Payment
In short
Card, SWIFT and SEPA bank transfer, Bitcoin, USDT on TRC-20 and ERC-20, and cash on departure where local law permits it. There is no surcharge on any method and no account to open before you can request a price. Nothing is charged until the aircraft is confirmed and you have the operator name and tail number in writing.
The default above six figures and the method most operators prefer. SEPA inside Europe usually clears within hours; SWIFT is same-day if sent before the cut-off, next day otherwise. For a departure inside 24 hours we can normally hold the aircraft against a confirmed transfer instruction.
Visa, Mastercard and Amex, up to the operator’s card ceiling — commonly $50,000 to $100,000, occasionally more. We do not add a card surcharge. Where an operator charges one, it appears in your quote before you commit rather than at the end.
The fastest option for a same-day departure, and the one that avoids banking hours entirely. One network confirmation is enough for a domestic leg, three for an international one. No surcharge, and the USD amount on the invoice is fixed for 30 minutes against the rate.
On-chain, three confirmations before flight documents are dispatched. Same rate lock as USDT. For departures inside a few hours, USDT is the safer choice simply because it settles faster.
Accepted where local law and the operator permit it, subject to the cash declaration thresholds that apply at the departure airport. We will tell you plainly whether it is possible on your specific route before you plan around it.
Sequence
Never before the aircraft is confirmed. We hold the aircraft with the operator first, send you the tail number, operator name, type, year and safety rating, and only then issue an invoice or a wallet address.
For a departure more than a week out, operators typically want payment 72 hours before wheels-up. Inside that window, payment clears before dispatch of the flight documents. There is no deposit to get a quote and no retainer to talk to us.
If you cancel, the operator’s cancellation terms apply — and you see those terms in writing before you pay, not afterwards. If the operator cancels or the aircraft goes technical, you are refunded in full through the channel you paid, or moved to a replacement aircraft. That choice is yours.
What we never do
In writing
What we commit to
Nothing is charged before the aircraft is confirmed.
You receive the operating carrier’s legal name, its AOC number and the aircraft registration in writing before any invoice or wallet address is issued. If those three things are not in front of you, you have not been asked to pay yet.
One commission, inside the price you were quoted.
Our margin is already in the number you agreed to. There is no second invoice, no booking fee added at the end, and no separate charge for arranging the flight. If the total moves after you have accepted it, the reason is a change you asked for.
No surcharge on any payment method, including cryptocurrency.
Card, bank transfer, USDT, Bitcoin and cash settle at the same price. We do not price crypto as a premium service, and we do not discount it to move you onto a rail that is harder to reverse.
If the operator cancels, you choose the remedy — not us.
Aircraft go technical and operators occasionally fail. When that happens before departure you are offered a replacement aircraft on equivalent terms or a full refund, and the choice between them is yours. We do not get to decide that a substitute was good enough.
Crypto refunds return in the same asset, at the USD value originally invoiced.
A refund goes back in the asset you paid, on the network you used, valued at the dollar figure on the original invoice rather than the market on the day. An operator’s problem is not a reason for you to carry a currency loss.
A crypto invoice is fixed in dollars and held for 30 minutes.
The amount is calculated once and does not move while you are approving it. If the window closes before the transfer lands, the invoice is reissued at the current rate — the dollar total stays what it was.
These form part of our terms of business. If any of them changes, the change is dated there rather than made quietly here.
Questions
A broker is on duty · 24/7
Route, date, number of people. That is enough to start — a broker comes back with real aircraft and a real price, usually within 15 minutes, at any hour. If you would rather write it out, use the form.