I don’t think I’ve seen any reviews of OneGo, I just came across it on Reddit. Basically OneGo is a subscription service that offers unlimited flights for a monthly fee (starting at $1,500 per month). The service just launched officially on February 1st, 2016. Let’s take a look at this program to see if it makes sense.
Contents
Booking
To make a booking, you must use the OneGo mobile application (only available on iOS, Android version will be available in March). To book a flight you do the following:
- Open the app
- Select your date & cities
- Choose from one of the flights presented
- Input your frequent flier number
- Choose your seat
- Book
Restrictions
- All flights must be booked 7 days in advance (they plan to allow flights to be booked up to 6 hours in advance with an add on called ‘Last Minute Booking)
- You can have a maximum of four open reservations at any one time (slot becomes available after you’ve completed your flight. They also plan to offer an add on called ‘More Open Bookings ‘ to give you an additional four open reservations)
- You can book flights up to one month in advance (they plan to change this to however long in advance you’ve paid for your flight)
- Flights must be direct flights
- Only economy seats can be currently booked, but they plan to add premium economy in the feature
- All fares are discounted economy
Fees
OneGo basically offers four different packages, these prices include the following: taxes, government and carrier imposed fees. Fees can be viewed below:
- Nationwide: $2,950 per month
- West: $1,500 per month
- Central: $1,950 per month
- East: $2,300
Basically the different plans unlock different airports you can fly into/out of and different routes as well. In addition to the monthly fee, you’re also charged the following fees:
- Account set up fee: $495
- Change fee: $100
- Cancellation fee: $200
- Baggage & additional services: Same rates as the airline usually charge
There is no minimum commitment.
Nationwide $2,950 Per Month
All of the below
West $1,500 Per Month
Includes the following airports:
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Oakland
- Orange County
- Phoenix
- Portland
- Reno
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Seattle/Tacoma
- Spokane
- Tucson
Central $1,950 Per Month
- Albuquerque
- Amarillo
- Aspen
- Austin
- Boise
- Dallas/Ft. Worth
- Denver
- El Paso
- Houston
- Lubbock
- McAllen
- Minneapolis/St. Paul
- Oklahoma City
- Omaha
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- Tulsa
East
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Birmingham
- Boston
- Buffalo/Niagara Falls
- Charleston
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Des Moines
- Detroit
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood
- Fort Myers
- Hartford, CT/Springfield
- Indianapolis
- Jacksonville
- Kansas City
- Louisville
- Memphis
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Nashville
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Norfolk/Virginia Beach
- Orlando
- Pensacola
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Providence
- Raleigh/Durham
- Richmond
- Savannah
- St. Louis
- Tampa
- Washington
- West Palm Beach
Airlines Available
OneGo has partnered with the following airlines and you can choose which airline you fly (as long as a seat is available in an acceptable fare class).
- Alaska Airlines
- American Airlines
- Delta Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- United Airlines
- Virgin America
Status
You’ll continue to earn frequent flier miles on these flights (and I assume qualifying miles for elite status). You can also redeem upgrades. Unfortunately all these flights are discounted economy and you’ll earn lower miles.
Our Verdict
This is a pretty interesting concept, my first thought was that this would be great for mileage running but with only four open reservations and needing to book seven days in advance you’re practically limited to less than 16 flights a month. Obviously OneGo will be targeting business customers in the hopes that they can drive enough volume to get large discounts from the airlines, they’ll also be following the gym membership model where you’re making your money on people that aren’t using their memberships.
I think a lot of employers will jump on OneGo, if you have employees doing a lot of fly in fly out work and it’s currently costing more than $1,500-$2,950 per month then this would be an easy way to reduce costs. Let me know your thoughts on OneGo in the comments below.
