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Nick Kennedy@iam_nickkennedy · Founder and CEO @iflyrise
Nick Kennedy, CEO of Rise, here. We're honored to be trending here. What questions can I answer for you?
Kevin Chau@kchau · Director of BD, Divshot
@knickkennedy How does it work? What are the rules and stipulations of the # of reservations?
Andrew Zusman@uxandrew · UX Designer
@knickkennedy @rrhoover Can you add "M" tag?
Preet@preetnation · BlueLight, also enjoy QS and Parkour
@knickkennedy Nick, why don't commercial airlines do this for specific routes? I totally understand the Rise value in a local context I'd happily pay $1k/month to jump on a Virgin America flight from SFO - AUS at any time (based on availability). Currently long distance with my wife, so getting to her more frequently when I have holes in my schedule woul… See more
Nick Kennedy@iam_nickkennedy · Founder and CEO @iflyrise
@kchau All of our membership levels allow all you can fly but certain levels allow you to hold more reservations. Think Netflix (when we actually used DVD's) ; 1 DVD cost $5.99 3 DVD's cost $8.99. The higher price memberships give you more reservations. Our technology lets you book a new flight in 30 seconds, so as you soon as you land the reservation yo… See more
Kevin Chau@kchau · Director of BD, Divshot
@knickkennedy Thanks! Any plan to make this cross country/not just in texas?
Nick Kennedy@iam_nickkennedy · Founder and CEO @iflyrise
@preetnation I won't guess why they don't offer this service (although there is some history with unlimited flights on AA and JetBlue), but after flying over 2 million miles starting several other companies I was fed up and decided to do something about it. Ultimately something is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, so if the market is there the b… See more
Nick Kennedy@iam_nickkennedy · Founder and CEO @iflyrise
@kchau We have aggressive growth plans...stay tuned.
Preet@preetnation · BlueLight, also enjoy QS and Parkour
@knickkennedy Bummer, personally curious. Why not position yourself as an airline? I think the biggest opportunities today are the application of technology to specific verticals (like you're doing). You're a focused airline powered by 21st century technology. Same as Uber is a transportation and logistics company powered by sophisticated dispatch and… See more
Nick Kennedy@iam_nickkennedy · Founder and CEO @iflyrise
@preetnation I don't disagree, I just feel like calling something "the Uber of_____" is lazy for us to do as we want to differentiate and create a unique experience. At the end of the day how we are described is less important than our main mission which is to give our members back the time and dignity that has been stolen through inefficiency in modern a… See more
Preet@preetnation · BlueLight, also enjoy QS and Parkour
@knickkennedy I'm glad you're not trying to be the 'Uber of Flying in Texas' =) I'd drink that for sure.