fractional ownership, a jet card can be a cost-effective option for frequent leisure travellers or users of business aviation.
Jet cards have evolved from the original card in 1997 which simply made charter pricing more consistent by guaranteeing fixed hourly rates to membership programs which offer free or discounted empty leg/re-positioning leg flights and individual seats on private jet shuttles.