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Vail Lift Tickets

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JaphyRyder
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Friends,

I'm heading out to Vail for the 1st week in February to celebrate graduating from college... suuper psyched, never skied there before.

Vail lift tickets are so damn expensive (obviously). Do you guys know of any good deals or anything? It would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
Jan 23 2013 4:17PM
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RIP_leos_shack
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If you'd planned this earlier while passes were still on sale you could've bought a $500 season pass, but now you're pretty much stuck to window prices.
Jan 23 2013 5:25PM
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bergend2
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Threads, heading out there in March, looking for some deals as well.
Jan 23 2013 5:34PM
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SamColby
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aww you may have missed the season pass deal like he said up there^ i'm skiing vail for a week in February as well, but i live in NH. I got a season pass for like 400$ or something like that, end up saving a ton of money. Check to see if this can still be purchased. If not, get a week pass, or something like that, mountains often offer numerous day passes which save you money compared to buying a day pass.
Jan 23 2013 5:41PM
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.Duncan.
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if you can find someone with a pass they can get you a little discount on the day passes i believe.
Jan 23 2013 5:45PM
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TimRiley
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I think you save like $30 off the regular price
Jan 23 2013 5:48PM
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hempcalifornia
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i have a season pass i could mail to you if u want, just trade me a hoody or something
Jan 23 2013 5:55PM
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Coloradosucks1
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I'm a Vail employee so I could possibly hook you up with a couple $50 tickets
Jan 23 2013 5:58PM
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PON3
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come in march when there is snow.
Jan 23 2013 6:01PM
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yeah2311
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Like everyone has said the only real discounts you can get is from the buddy program for season pass holders and employees get a certain number of highly discounted tickets for friends and family.  If those don't work out, buy you tickets online in advance and you pick up a little bit of a discount for buying multi-day passes, but that's about it
Jan 24 2013 10:30AM
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mehregan15
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there are a ton of stipulations on these, just watch out.

Buddy Tickets are tickets at a flat discounted rate ($79 at Colorado Resorts, $70 at Tahoe Resorts) that are available to pass holders who purchased their 2012-2013 passes before 5/27/12. All early Spring 2012 season pass purchases except Epic Pass and Epic 7-Day were eligible for the Buddy Ticket Program. Like Ski With A Friend tickets, Buddy Tickets are loaded directly onto your pass.

  • If you purchased your pass by 4/15/12, you received 6 Buddy Tickets.
  • If you purchased your pass by 5/27/12, you received 2 Buddy Tickets.
Jan 24 2013 10:36AM
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gpitcher
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yea its like 80 instead of 109 or something for holiday rates
Jan 24 2013 10:47AM
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BoogieWoman
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If you buy your passes online in advance (7 days before your trip) you save $$ off the window price. A 5 day online is $435, window price $595. 7 day $560 online instead of $833.
Jan 24 2013 11:08AM
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grown-ninja
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always check ebay/Craigslist for coups you can use/sell.

I use to buy 10$ off coupon to resorts here on the east (specifically hunter) sell them for 5 bucks and after walking through the ticket line/parking lot for a few minute basically have my lift tickets paid for.


Jan 24 2013 11:10AM
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grown-ninja
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^ or hang out in the parking lot/ticket window after the first few runs of the day, there will be people who gave up, changed plans and leave after a few runs, offer to give them a few bucks for their ticket-most will be happy to make something back rather than just go home dissaopinted and out 100 bucks.

or when half day tickets end and people are leaving, ask for old ticket bring it to the ticket window tell them you want to ski the rest of the day, and subsequently want to upgrade to a full day ticket-it will be at a discounted price.
Jan 24 2013 11:13AM
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theschneidler
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Basically it's expensive as fuck and there are few ways around it
Jan 24 2013 11:52AM
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