--- title: This Is the Single Greatest Frequent Flyer Perk Ever description: A new upgrade program from Delta Air Lines allows elite frequent flyers to board private jets rather than commercial flights. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-07-28T15:39:33.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T06:18:59.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Airlines - Flying - luxury - private jets - pubdesk - Travel word_count: 219 canonical: https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![150728_EM_PrivateJetPerk](https://img.money.com/2015/07/150728_em_privatejetperk.jpg) Being upgraded to first class is pretty nice. But even the most elite frequent flyers still must deal with many of the hassles of commercial flights—including the long waits to check in, the pass through security gates, and allowing time for hundreds of commoners to board and sandwich themselves into those tiny seats at the back of the plane. A new upgrade program from Delta could eliminate some of these headaches by moving its best customers from commercial flights entirely. The program, as [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/delta-is-about-to-allow-some-commercial-passengers-to-upgrade-to-a-private-jet) reports, would allow a very small number of Delta's most elite "Diamond Medallion" frequent flyers to pay $300 to $800 extra to board private jet flights that accommodate a maximum of a few dozen passengers. Initially, the program will focus on East Coast flights, and naturally, they'll be offered by Delta Private Jets, the private jet unit operated by Delta. The move seems motivated by the desire to keep the airline's highest-spending customers happy, while simultaneously filling up seats on luxury private jets that might otherwise be half full. “This is truly a groundbreaking new approach from both industry standpoints,” Delta Private Jets vice president of operations James Murray said in a statement. “Nobody else can do what we’re talking about doing.” *Read next: [5 Ways That Traveling on the Cheap Has Changed—for the Better](https://money.com/budget-travel-tips-tools-matt-kepnes/)* ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Travel", "item": "https://money.com/travel/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "This Is the Single Greatest Frequent Flyer Perk Ever" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/", "name": "This Is the Single Greatest Frequent Flyer Perk Ever", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-07-28T15:39:33.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:18:59.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "This Is the Single Greatest Frequent Flyer Perk Ever", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/07/150728_em_privatejetperk.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1400, "caption": "150728_EM_PrivateJetPerk" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-07-28T15:39:33.000Z", "description": "A new upgrade program from Delta Air Lines allows elite frequent flyers to board private jets rather than commercial flights.", "abstract": "A new upgrade program from Delta Air Lines allows elite frequent flyers to board private jets rather than commercial flights.", "@id": "https://money.com/delta-private-jet-upgrade/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:18:59.000Z", "wordCount": 219, "keywords": [ "Airlines", "Flying", "luxury", "private jets", "pubdesk", "Travel" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Travel", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel" ] } ] } ] } ```