I traveled extensively during parts of my job (non-aviation related) and I had to charge pretty everything to my card. My monthly charges were several thousand dollars. I had to submit an expense report for each trip and wait for reimbursement. So, you are not alone in that respect.
Jacqueline Travels it’s something called oversight. A lot of people don’t understand having to justify the money you spend. Being a conservator, it’s not so uncommon for me. Don’t forget the exchange rate on the date you’re charged interest 😂. At least your meals and cost of living are included (for the most part)
Wow. I work for the biggest corporate jet company in business and we have a company credit cards, so we can charge everything there. I use my own money only for some dinner and drinks with my crew. I do have to do some payment reports and send all bills, invoices etc to the office, but I don’t have to use my money for anything.
Now is 2020.. back then when I was a Coperate Flight Attendant, I was a Charter crew and then Personal crew . Private Aviation was still New ... We have Jet Fuel card, we carry cash , a lot of cash with diffrent currencies we have accounts at FBO. I spend 10 years as a coperate plane Flyting the Gulfstreams, Falcon, Bombardier and others , Prior of that I was with Commercial Airline for about 10 years .. The diffrent then I had to do Head of States Flight as well. Basically, those days on coperate Plane .. they pay everything and we get a Car for ourselves too.
For one thing I've had a chance talk to a few corporate flight attendants and they all seem pretty happy with their job so I think at the end of the day it's a pretty good gig. Far as the cost I'm sure most you don't realize the type of plane she's working on cost 15 to $20,000 an hour to Charter depending on the plane. The food is usually included in that price as long as you don't have crazy requests. Last thing is if I was her I would use a rewards credit card which she probably is she seems very bright and that's an extra perk for her for doing all the paperwork. Great video safe travels
Yeah, that's a lot but this is so much more like running your own business. There's way more skills involved, and it's by no means brain dead. Those skills will all transfer to other professions should you ever want to move on. I would love to have a job like yours!
I love your videos and lifestyle! I want to become a corp flight attendant! I want to learn more from you!!! How to apply, what to do? I live in NYC, super experienced in customer service, etiquette and protocol, airlines administrator. Can't wait!
Don't you work for one company that leases the crews out to those that want a private flight? If so, why don't they issue you a credit card for all your expenses? Its ridiculous to have the crews pick up all these expenses. You are flying well to do customers around the world, its outrageous that you have to foot the bill. Where is the fun in this job? I flew for Delta for over 30yrs until I broke my back on a flight. I would never have put up with what you go through. My hats off to you...… safe travels.
I don’t work for a company that leases me out, I was contracting during this time and never an “employee.” It’s really no different than submitting an expense report anywhere else. We just add food for our passengers to it. I did commercial flying for 5 years. No way I would ever go back it. I’m sorry an injury ended your career. Turbulence?? I broke my hand on a flight, the OJI process was no fun!
As a corporate flight attendant who is your employer and why is the company not paying for it's travel expenses? It seems to me that a company would have a set account to pay for it's necessities. I have never heard of an employee paying for a company's business expenses.
Expense reports are a common practice, not just in the aviation industry. I get to keep my hotel points and credit card reward points so I don’t mind it, it’s a nice perk.
Did You have to have first class experience before applying to be a corporate flight attendant? I work for a commercial airline now but we do not have first class
No the people who pay for the jet pay for the fuel. At least this was it was how I’ve rode with family, they had to pay for everything including fuel. That’s one of the reasons why flying by private jet is so expensive
Do you need to have good credit to do this career? Or does your credit improve as you work b/c it paid off, etc. I know the training is expensive too but I’ve been curious about the credit card charges
I am sure your credit score increases due to high charges being paid off quickly. Some hiring companies run credit checks before hiring and it's always advisable to have great credit! I know that you do have to have credit to do this job though. Catering, hotels, on board supplies, transportation, meals, it adds up quickly on a 10 day trip!
