HIGH LIFE

Private jet companies are making it easier (sort of) to experience rare air

First class on a 16-seater from $700, passenger's favorite drink awaits.

Ideal passenger: Tech lackey heading to the boss's Sun Valley compound for trust-building retreat.

FLEXJET

Layovers encouraged. Ideal passenger: Stop-happy sales mogul with an, ahem, pal in every port.

WHEELS UP

Membership options, perks, and partnerships galore. Ideal passenger: Obsessed with card points, Canyon Ranches biannually, melts at the words all inclusive.

BLADE

On-demand helicopters and floatplanes. Ideal passenger: Literal coastal elite (even the Gulf counts!) who loathes airport traffic and loves water landings.

SENTIENT JET

From $I87K for "light jet" membership; ultra-shortflight-friendly.

Ideal passenger: City slicker with Marie Antoinette/farmer fantasies and a weekend place just a tad tough to reach by train.

VISTAJET

Pay-as-you-fly, library on board, veterinarian-vetted pet program.

Ideal passenger: Unironically uses the term "fur baby," employs a book stylist for shelfies.

NETJETS

Partial ownership and leasing, book up to four hours before takeoff.

Ideal passenger: Desperately serendipitous boss who adores last-minute, in-person meetings with the underlings.

YOUR OWN G650ER

From $52 million: 18 seats anytime, anywhere.

Ideal passenger: Stacks on stacks on stacks. Climate change who? Boar on the floor, et cetera, et cetera.