dannyminutillo

Hello HN! I'm Danny, one of the co-founders of The Rooftop. We let people turn their rooftops into restaurants and connect them with top chefs in the city to create custom menus for guests.

We started The Rooftop because we were sick of eating at the same restaurants each month and wanted more options with better food/better experiences when dining out.

Looking for feedback and happy to answer any questions!

Most of the flights with those prices you can't change your ticket, or flights are non-refundable, or if you want to change your flight at the last minute you're going to be charged the difference between the cheap fare you payed and whatever fares are available (mostly business select if you change at last minute). You can't book more than 30 days out with Teleport, but that's kind of the point. You don't have to spend hours each month scheduling, comparing prices, and booking your trip a month in advance.

We're still working on the schedule and obtaining feedback re when people want to fly. But for now, flights depart about every hour and a half between 4pm-10pm on Friday and Sunday nights and same on Monday mornings between 5am-9am.

Plus you can share flights that you're not going to use in a certain month with family/friends for free.

Right, that's correct. Most of the time, those $49 one-way flights aren't refundable and you're going to be charged extra fees for bags and changing your flight if you need to. So the value prop for Teleport is having the convenience of a subscription model and being able to book at the last minute and still get a fairly decent price. There's no guaranteed seat or compensation for delays, but those are good ideas which we're now going to look into :)

That's right, it's a monthly subscription (you're billed monthly). Unused flights don't rollover. But if you know you're not going to use some flights in a given month, you can send them to family or friends for free.

Yes, balance is very tricky, which is why airlines utilize dynamic pricing. We are working on a model that balances supply/demand.

No minimum number of months to subscribe for.

Salaries for our pilots are as competitive as major commercial carriers. A reason pilots have been interested in flying with us.

Yep, great idea. We were actually thinking about an interface like that. Thanks for the feedback

I think the value prop is cheap fares without booking weeks in advance and fast checkins at the private terminals.

I agree, TSA is awful, so hopefully our solution will be more resolve this issue.

Thanks for the feedback. We'll make that more clear on the site.

CRJ series and ERJ series. These are all 50 to 100 seat passenger planes. Same aircraft that United Express, Delta Connection, and American Airlines use for their regional routes.

Hahaha

Yes, that's correct.

We're not operating the planes. We have part 121 regional airline partners that are operating the planes. We're providing them with the schedule and they operate the flights. We act as an agent for the passengers.

That's correct about the use case. We're thinking about offering 8 flights/month but didn't think there would be that much demand for that option. Could be wrong though

Friday is actually the day most business travelers fly. Thursday evening has demand as well so we're looking into possibly offering some times Thursday evening too. Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks!

We just wanted to highlight the way the airline industry currently operates and how bad things are.

Yep, we have two different landing pages live. Trying to get our copy right

Yep, or on People's Express NYC to DC