The pilots pay for the fuel? That can't be right. I would think the charter service would pay for the fuel and pass that cost onto the customer as part of the cost of the charter. As far all the other stuff a company credit card would take care of that. When you were originally hired did they say to you ..."Oh BTW everything but fuel comes out of your own pocket and we'll get around to reimburseing you.". This can't be right. You shouldn't be held financially responsible for stocking the interior of the aircraft. Forgive my rant. I did read the other comments, but it still doesn't seem right.
There are instances where the pilots pay for the fuel. And stocking the plane and submitting expense reports is a standard practice industry wide. Anyone who travels for work expenses food, transportation and hotels, corporate flight attendants just add on passenger meals.
Wow! Corporations buy jets to save money and reduce workload in general. Instead of you using your card and them reimbursing you, which essentially is them paying for everything anyway, wouldn't it be easier if you were issued a company credit card? That way you don't have to deal with all those invoices and spending most your time doing paperwork. If i had a jet, i would give my pilot a credit card and the flight attendant another one, both on the same account. Here don't bother me and my accountant with extra unnessesary work. Accountant is gonna have access to invoices straight from bank!!! WOW how simple. Am I missing something? Edit: The only positive i see in using ones personal credit card and them reimbursed is that you actually can improve your credit score theoreticaly speaking. I guess its not all cons
your way of thinking makes sense for an owner of the jet. Most of the people I fly charter the plane, they are not the owner. So on top of billing for the plane I bill for my day rate and the on board supplies
@@JacquelineTravels oh cool. Thanks for replying. So every single different customer gets a different invoice? This seems complicated. Hope it works for you.
@@Sokeresa you definitely have to be detail oriented, and it's a lot of work but it is also nice to keep the credit card rewards for yourself and not to the comapny
@@JacquelineTravels yeah, i do see the benefits. I guess it's nice to get all those cash back and coupons you get from using your card, also helps with the credit score. So i guess is not bad Haha
This is crazy! What legitimate company expects its employees to spend their own money’s to keep the company in business? You maybe reimburse later or maybe not if you lose a receipt. Yeah it’s fun running your own business BUT IT NOT YOURS!
Sure ever company deals with reports but a legitimate company’s doesn’t ask their employees or are you contract labor to put $7,000 on their personal credit card. Maybe I need to watch more of your vlogs to understand your situation better. I just don’t understand why anyone would put themselves in this kind of situation. What if your company went out of business? You would have to get in line with all the other creditors and try to salvage what you could and that could be years later. It just makes no sense to me.
Contract employees turn in their day rate, meals and hotels so adding catering on top of it is just the natural way to go. Plus then we keep all the points so that’s a good benefit.
Jacqueline Travels ok 👍 makes sense but wow so much extra work involved and the fancy hotels by the time you get there u r ready to shower and sleep 😴 I’m sure
Donald Romano, with a corporate credit card, there is less oversight. If she had a Corporate Credit Card, she could use it and the company would be on the hook for the charge wether justified or not.
Jacqueline Travels yeah particularly if you’re a 1099 employee, (self employed) Its not like a company makes everything available... the Uber/rental to get food for these people, you’re on the clock... admin time preparing expense reports,.. preparing for a flight... all that should be reimbursable too. Hopefully you get some decent miles for all that you spend on these people lol. I’m sure, just in case you might have additional expenses, and cause it’s tax season.
I just started watching you, are you a subcontractor, or do you work for a private jet company who is hired by corporations and private individuals? Who do you send the invoices to? The corporations that hire you?
Thanks for watching. In this video I was contracting but now I work for a company full time. Invoices used to go to the head of aviation or even the scheduling department to be submitted for payment. Now I just send everything to accounting.
Eventually when I get reimbursed, The sad part is between the account payable and approval and corporate oversight and the respective it departments eventually sounds the right word.
There is not one chance in hell I'd underwrite a flight with my own funds and sit around waiting for reimbursement. A legitimate business doesn't need to borrow from its employees to run their operations.
I’ve flown for numerous companies who operate like this. We have to turn in our daily contract rate for payment so adding hotel, transportation and food is like any other person traveling for business. Plus I get to keep all my hotel and credit card points, a company doesn’t benefit from it. It’s legit
@@kelil1750 the daily rate for a contract flight attendant is $550 to $700 each day. A full time corporate should be making between $85k to $100k a year. That's the point of this type of work
@@JacquelineTravels okay, thank you for explaining. It's so interesting to learn about other career fields. I had no idea that was how those amenities actually got on the plane.
