RkyMtnHigh 0 #26 August 3, 2008 QuoteQuote$20- 3500' $25- 4500' $30- 7500' $35- 10000' I just went to Abbotsford, BC, Canada for a boogie today (Saturday) and paid $111 CAD (about $110 USD) for three jumps. This was just accepted by the participants -- even though the jumps are cheaper in the US, there is that pesky border crossing to deal with whenever you go. It took 2 minutes to enter Canada, and 1 hour to leave. But I'll be back tomorrow. If it were not a holiday weekend in Canada, I could have stayed in a hotel overnight, but I waited too long. DJan, what jumpships do they have up there? BTW, I miss you and Skratch. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #27 August 3, 2008 "Mostly" nice people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #28 August 3, 2008 Quote You guys are lucky. Here in the UK it's £19 per jump (when buying tickets in bulk - 10 tickets @ £190) at Weston, which is $38 USD per jump, to 12K. They may be lucky but they still whinge like a bunch of little girls (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustard 0 #29 August 3, 2008 QuoteDJan, what jumpships do they have up there? BTW, I miss you and Skratch. I miss you too, dearly. I was momentarily taken aback by your current avatar, but once I recovered, I figured I could answer you quickly before we head off for Abbotsford for the day. During the boogie, they have the Kapowsin Otter, but usually Abottsford jumps a Porter, which is a great plane but they load it up with ten people (or worse yet, five tandems) and that makes for a pretty tight airplane. Roger Ponce is there organizing this weekend for the boogie. At Pitt Meadows, they have a King Air, which is so familiar to me from Mile Hi. It's funny, I don't even usually count the 182s (but all the DZs here have at least one) because I won't get in one very often. I think I might have made a half dozen jumps out of them, but that will change, I suspect, when I make low jumps in the winter to keep current. I wish we could see each other, but unless we meet at some boogie or other, it's a long way to commute. :-) Edited to add: my $111 by credit card came across this morning as $107.80, making each jump cost $35.90. *** DJan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeNnEjEnN 0 #30 August 4, 2008 I agree, $20 is cheap. 240kr to 12.5k here in Oslo (Tønsberg FSK) - that's just over $46 with todays exchange rate. ------------------------------------------- "Scars remind you that the past is real..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreeflyIndian 0 #31 August 20, 2008 Thanks to all for the info. Interesting stats indeed!!! Being the analyst I am, I tried to put most of the info from this thread into a spreadsheet for comparison. Attached is the results. NB - Nothing here is official, its just a summary from the thread!! Anybody in the Lodi vicinity looking to employ me??? PLEASE!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flr169 0 #32 August 20, 2008 I live in canada but jump out of the states ... I'm in Mission, BC about 10 or so minutes from Skydive Abbotsford....( visiting ) I did a couple jumps there the other day...the porter only seems to go to 10,000 when doing work loads / Tandems.... Tandems where paying $300 and I payed $34 for each of my jumps.... didn't make sense why it wouldn't go to 12,000 when they advertise that....( thats what they said in the email to me...) mikeLife's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #33 August 20, 2008 To filter out inflation, deflation, and stagflation I always equate jump ticket prices to the price of a six pack of domestic beer. When I started jumping a six pack of Budweiser was three dollars and change. And a trip to 12,500-feet was about two six packs. Nowadays, a six pack of Bud is about six dollars, but a lot of jump tickets are four and five times that. Something is seriously out of whack . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
repcool 2 #34 August 20, 2008 My advice on Lodi is to go and jump at the mythical beast, it s real and it is worth the airfare to get there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #35 August 21, 2008 When I was living in Europe and traveling around, I used the "international beer scale" as an indicator of overall prices in the country I was visiting. If beer was expensive, so was everything else! My favorite place to visit was Hungary. Before the USSR collapsed, beer in Hungary was 15 cents and a shot was 20 cents. With $10 you could party all night!____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bloody_trauma 2 #36 August 21, 2008 Quote It has long been known that Bill can afford to keep prices so low because he is in fact DB Cooper. End of story. LOLZFly it like you stole it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreeflyIndian 0 #37 August 21, 2008 I like your thinking - the 6 pack index! Ok, so for me 1 jump to 11,000ft is just over 7 six packs of beer All this talk of beer is making me thirsty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #38 August 21, 2008 35 dollars CDN to 13500 ft in Ontario Canada. Today that is 32.95 US dollars or 22.35 Euros or 17.70 British Pounds... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #39 August 21, 2008 www.epco.aero CHF42 approx USD38 to 4000m CHF20 approx USD18 to 1000-1500mscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavi_omen 0 #40 August 21, 2008 Quote Thanks to all for the info. Interesting stats indeed!!! Being the analyst I am, I tried to put most of the info from this thread into a spreadsheet for comparison. Attached is the results. NB - Nothing here is official, its just a summary from the thread!! Anybody in the Lodi vicinity looking to employ me??? PLEASE!!!!! Just so you know, Baldwin is in Baldwin,Wisconsin, not Canada. And I'm gonna throw in for Skydive Wissota. $15 dollars to 10,000 feet ain't too shabby.There's no such thing as free will; everything is dictated by the Uncertainty Principle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_K 0 #41 August 22, 2008 QuoteQuoteUS $13 to 13K (Lodi) Most other places > $20US (I hear Perris is at least $27 to 12.5k) Part of me wishes that people would stop bringing up Lodi. Everyone knows its stupid cheap there and every time it shows up, it makes people feel even shittier about the prices they have to pay at home. Like the people at Lodi want to stick it to everyone else and show how much "better" they are. Just frustrating. I'll counter that: We pay $35 for 13,500Ft, now you are making me feel bad about $20-$23/JumpDownsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SimonBones 1 #42 August 26, 2008 Skydive Suffolk VA still sporting the cheapest jumps on the east coast. $23 per jump for the first 5 jumps in the day $12 for every subsequent jump made that day. 10 jumps in a day averages down to about $17.50 per jump. PAC 750 all the way to 14K. Like I've said, the PAC is the new way in skydiving. It is more fuel efficient than any of the other classic jump planes and keeps the jump prices down. And then there's the staff discount...108 way head down world record!!! http://www.simonbones.com Hit me up on Facebook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #43 August 27, 2008 Now ,that is an interesting way of doing it....good lucksmile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lastchance 0 #44 August 27, 2008 Normally $18 to 9,000 ft. One time good deal this last weekend, $18 to 12,000. Pulled at 10.500 on both from 12. What a view. I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_K 0 #45 December 2, 2008 Quote I think we are the highest in North America @ $40 CAD to 10k and $25 for a 3,500ft hop and pop.... Where is that?Downsizing is not the way to prove your manhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #46 December 2, 2008 Quote Quote I think we are the highest in North America @ $40 CAD to 10k and $25 for a 3,500ft hop and pop.... Where is that? Ummm.. looking at my profile didn't occur to you??I the price of fuel stays down for next season I am hoping that the DZO will drop the prices......but I am not holding my breath for either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyshimas 0 #47 December 2, 2008 You can't swoop in Lodi- me never go Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piratemike 0 #48 December 6, 2008 Quote ranges from 19 euros in the czech republic to 30 euros on some events in germany & austria -so 20 buck in the us is dirt cheap Wow, 30 euros. Today, that's about $36 bucks. About last June that was more like $45 for one jump. ouch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topdocker 0 #49 December 8, 2008 Quote You can't swoop in Lodi- me never go You can swoop all you want, even have a pond if you want to clean and fill it. Just don't do a turn over 90 degrees to final. It's like smaller carbs in Nascar, makes you have to be more creative! CraigJump more, post less! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
