For companies · Verified 2026-05-01

A private-aviation membership your company can offer as a benefit.

Annual rate per seat, billed monthly. Seats persist on employee turnover — when someone leaves, you reassign their seat to a replacement and the rate continues without resetting.

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01 / Why companies offer this

Three reasons it lands as a benefit.

Recruiting signal, cost avoidance vs retail charter, and operational flexibility on turnover. Each is real on its own; together they make the program work.

01 · Recruiting

A memorable signature perk

Healthcare, 401(k), and a competitive salary are table stakes. The benefits that change candidate decisions are the ones that signal the company sees the candidate as a person. Private aviation as a benefit is specific, memorable, and almost nobody else does it.
02 · Cost

One matched flight pays for the seat

Retail charter on the routes we cover runs $7K–$25K per one-way. The same flight as an empty leg costs $182 in taxes. The membership pays for itself with one matched flight per seat per year. Everything beyond that is upside.
03 · Flexibility

Seats persist on turnover

Annual rate, monthly billing. Seats commit at the seat level, not the employee level. When someone leaves, you revoke their access and invite a replacement — the rate continues without resetting. No 12-month-per-employee lock.
02 / The math

One $22,400 retail charter, claimed as an empty leg.

Teterboro to Naples on a Citation Sovereign is a real $22,400 retail charter. The exact same flight, claimed as an empty leg by a covered employee, costs $182 in federal excise tax and segment fees. The discount isn't 50%; it's closer to 99% — because the marginal cost of carrying one more passenger on a flight that's already happening is essentially zero.

Retail charter$22,400What this would cost without the membership.
Member cost (taxes + fees)$182Federal excise tax (7.5% of equivalent retail) + segment fees.
Saved per matched flight$22,218Multiply by however many flights actually match your team's travel. The membership pays for itself with one matched flight; the rest is upside.

Caveat: this assumes the empty legs match the trips your employees actually need to take. When they don't, the program is zero-impact — no flight, no charge beyond the seat fee. Companies whose senior team frequently travels between South Florida and the New York metro are the highest-fit profile.

03 / Pricing

Two tiers. Same as retail. Billed monthly.

Same per-seat annual rate as our individual memberships, paid in 12 monthly installments to a single corporate invoice. 5-seat program minimum. The pricing is already at our floor; we don't run additional volume discounts.

Tier 01
Citation

Light and midsize Citation fleet — Excels and Sovereigns. The everyday workhorse.

$239/ seat / yr
Billed monthly · 12-mo seat commitment
  • Citation Excel + Sovereign access — every empty leg in tier
  • First-tier notifications, randomized 60-second waves
  • Up to 8 passengers per claimed flight at no extra cost
  • Seats reassign on turnover, no rate reset
  • 5-seat program minimum
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Includes Citation
Tier 02
Legacy 500

All Citation tier access plus our Embraer Legacy 500 — super-mid range and stand-up cabin.

$699/ seat / yr
Billed monthly · 12-mo seat commitment
  • Everything in Citation tier, plus
  • Embraer Legacy 500 exclusive access — 9 seats, 3,125nm range
  • Priority notifications on Legacy 500 empty legs
  • Stand-up cabin, full refreshment service, hi-speed Wi-Fi
  • Concierge support for ground transport & FBO arrangements
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5-seat program minimum · 12-month seat commitment (rate persists on turnover) · ACH or invoice billing

04 / Setup

Five business days from intro call to live program.

01 · Day 1

Intro call

Scope program size, route patterns, timing.
02 · Day 1–2

Corporate agreement

Single annual contract, monthly billing, ACH or invoice setup.
03 · Day 2

Account provisioning

Admin console with seat management, usage reporting, invitation flow.
04 · Day 3

Invitation campaign

Your admin invites covered employees by email. They self-onboard.
05 · Day 5

Live program

Employees start receiving empty-leg notifications. Most see their first claimable leg within two weeks.
05 / What employees get

The product they use is the consumer product — sponsored by you.

