uniladtech homepage
  • News
    • Tech News
    • AI
  • Gadgets
    • Apple
    • iPhone
  • Gaming
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
  • Science
    • News
    • Space
  • Streaming
    • Netflix
  • Vehicles
    • Car News
  • Social Media
    • WhatsApp
    • YouTube
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
TikTok
Snapchat
WhatsApp
Submit Your Content
Man spent over $2,000 on app promising unlimited private jet flights to see if it's a scam
Home>Social Media>YouTube
Published 15:11 29 Oct 2024 GMT

Man spent over $2,000 on app promising unlimited private jet flights to see if it's a scam

The YouTuber struggled to get a spot on a plane

Rikki Loftus

Rikki Loftus

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover
Featured Image Credit: YouTube/@noelphilips/Jupiterimages/Getty Images
Youtube
Social Media
Travel
Vehicles
Plane News

Advert

Advert

Advert

A man spent over $2000 on an app which promised unlimited private jet flights just to see if it was fake.

Documenting the experiment for his YouTube channel, the man decided to drop some serious cash on an app to find out if it was all a scam.

The man in question, Noel Philips, downloaded an app called Vaunt which claimed to offer unlimited flights on luxury private jets.

Advert

Buying a year’s membership for $1000, the YouTuber set about trying to book a flight.

Attempting to book onto a plane, he revealed that he was put on a ‘wait list’.

Philips said: “Wait list priorities are determined by the following factors, how long you've been a Vaunt member, how long it's been since your last Vaunt flight, opting into carbon credits, friend reverse referrals or sharing Vaunt on social media.”

He went on to say: “If I pay them another $995 I can get a priority. I'm not going to pay another $995.”

After having no luck with booking onto other flights, Philips caves and forks out another $1000 to get priority.

Philips added: “It's cost me another $995 to get to number one on the wait list, I still don't have a flight, the flight is tomorrow.

“This flight apparently is tomorrow, I kind of need to know soon because obviously I need to make other flight arrangements.

“I'm two grand in and still don't have a flight.”

Luckily, he finally receives confirmation that he’s got a seat on the plane, this one heading for Nashville.

The YouTuber finally got a seat on a four minute flight (YouTube/@noelphilips)
The YouTuber finally got a seat on a four minute flight (YouTube/@noelphilips)

However, he needed to cough up another $500 as a security deposit.

Still, the YouTuber was in high spirits as he made his way to the airport the next day - just before all his hopes came crashing down.

He said: “I've just had an email from them to say that unfortunately the flight has been canceled because the aircraft is no longer available so now we've got to get an Uber back home again.”

Despite the failure, and after months of waiting, Philips finally managed to snag a seat aboard a private jet.

The flight would take him from Houston Hobby Airport all the way to George Bush International Airport, which is also in Houston.

The entire journey takes just four minutes from take off to landing.

Still, Philips was determined to make his efforts prove fruitful, boarding the tiny four seater jet.

Taking his seat, the YouTuber said: “There's a little bar area up there, apparently they've got drinks loaded in there, not that we're going to be getting many drinks on a four minute flight.”

Viewers took to the comment section to share their own thoughts on the expensive flight.

One user wrote: “Noel going brilliantly through all the stages of British anger - from ‘a bit fed up’ to ‘really quite annoyed’.”

And another added: “Been watching you for years, that's the first video that's longer than the flight itself.”

Choose your content:

3 days ago
4 days ago
5 days ago
  • Free Jack D /  YouTube
    3 days ago

    Ex-YouTuber issues plea from prison after losing appeal and landing three-year sentence

    The former creator posted a final message to his viewers

    Social Media
  • Tyler Oliveira / Getty
    3 days ago

    YouTuber breaks silence after being deported and banned from Israel for his content

    He was denied entry after flying to Tel Aviv

    Social Media
  • Outdoor Boys/YouTube
    4 days ago

    Outdoor Boys makes surprise appearance on YouTube following retirement from channel with 19 million subscribers

    He has been gone from YouTube for over a year

    Social Media
  • NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty
    5 days ago

    TikTok users not happy as app introduces new subscription fee that could change how you scroll

    You'll now have to pay for the optimal experience

    Social Media
  • US airline set to launch private jet-style luxury flights 'for a fraction of the cost'
  • TikToker teams up with 125,000 strangers to buy Spirit Airlines as they raise $88M in two days
  • TSA officially bans nine bizarre items from flights as it issues warning to passengers
  • Doctor issues warning over food ‘worse than smoking’ that makes up over half the average American's diet