Alta and wawa

[mishka]

one of the deal for Wachusett season pass holders is 50% discount at Alta. today I spend little bit of time at ticket window before got my ticket and they said don't come back again because they wouldn't give me another one. apparently they did not received some kind paperwork from Wachusett to honor this deal.

I suggesting to anyone want to use their Wachusett pass at Alta call first to Alta's customer service to make sure no surprises

 

[Jcb890]

I think Wachusett left all of the discounts up on their website but didn't actually contact any of the mountains to renew these deals.

Last year they had a deal with Mount Snow also where Sundays were 50% off. Not this year though. Kind of shady behavior.

 

[thetrailboss]

That is too bad.

 

[Jcb890]

That is too bad.

Yeah, quite disappointing. Almost as frustrating as spending a couple of hours playing phone tag between Mt. Snow and Wachusett because nobody knows anything that is going on. In the end, it sounded like Wachusett didn't bother to re-up their partnership deals with other mountains. Perhaps they have fixed that at this point, but I'm not really sure and I haven't had the desire to call and find out.

 

[chevling]

Interesting, since Alta lists the deal on their own website too:

https://buy.alta.com/products/pass-information

 

[darent]

Interesting, since Alta lists the deal on their own website too:

https://buy.alta.com/products/pass-information

I read that as a Alta Pass holder you get 50% off at WAWA, not the other way around ???

 

[Jcb890]

I read that as a Alta Pass holder you get 50% off at WAWA, not the other way around ???

Yup, that's how that reads to me also. Here's the link on the Wachusett website showing all of the discounts:
https://www.wachusett.com/default.aspx?tabid=99

They took Mount Snow off, but Alta still shows.

 

[tumbler]

i read that as a alta pass holder you get 50% off at wawa, not the other way around ???

hahahaha

 

[mishka]

what I was told deal with Wachusett still out there however wawa supposed to provide at least of passholders names so they can check the name of the visitor to the passholders list.however wawadid not did not provide such list… With numerous requests

I don't know how deal with Killington works it was enough to present current season pass they checked nothing

again I don't want be involved in any kind of politics you and just let me people know of the situation. Maybe in the future they will straighten out paperwork . Until then I suggest to call ALTA to find out

 

[DoublePlanker]

some kind of joke? alta is like paradise. why would any alta passholder ski wawa.

 

[Jcb890]

some kind of joke? alta is like paradise. why would any alta passholder ski wawa.

Maybe they get sick of powder and want to ski some good old fashioned New England ice. :lol:

 

[thetrailboss]

Maybe they get sick of powder and want to ski some good old fashioned New England ice. :lol:

It is probably just a reciprocal deal....and you'd be surprised how many folks move out here from the east coast, me included, so having an option when folks head back east to visit family is not a bad idea.

And this had better be the ONLY complaint about our skiing because we have so far had 224" of snow and are sitting at a 90" base on January 12th, which has NOT happened this early since I've been out here, and is probably one of three times or so that we've been at or above a 90" base at all.

 

[Jcb890]

It is probably just a reciprocal deal....and you'd be surprised how many folks move out here from the east coast, me included, so having an option when folks head back east to visit family is not a bad idea.

And this had better be the ONLY complaint about our skiing because we have so far had 224" of snow and are sitting at a 90" base on January 12th, which has NOT happened this early since I've been out here, and is probably one of three times or so that we've been at or above a 90" base at all.

Oh I know, I am just joking. Wachusett is my local mountain and we're there probably on average once per week (at least). Like you said, I am sure they are just reciprocal deals... except I'm not sure that Wachusett did their jobs and made sure the other mountains would be honoring discounts.

 

[thetrailboss]

Oh I know, I am just joking. Wachusett is my local mountain and we're there probably on average once per week (at least). Like you said, I am sure they are just reciprocal deals... except I'm not sure that Wachusett did their jobs and made sure the other mountains would be honoring discounts.

I figured. I will say that a legitimate knock on Alta is that they can be too laid back in management and difficult with which to deal. I would not be at all surprised if Wawa did send the information and Alta lost it.

 

[Jcb890]

I figured. I will say that a legitimate knock on Alta is that they can be too laid back in management and difficult with which to deal. I would not be at all surprised if Wawa did send the information and Alta lost it.

Possible, but I think this is on Wachusett. I spoke with multiple people at Mount Snow about the discount and after speaking with management, it seemed like Wachusett just dropped the ball.

 

[thetrailboss]

Possible, but I think this is on Wachusett. I spoke with multiple people at Mount Snow about the discount and after speaking with management, it seemed like Wachusett just dropped the ball.

Seems odd. Wawa has great management, or at least they did.

 

[Jcb890]

Seems odd. Wawa has great management, or at least they did.

Agreed, it is odd. I spent 2-3 hours playing phone tag with Mount Snow and Wachusett trying to get to the bottom of it one day. In the end, Mount Snow management basically said Wachusett hadn't set the deal up and it would not be offered this season. I wasn't able to get a solid answer out of anyone at Wachusett, nobody seemed to know anything. Now, it was earlier in the season (maybe a month ago), so perhaps they hadn't ironed things out yet? I'm not sure to be honest.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Seems odd. Wawa has great management, or at least they did.

Ugh the Crowley's suck don't even get me started....

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[Jully]

Ugh the Crowley's suck don't even get me started....

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Id be interested to hear why (sorry to get you started). I haven't been to wachusett in years, but i haven't heard anything bad about them (except that they groom everything flat twice a day).

 

[wa-loaf]

I've used the discount many times in the past. It's part of the Mtns of distinction program. Not doing UT this season, but it would be a bummer if that went away.