Each covered employee gets a personal Empty Leg Club account in their own name. They onboard themselves — verify identity, set up their profile, save the routes they care about — and start receiving notifications on empty legs that match. The product is identical to a retail member's; the difference is who pays the seat fee.

  • First-tier notifications on every empty leg in their tier, randomized in 60-second waves so no member is systematically first
  • Pay only taxes and segment fees to claim a leg ($50–$300 typical per flight)
  • Full aircraft access — bring family, colleagues, or friends up to the aircraft's seat capacity at no extra cost
  • Personal flight history that travels with the employee if their seat is later reassigned
06 / Common questions

The honest answers — corporate edition.

How is the program billed?
Annual pricing per seat ($239 Citation, $699 Legacy 500), billed monthly to a single corporate invoice or ACH-debited bank account. The annual rate locks at the seat level — not the employee level — so when an employee departs and you assign a new one to the seat, the rate continues without resetting. NET-30 invoicing available above 10 seats.
What happens when an employee leaves the company?
From your admin console, revoke their access to the seat. The seat becomes immediately reassignable. Invite a replacement employee by email; they go through the same onboarding flow and inherit the seat the moment they finish. Their personal flight history travels with their account, but their access to your seat ends when you revoke it.
Is there a seat minimum?
Yes — 5 seats. The program is already at our floor pricing (same as the individual annual rate), so we don't run additional volume discounts; the structural value is in the per-seat economics, not negotiation. Programs at 5 seats and above scale linearly.
What happens if a covered employee can't fly a leg they claimed?
Same handling as any other claim cancellation: the federal excise tax and segment fees they paid are refunded, and the seat returns to the pool for another member to claim. No penalty to the seat, no impact on the program.
Do covered employees fly business or personal trips?
Both. Empty Leg Club is a personal membership in the employee's name; how they choose to use it is up to them. We don't restrict claims by trip purpose — that's what makes it feel like a benefit rather than a corporate travel program. Companies who want strict business-only access typically use a corporate jet card instead, which is a different product.
Do you provide reporting on program usage?
Yes. Corporate admins see aggregate stats — seat utilization, claim rate, total flights flown. We do not surface individual itineraries (that's the employee's flight history). For tax/expense purposes, employees pull their own per-flight receipts.
What's the implementation timeline?
Most programs are live within 5 business days from the first email. Intro call → corporate agreement → account provisioning → invitation campaign → live program. Employees self-onboard and receive empty-leg notifications immediately.
How does this compare with a corporate jet card?
A corporate jet card buys you a guaranteed allotment of charter hours at a fixed rate — typically $150K–$500K upfront for 25 hours. Empty Leg Club gives covered employees first access to MiaJets' empty repositioning legs at the cost of taxes, with no flight allotment and no upfront commitment beyond the seat fee. If you need guaranteed availability on demand, a jet card is right. If you want a meaningful aviation benefit at a fraction of the cost — and you're flexible — this is the better fit.
Can the company pay the per-flight taxes on behalf of employees?
Not directly today — the employee pays the federal excise tax and segment fees at claim time on their own card. If your company reimburses, employees submit through your normal expense channels. Companies who'd like to centralize that flow can email us; we'll work with you on a billing arrangement.
Is there branding control over the employee experience?
On request, the welcome email and onboarding flow can include your company name and logo. The product itself remains co-branded — employees see they're members of Empty Leg Club, sponsored by your company. We don't offer fully white-labeled deployments at this scale.
07 / Start the conversation

Send us your headcount and routes. We'll get back within 24 hours.

Email hello@theemptylegclub.com with seat count (5 minimum), route patterns, and any timing constraints. We respond within 24 hours with a tier recommendation and a sample agreement. No commitment to see numbers.

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Individual seat fee refunded if you convert to a corporate program within 30 days