(Un)Chartered Territory: The Private Jet Flight I Was Not Supposed to Be On

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Let's set the story: Summer 2021. I was 15 years old and bored out of my mind. As an AvGeek, pretty much nothing excited me more than the idea of flying on a private jet. I had scoured the internet and read up on every possible avenue of getting on one (including Ben's private jet experience) without paying the tens of thousands required to charter one. Then came my hero: XO, the app succeeding JetSmarter (an all-you-can-fly private jet model which, unsurprisingly, went out of business). While there was no longer an all-you-can-fly subscription or any "free" flights, there were select…


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Epic! To pull this off at just 15-years-old (and, in summer of 2021, which was still the pandemic recovery era), is wild. ('No alcohol' ...bah!) Well, at least now (in 2026) you should be 'of-age' and can fly 'unaccompanied.' Personally, hadn't even heard of OX, so you were really on-top of this. Well done!


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This is such a great story... thanks for sharing! Reminds me of my shenanigans when I was younger, hah.


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