Book a Private Jet, ala Priceline

OneSky Network is following the priceline.com model of "name your own price" for online flight-booking of private jets.

There are more than 1,500 private jets out there, many of which fly into and out of Hanscomb field in Bedford, MA (and pretty much every other private and regional airport out there). These jets often fly empty, because the company needs to get the jet to another location.

Now, OneSky will let business and vacation travelers shop for prices up to 50% off market rates for seats on private flights that would otherwise be operating empty.

OneSky, based in Manchester, NH, scrutinzed three years' worth of private jet operating records from the FAA, and found that 40% of the time, pilots are operating empty planes. Why not sell those seats? It ends up not costing much more than flying first class, AND you get to skip the security check-in hassles, missed connections, lost bags, and jammed-up hub airports.