VAIL SUCKS

[BenedictGomez]

Confusing this is.....

That Fox story above didnt fare much better in trying to decipher it.

Pass Holders will be given a 50% credit per day they skied from Dec. 27 to Jan. 8, with those credits only able to be used towards buying another pass for next season. Lift ticket guests will also be offered 50% credit for the price paid for each day they skied.

Huh?

 

[deadheadskier]

Yeah, kinda difficult to come up with a dollar calculation for pass holders because the monetary value per day for a pass holder is dependent on how many days per season they use their pass.

I would have probably gone with a simple round number of $100 per day credit for everyone. In doing so, you likely maintain most of your pass base, especially the destination pass holder who used it 7 days on a vacation and will get a pass next year for like 75% off. On the flip side you lose most all of those day ticket holders, but Vail obviously cares very little about those folks any way. Maybe you maintain some of them if you say their credit can be used towards day tickets at any Vail resort or they can apply it towards a season pass product. The thought there is maybe a NYC / Boston skier who bought a Park City day ticket won't come back there to ski for $228, but might go to Mt Snow for $83. This assumes holiday rates of $328 for PC and $183 for Snow.

 

[Mum skier]

The crazy thing is the only reason we all went was because my daughter's kiddie clinic started. We were intentionally avoiding the mess, but it looks like that one class being scheduled might save us a nice piece of coin as all 3 of us had our EPIC passes scanned that day.

It’s sort of a smart move by them really. People who were adamant they are done with Epic, but now can get money off next years pass….well maybe they are not done with Epic after all.

 

[deadheadskier]

The saying goes...fool me once....