[Travelandtourism] : Social Flights Newsletter

[Peter Donahue]

Hello everyone,

    just thought I would give everyone a "Heads-up" on the latest 
developments at SocialFlights.com. Below is their March Newsletter. The new 
Web site enhancements spoken of have also improved accessibility 
particularly in the "One-Way Flights" area. Both the Corporate Flight 
Management and the Branson Air Express Web sites are very accessible with 
JAWS for Windows and should work with other screen readers. This platform 
continues to grow and will benefit us in the future. Enjoy.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Social Flights" <matt.slosky at socialflights.com>
To: "Peter" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 10:39 AM
Subject: Social Flights Newsletter


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Recent Posts

   • [3]To Have Or Not To Have
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       3. http://socialflights.com/blog/2011/12/22/to-have-or-to-have-not
       4. 
http://socialflights.com/blog/2011/12/21/klm-the-most-social-commercial-airline
       5. http://socialflights.com/blog/2011/12/20/value-overcomes-price
       6. http://socialflights.com/blog/2011/12/19/the-personal-light-jet

Website Refresh

   We refreshed the design of our website! Did you notice? Check out our new
   look at [7]socialflights.com.
     Links:
       7. http://www.socialflights.com

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Holiday Greetings from Social Flights

   Everyone at Social Flights wishes you all a Happy Holiday and a Wonderful
   New Year. Without you we wouldn't be here and we are forever grateful for
   your participation.

   A lot has happened since our beta launch in February of this year and we
   thought we should report back to our loyal supports on what has been
   accomplished in 2011, some more information on our current offerings, and
   some new developments we have underway to better serve you in 2012:

   _2011 Recap_
     * Over 13,000 Social Fliers have joined the Social Flights Network and
       that number increases daily
     * We now represent 92 operators with over 500 aircraft available for 
use
       throughout the USA
     * [10]Seat Alerts: Fliers can now _create seat alerts within their
       profile_ and our system will send you an email when seats for desired
       locations become available
     * [11]Create A Flight: Social Fliers are now able to instantly get
       preliminary pricing for their upcoming trips through out Create A 
Flight
       auto-quoter. This is a great place to start your Social Flights 
journey
       to see how much your charter flight might cost you if you were able 
to
       fill different sized aircraft. Each trip that you are interested 
taking
       will be unique and may require a different aircraft than your 
previous
       endeavour. Play around and see how the number of passengers and size 
of
       aircraft affect you price per seat. Finding that magic combination of
       passenger count and city pairs is what Social Flights is all about. 
Once
       you find the right balance, you are able to go out in your personal
       social networks and our network of flyers (Travel Circles) and start
       making the connections and get the flight off of the ground.  We will 
be
       making siginificant enhancements to this function over time.
     * [12]One-Way Specials: Everyday around the country there are empty 
planes
       flying between cities that may fit your travel schedule. When a 
charter
       operator flies a trip for a client, many times they will finish the 
trip
       in a city where the aircraft is not based. These operators need to 
get
       the planes home so they will fly them back empty many times offer the
       flight at a discount. These flights are a great opportunity to hop on 
a
       private aircraft for a fraction of the cost it otherwise would be. If
       you don't see a price per seat next to the flight you are interested,
       click "Get Details" and one of our representatives will get back to 
you
       with pricing and availability as soon as possible. One-Way Specials 
are
       a great way to get away if you have flexibility, but something to 
keep
       in mind is if the charter customer that the operator is dropping off
       changes their plans or cancels their flight, the empty flight you are
       interested in may go away as well.
     * [13]Community Air Service Program: We can now list scheduled flights,
       book seats, issue boarding passes and automate transactions and all
       communication with all parties (operators, buyers, DOT, credit cards
       etc.) We will be expanding scheduled air service throughout the USA 
for
       under served markets (there is a lot of these opportunities). We have
       started our first scheduled flight between Nashville and Knoxville 
and
       you are able to book seats for $25 each way on our [14]Available 
Flights
       section. If you represent a market of need contact us and we'll help 
you
       develop a Community Air Service Program
     Links:
       10. https://www.socialflights.com/?pg=login
       11. https://www.socialflights.com/?pg=create_flight
       12. https://www.socialflights.com/?pg=open_seats
       13. https://www.socialflights.com/?pg=scheduled_flights
       14. http://www.socialflights.com/?pg=scheduled_flights

   _Onward and Updward (Things for 2012)_

     * Fliers will be able to communicate and connect with each other in
       January using the Social Flights social networking functions
     * In the first quarter of next year we will be significantly increasing
       the number of one way available flights from 100 to between 500 - 
1,000
       per day.
     * We are moving all our city and state Travel Circles to Facebook pages
       during the month of January and February. If you are a member of one 
or
       more current Travel Circles you will be notified of the new url for
       these circles once they are moved and you will be added to these 
circles
       with an invite to join.
     * If you are interested in becoming a Travel Circle leader in your own
       community or affinity group please contact us for further details.
     * As all of the above grows in 2012 so will the opportunities to fly 
with
       friends to chosen destinations and do so in style, comfort and save 
time
       and money. Set up your seat alerts and watch the one way specials and
       available flights grow.

   These are the highlights off the accomplishments this year and more to 
come
   next year. In 2012, Social Flights will be aggressively spreading the 
word
   of mouth about how fliers can use Social Flights to their advantage. 
Sharing
   our content, commenting on our stories and inviting other travelers to 
join
   the network would be very much appreciated (so appreciated that we will 
be
   giving "free seats" away in 2012 to those that help us fill them most). 
Stay
   tuned for those details in next months newsletter.

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