Candidate Perk #1: Private Jets

Want candidate kid envy? Here you go. If they travel with a parent during the campaign, they get to fly on private Lear jets.

During the first three months of this year, the 18 presidential candidates spent $4 million on travel and lodging. A chunk of that change went to pay for seats on expensive corporate jets, and candidates only have to pay first-class rates for tickets. So how much of a savings is that? Fox news tells us that "a one-way first class ticket from Washington to Chicago on United Airlines with four days notice is $694 per person. A typical one-way charter flight on a small Lear jet seating six people would cost about $9,000." Now that's a nice discount.

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