"Have you thought about calling your travel blog 'Ben Lee and the Jets?'" - James M.

So I have a flying problem...I mean passion. I did 100+ flights annually for the last few years. However and in no small part due to a courageous young woman named Greta I’ve decided to re-evaluate my ways. In 2019 I’ve cut my flights by 40%. That’s still a lot, but I figured it is a good start.

Here some photos and random thoughts, mostly for myself. You can see my flight history here.

Private Jet Flight

February 13, 2018

So I managed to get a 3 months trial to JetSmarter, an app for booking private jet flights, like ridesharing but for private jets. Obviously this is not cheap, but as part of the trial, I can get so-called “empty legs” flight for free. Since I’m back in the US for a few weeks. I figured this is about as good of an opportunity as any. Sure enough, a suitable flight popped up from San Jose to Van Nuys.

Yup, it was pretty amazing, and since it is an “Empty leg” flight (the plane is being positioned from A to B so it is going with or without passenger), I don’t feel too bad about how wasteful it is.