@@kelil1750 yeah, I was a commercial flight attendant for 5 years before I started on the corporate side and there was so much I didn't know either. You you don't think about it until you have to do it
Yes, and you get ALL THE POINTS, and your credit becomes better and better. It is actual a huge PERK of the job.
Yes 🙌🏻 you’re one of the few who realize this!!!
My thoughts exactly. You do earn it though!
Yeah until you don’t get reimbursed.
That will never happen at a legit company. This is industry standard. Have you never heard of an expense report?
I traveled extensively during parts of my job (non-aviation related) and I had to charge pretty everything to my card. My monthly charges were several thousand dollars. I had to submit an expense report for each trip and wait for reimbursement. So, you are not alone in that respect.
I was surprised by how many viewers thought this was a crazy process! I hope you have a good system down for completing expense reports quickly!!
Jacqueline Travels it’s something called oversight. A lot of people don’t understand having to justify the money you spend. Being a conservator, it’s not so uncommon for me.
Don’t forget the exchange rate on the date you’re charged interest 😂.
At least your meals and cost of living are included (for the most part)
Wow. I work for the biggest corporate jet company in business and we have a company credit cards, so we can charge everything there. I use my own money only for some dinner and drinks with my crew. I do have to do some payment reports and send all bills, invoices etc to the office, but I don’t have to use my money for anything.
Now is 2020.. back then when I was a Coperate Flight Attendant, I was a Charter crew and then Personal crew .
Private Aviation was still New ... We have Jet Fuel card, we carry cash , a lot of cash with diffrent currencies we have accounts at FBO.
I spend 10 years as a coperate plane Flyting the Gulfstreams, Falcon, Bombardier and others ,
Prior of that I was with Commercial Airline for about 10 years .. The diffrent then I had to do Head of States Flight as well.
Basically, those days on coperate Plane .. they pay everything and we get a Car for ourselves too.
For one thing I've had a chance talk to a few corporate flight attendants and they all seem pretty happy with their job so I think at the end of the day it's a pretty good gig. Far as the cost I'm sure most you don't realize the type of plane she's working on cost 15 to $20,000 an hour to Charter depending on the plane. The food is usually included in that price as long as you don't have crazy requests. Last thing is if I was her I would use a rewards credit card which she probably is she seems very bright and that's an extra perk for her for doing all the paperwork. Great video safe travels
Love that I get to keep my rewards! This comment is spot on
That is wayyyyyyy too much hassle and headache.
Yeah, that's a lot but this is so much more like running your own business. There's way more skills involved, and it's by no means brain dead. Those skills will all transfer to other professions should you ever want to move on. I would love to have a job like yours!
I love your videos and lifestyle! I want to become a corp flight attendant! I want to learn more from you!!! How to apply, what to do? I live in NYC, super experienced in customer service, etiquette and protocol, airlines administrator. Can't wait!
Thank you 😊 I’m glad you’re learning from my videos!
@@JacquelineTravels thank you for posting! 😁
I have zero problem with using a credit card for expenses. I do have a problem with the interest not being covered whilst waiting for reimbursement.
We can charge for the interest, I’m not sure if I mentioned that?
@@JacquelineTravels So how is ordering food for clients expensive for you? Saying that, your company should be paying those things up front.
Absolutely awesome friend!!!
thanks girl! hope you're doing well :)
Can’t wait to start😍
great video and very informative
I’m glad you think so!
I’m confused so we have to pay for schooling/ certificate for corporate flight attendant to be able to fly?
Don't you work for one company that leases the crews out to those that want a private flight? If so, why don't they issue you a credit card for all your expenses? Its ridiculous to have the crews pick up all these expenses. You are flying well to do customers around the world, its outrageous that you have to foot the bill. Where is the fun in this job? I flew for Delta for over 30yrs until I broke my back on a flight. I would never have put up with what you go through. My hats off to you...… safe travels.
