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Poola: SkyHi members average 1.77 flights against a 3-flight breakeven

Rama Poola · #60 Is This the Amazon Prime of Airline Tickets? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 8:24

Rama Poola pitches his airline subscription startup, SkyHi, explaining its current usage economics to investor Sheil Mohnot on The Pitch.

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“Right now it's 1.77. Our breakeven on our current financial model is a little over three.”

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