Thank you ! Just got one for my nephew . <| sep |> I don ' t think either of us know the costs of the secret service in various situations . It ' s like folks complaining about the cost of flying a sitting president to various places . The costs are always inflated because it includes all the salaries of people and the costs of maintaining the jet . They of course leave out the fact that all those salaries would still be paid anyway had no flight taken place and the jet must still be maintained either way . The only additional costs seem to be fuel , a little bit of extra maintenance related to jet wearandtear due to flight times , as well as some additional ground transportation costs and hotel bookings on arrival .