I don’t work for a company that leases me out, I was contracting during this time and never an “employee.” It’s really no different than submitting an expense report anywhere else. We just add food for our passengers to it. I did commercial flying for 5 years. No way I would ever go back it.
I’m sorry an injury ended your career. Turbulence??
I broke my hand on a flight, the OJI process was no fun!
As a corporate flight attendant who is your employer and why is the company not paying for it's travel expenses? It seems to me that a company would have a set account to pay for it's necessities. I have never heard of an employee paying for a company's business expenses.
Expense reports are a common practice, not just in the aviation industry. I get to keep my hotel points and credit card reward points so I don’t mind it, it’s a nice perk.
do you have any tips regarding the corporate fa interview? I have one coming up and I worked in commerce before :)
Bring photos of food you’ve made or plated. Talk about any service training you’ve had and be positive. Good luck!!
Did You have to have first class experience before applying to be a corporate flight attendant? I work for a commercial airline now but we do not have first class
I did but it is not required. Just like at the airlines, the corporate training will teach you everything you need to know.
No the people who pay for the jet pay for the fuel. At least this was it was how I’ve rode with family, they had to pay for everything including fuel. That’s one of the reasons why flying by private jet is so expensive
You didn’t watch the video. We (flight crew) pay for everything up front and send out the bill later
Do you need to have good credit to do this career? Or does your credit improve as you work b/c it paid off, etc. I know the training is expensive too but I’ve been curious about the credit card charges
I am sure your credit score increases due to high charges being paid off quickly. Some hiring companies run credit checks before hiring and it's always advisable to have great credit! I know that you do have to have credit to do this job though. Catering, hotels, on board supplies, transportation, meals, it adds up quickly on a 10 day trip!
Interesting
Yeah the FAA frowns upon crew alcohol consumption on flights lol
The pilots pay for the fuel? That can't be right. I would think the charter service would pay for the fuel and pass that cost onto the customer as part of the cost of the charter. As far all the other stuff a company credit card would take care of that. When you were originally hired did they say to you ..."Oh BTW everything but fuel comes out of your own pocket and we'll get around to reimburseing you.". This can't be right. You shouldn't be held financially responsible for stocking the interior of the aircraft. Forgive my rant. I did read the other comments, but it still doesn't seem right.
There are instances where the pilots pay for the fuel. And stocking the plane and submitting expense reports is a standard practice industry wide. Anyone who travels for work expenses food, transportation and hotels, corporate flight attendants just add on passenger meals.
Wow! Corporations buy jets to save money and reduce workload in general. Instead of you using your card and them reimbursing you, which essentially is them paying for everything anyway, wouldn't it be easier if you were issued a company credit card? That way you don't have to deal with all those invoices and spending most your time doing paperwork. If i had a jet, i would give my pilot a credit card and the flight attendant another one, both on the same account. Here don't bother me and my accountant with extra unnessesary work. Accountant is gonna have access to invoices straight from bank!!! WOW how simple. Am I missing something?
Edit: The only positive i see in using ones personal credit card and them reimbursed is that you actually can improve your credit score theoreticaly speaking. I guess its not all cons
your way of thinking makes sense for an owner of the jet. Most of the people I fly charter the plane, they are not the owner. So on top of billing for the plane I bill for my day rate and the on board supplies
@@JacquelineTravels oh cool. Thanks for replying. So every single different customer gets a different invoice? This seems complicated. Hope it works for you.
@@Sokeresa you definitely have to be detail oriented, and it's a lot of work but it is also nice to keep the credit card rewards for yourself and not to the comapny
@@JacquelineTravels yeah, i do see the benefits. I guess it's nice to get all those cash back and coupons you get from using your card, also helps with the credit score. So i guess is not bad Haha
This is crazy! What legitimate company expects its employees to spend their own money’s to keep the company in business? You maybe reimburse later or maybe not if you lose a receipt. Yeah it’s fun running your own business BUT IT NOT YOURS!
Every company deals with reports...
