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Flying Private: New Luxury Membership Options

Wall Street Journal US Business •
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The options are multiplying if you’re willing to pay a premium to avoid commercial travel. Heated stone floors, silk and cashmere blends, and circadian-rhythm-based lighting are among the ultraluxury amenities coming to every aircraft in the fleet of Bond, a new members club offering access to private jets.

A stake in a Bond jet costs at least $3.7 million, plus additional fees. Although the company won’t begin flying until next year, it has already signed up 110 members. As the number of multimillionaires has grown, so too has the amount of services for high-net-worth individuals looking to avoid the indignities of commercial travel.

There are now some 430,000 households worth $30 million or more in America. An average of 295,350 private flights took off per month between January and June, up 15.4% from the same period in 2019, according to data from the aviation services company Argus Traqpak.