{"id":90960,"date":"2022-08-23T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:54:55","slug":"costco-once-sold-private-jet-memberships-what-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/costco-private-jet-memberships-buyer-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco Once Sold Private Jet Memberships: What You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
When the clock struck midnight and 2020 rolled in, travelers continued to board private jets and commercial airliners seemingly unaware that in a few short months, the world would change drastically and so would the travel industry. Before the end of the new year, however, when travel finally began to resume, Costco announced a partnership with Wheels Up in their bid to offer a new Costco private jet service.<\/p>\n
Those eager to return to the skies may have looked at this new service as a great way of getting back into the air, but for others, it warranted a much closer look.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a deep dive into the Costco private jet membership program and partnership.<\/p>\n
For those that have never stepped through the doors of one of these iconic warehouses, Costco is a wholesaler who offers discounted products to those holding an annual membership card. Some of the products they sell are popular among consumers and enticing enough to have shoppers continue to renew their membership every year.<\/p>\n
This multi-billion dollar global retailer operates in eight countries. The first location, however, opened in 1976 under the Price Club moniker and was actually a converted airplane hangar in San Diego. A few years later in 1983, the first Costco warehouse opened in Seattle. In 1993, the two companies merged and the rest is history.<\/p>\n
As one of the more recognized private jet providers, Wheels Up has been in operation since 2013. They were one of the first providers to offer a membership model that offered charters on their fleet of King Air 105i turboprop aircraft. By 2014, the company had secured a little more than 1,000 members and added Cessna Citations to their fleet.<\/p>\n