Don't share a lift pass

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redgiant replied

21 February 2013, 21:22
Originally posted by doodab View Post

I thought oyster type cards with a name and photo had been de rigeur for a while, I have quite a collection of them now. Quite handy cos if you go back to the same place you can take your last one and save the deposit.

Most places do carnet type passes that are usually suitable if you are planning on sharing with friends or don't want to go out every day.

They tend to be for the longer passes (30day+) passes. All the ones that we have got for 6 days don't have anything on them but there usually is a small refund if you hand them back at the end of the week.

We're off this year to St. Anton next month and looking on the website it's still the same situation there it seems with their passes.
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Paddy replied

21 February 2013, 20:49
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doodab replied

21 February 2013, 20:08
I thought oyster type cards with a name and photo had been de rigeur for a while, I have quite a collection of them now. Quite handy cos if you go back to the same place you can take your last one and save the deposit.

Most places do carnet type passes that are usually suitable if you are planning on sharing with friends or don't want to go out every day.
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NotAllThere started a topic Don't share a lift pass

21 February 2013, 16:07
Don't share a lift pass

Some parents buy a 6 day lift pass, and then each of them uses it 3 days, skiing with the kids alternately.

At least one resort in Austria (Bad Gastein), as you go through a barrier, takes a photo, linking a face (or rather ski helmet and jacket*) to the card. The next day, they check that the face matches the person coming through the barrier. Then they give the ringer a €50 fine, require the purchase of a day card, confiscate the card and ban the owner from the facilities (not sure how they enforce that).

Be warned. Unless the T&C's (which can be quite hard to find the details of) specifically permit swapping between parents, don't share.

Though the parents have been caught bang to rights, so no complaint there, it does seem a bit off to me that there's no indication that you're under surveillance. Perhaps they'd rather catch people than stop the practice.

* I knew I should have bought matching his n' hers jackets and helmets
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