Sure ever company deals with reports but a legitimate company’s doesn’t ask their employees or are you contract labor to put $7,000 on their personal credit card. Maybe I need to watch more of your vlogs to understand your situation better. I just don’t understand why anyone would put themselves in this kind of situation. What if your company went out of business? You would have to get in line with all the other creditors and try to salvage what you could and that could be years later. It just makes no sense to me.
Why don’t they just give you a corporate credit card?? Seems odd that you have to use your money up front
Contract employees turn in their day rate, meals and hotels so adding catering on top of it is just the natural way to go. Plus then we keep all the points so that’s a good benefit.
Jacqueline Travels ok 👍 makes sense but wow so much extra work involved and the fancy hotels by the time you get there u r ready to shower and sleep 😴 I’m sure
@@donaldromano7390 exactly!
Jacqueline Travels wish you all the best and Happy 😃 Valentines Day
Donald Romano, with a corporate credit card, there is less oversight. If she had a Corporate Credit Card, she could use it and the company would be on the hook for the charge wether justified or not.
How much money does a corporate flight attendant make?
The contract day rate is $550-$700. Salary FA’s should make about $75k/year starting
@@JacquelineTravels That is 75K before taxes, FICA, etc, correct?
@@le_th_ you are correct
@@JacquelineTravels Thank you for the confirmation (and quick reply)!.
Its a lot of work,i stick to serve pretzels and beverages .fun though .😃
it is a lot but it’s so worth it!
@@JacquelineTravels I bet , nice videos though 😊
I’d be surprised if you couldn’t write off the interest as a business expense
I never even thought of that! Luckily I’m usually reimbursed on time
Jacqueline Travels yeah particularly if you’re a 1099 employee, (self employed) Its not like a company makes everything available... the Uber/rental to get food for these people, you’re on the clock... admin time preparing expense reports,.. preparing for a flight... all that should be reimbursable too.
Hopefully you get some decent miles for all that you spend on these people lol.
I’m sure, just in case you might have additional expenses, and cause it’s tax season.
I'm watching a video about how to do an expense claim! Either I or TH-cam has reached their nadir!
You missed the point of the video but that’s ok. Your nadir helps my profit
I just started watching you, are you a subcontractor, or do you work for a private jet company who is hired by corporations and private individuals? Who do you send the invoices to? The corporations that hire you?
Thanks for watching. In this video I was contracting but now I work for a company full time. Invoices used to go to the head of aviation or even the scheduling department to be submitted for payment. Now I just send everything to accounting.
Jacqueline Travels thanks! Had no idea what the FA’s are responsible for! Very interesting!
You get credit card rewards
Such a good perk with the cost of these trips
Eventually when I get reimbursed,
The sad part is between the account payable and approval and corporate oversight and the respective it departments eventually sounds the right word.
Can a male become a corp. CCM?
there are plenty of male corporate flight attendants
There is not one chance in hell I'd underwrite a flight with my own funds and sit around waiting for reimbursement. A legitimate business doesn't need to borrow from its employees to run their operations.
I’ve flown for numerous companies who operate like this. We have to turn in our daily contract rate for payment so adding hotel, transportation and food is like any other person traveling for business. Plus I get to keep all my hotel and credit card points, a company doesn’t benefit from it. It’s legit
I'm curious what the point is to "work" this type of work...? What is your actual take home income?
@@kelil1750 the daily rate for a contract flight attendant is $550 to $700 each day. A full time corporate should be making between $85k to $100k a year. That's the point of this type of work
@@JacquelineTravels okay, thank you for explaining. It's so interesting to learn about other career fields. I had no idea that was how those amenities actually got on the plane.
@@kelil1750 yeah, I was a commercial flight attendant for 5 years before I started on the corporate side and there was so much I didn't know either. You you don't think about it until you have to do it
Buuuuuuu
pilots are not paying for fuel. Stupid comments. Your upscale wealth business passengers are paying for everything.
Not upfront. Which you would have understood if you took time to listen to the video
You’re able to bring your children?
People with children charter airplanes...
Jacqueline Travels yeah I figured that out a little after watching. Thanks for replying.
Perfect! I didn't mean to confuse you. Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)