Private Jet Insider

This was originally published as a part of the intro sequence for my newsletter. If you want to receive all 7 days of insider tips and tricks, go to prestonholland.com and subscribe. One thing you've probably heard someone at the country club say is "My Netjets Share" or "My Netjets Card" and you've wondered what that means. Part 135 Chartering: Like Uber for Jets For basis of your knowledge, when you fly in an on-demand charter (programs like Wheels Up, Sentient Jet, Vista Jet, Leviate,...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Welcome to the twenty fourth edition of Private Jet Insider. I know what you're thinking... "I haven't read Preston's Newsletter in a long time..." Well, its because I took the summer off for the most part other than writing The Not So Private Private Jet and Bonus Depreciation Boom Times. Go check those out if you missed them. It's good to be back, and thanks for coming along on the journey with me. When I started writing this newsletter,...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Welcome to the twenty third edition of Private Jet Insider. A lot of people have asked me why I haven't written in a month. Well, I've been doing some traveling with my family and also spent a week in Montana completely unplugged. If you haven't unplugged for a few days (for me, it was three days), I highly suggest it. The upside for you? You know you're not reading ChatGPT generated junk, and you're actually reading my thoughts. Thanks for...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Welcome to the twenty second edition of Private Jet Insider. A hot topic these days is Bonus Depreciation. Real estate people love it. Business owners with trucks and heavy equipment love it. Airplane people love it. It is designed to drive economic stimulus and get the economy going. I'm not an economist, I'm just a guy who writes a blogs about private aviation with a view from the inside. With that comes many conversations about bonus...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Welcome to the twenty first edition of Private Jet Insider. Fractional ownership is one of the top questions I get from newsletter subscribers or from casual X followers. I've done some free phone calls with newsletter subscribers jamming on what option might be right for them (reply to this if you want one of those free calls) and fractional ownership almost always comes up. Today we're going to break down what's happening in the fractional...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Welcome to the twentieth edition of Private Jet Insider. You read this newsletter because you like my spicy takes and you want to hear the inside scoop on private aviation. Well today, I'm going to deliver to you a few examples where I've seen people taken advantage of in private aviation. The two stories I'll tell you today are based on a lack of knowledge of where dollars are going. If you want to make sure you know where every dollar goes...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Private Jet Insider Welcome to the nineteenth edition of Private Jet Insider. Today's newsletter is going to make some people mad. That's ok. That's kind of the reason you read this newsletter in the first place. Today we're going to talk about a beloved topic: Private Equity. Before you automatically click out and delete this, give it a skim. I think you might find some interesting tidbits of who's doing it right and who's doing it... well,...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Private Jet Insider Welcome to the eighteenth edition of Private Jet Insider. There’s a verse in the Bible that says, “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 1:9. Whatever worldview or religion you subscribe to, I think we can all agree there’s wisdom in that verse. It’s the inspiration for this newsletter, which I’m calling The Great Fleet...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Private Jet Insider Welcome to the seventeenth edition of Private Jet Insider. For those of you who don’t know, I own an aviation finance company called Prestige Aircraft Finance. We help entrepreneurs, executives, and operators secure debt financing for aviation assets. I don’t typically bring this up because the point of this newsletter isn’t to promote my business, but rather to give you an insider’s view into the world of aviation. That...

Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. Private Jet Insider Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Private Jet Insider. In 1992, the Barenaked Ladies released "If I had a Million Dollars." In it, they theorized their prospective purchases they would make with a million dollars. One of my favorites is taking a limo to the store because it costs more. While a limo sounds cool, what if we applied that to airplanes? In today's newsletter, I'm going to suggest how you might spend $500,000...