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Interesting…. > http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/19/onego-unlimited-flights/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 <http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/19/onego-unlimited-flights/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29> > > OneGo Will Offer Unlimited West Coast Flights For $1,500 A Month > > > Here’s an unusual pricing plan for air travel — instead of paying for each trip, hand over a $1,500 monthly fee and fly as much as you want. > > That’s what startup OneGo <http://www.onego.com/> is promising. Founder Paulius Grigas told me the idea came from his own needs as a business traveler. The service is aimed at small and medium businesses, particularly the ones where team members have to do a lot of travel (probably for sales and support). > > Grigas said OneGo consolidates all your travel costs into a single expense, and it also makes the cost “predictable and controllable.” Plus, with the OneGo app, you should be able to do all your booking from your smartphone. > > So what do you actually get for that $1,500? Unlimited direct flights (economy class) on major airlines like America, Delta, United and Virgin America, plus perks like Gogo WiFi membership and enrollment in TSA Pre for faster security screenings. > > There are some constraints — the flights have to be booked seven days in advance, and you can’t have more than four open reservations at a time. You can also pay extra for things like last-minute booking, unlimited flight changes and more open reservations. > > OneGo will only be available for West Coast flights at first. I was a bit surprised, since Grigas recently moved to Washington, D.C. but he said that after some research, his team decide the West Coast made sense as a starting point. And he intends to expand to the entire US within “a month or two.” > From the airlines’ perspective, Grigas said OneGo is just another travel agency buying tickets. So yes, if someone does a crazy amount of travel in one month, they’ll still pay only $1,500, which could be a big loss for the startup. But he said OneGo will make money when the costs are averaged out across all travelers. > > OneGo is currently doing pre-sales, with plans to go live this fall. > > Update: A reader pointed out <https://twitter.com/superacidjax/status/612003504056569856> that Rise <https://iflyrise.com/> offers something similar for Texas flights. > > Featured Image: Kuster & Wildhaber Photography <https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildhaber/5976264120/in/photolist-a76V7y-akMbDF-6Ug5aQ-8mjP2t-eyGNSc-bqoaSu-Epu8J-9ZZ7Ta-cR5um-cR5uk-2fKeRs-4t1z5J-E5Smr-E5SfA-5nHZAx-E64xT-E64zo-E5SiQ-8rFV8c-aD94hz-5Ui26R-69UDUK-9Vwbk9-5UnoRy-VL7a-dFS14-6dxGmu-muN6p-859oy4-E5SgC-muNjH-bqbT3W-5qUY1e-7kY2t-5XrYL3-m2dNUe-6EqTR-ks4pW-6xQweR-xxE2x-4CQuA9-deT76D-fiJxmq-fhRVbv-9MKNq8-88Rvdi-x3pYS-9NDhvd-c1CJzu-7RVBRy>/Flickr UNDER A CC BY-ND 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0> LICENSE Eric D. Schwerin Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC 1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 705 Washington, DC 20007 (202) 333-1880 eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com <x-msg://59/eschwerin@obblaw.com> P Consider the environment before printing this email.
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