Turbine lift ticket prices - US only please

[Reginald 0]

Ouch! My DZ just announced it's raising lift ticket prices due to an increase in fuel costs. A ticket is going from $21 to $23 USD. I’m thinking that makes for the most expensive lift ticket in the US, but it might be normal now days. Please tell me what your lift tickets are! Since costs are not comparable from country to country, please US drop zones only and turbine planes only since 182 DZ’s are not comparable either.

EDITED to add: Single ticket price (no blocks) and assume "full altitude" (typically 12,500 to 13,500)

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[mailin 0]

I pay $23.


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[headoverheels 333]

Amazingly enough, I just bought a block of 50 week before last, still $13 each. Singles still $15. Altitude varies a bit, but averages about 13k.

[Mostly_Harmless 0]

SDLI-$23 to 13.5k

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[kelpdiver 2]

how do I vote when I'm paying as little as $15 for single jumps, or as much as $22, and getting that 22 down to 20 in blocks of 10? I probably end up with an average of 20.

Altitude probably should be part of it too, though it would make for a unwieldy poll.

Personally, the increase in jump ticket prices has been matched by the increase in gas spent to get to the DZ. I'm usually going about 8 gallons for the round trip for the 3-5 jumps.

[catfishhunter 2]

$6 to get on the plane and $1 per 1K Alti. Skydive Ogden has a Tanker and buys the Fuel when prices are at the lowest (From what I understand) If a DZ does this and raises the Prices in the middle of the Season when they have already paid for the fuel then in my opinion it is just price gouging.

But I have no Idea what other DZ's Do. I am just grateful I jump where I do :)

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[monkycndo 0]

$22 to 15K,
$25 to 18K,

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[mdrejhon 8]

Stop crying...

I pay $35 CDN for turbine tickets ($28-$30 USD). All 13500 feet AGL minimum, some a bit higher.

About half of the jumps I have ever made (~50) I made this summer are all on just a mere three Otter boogie weekends at Skydive Gananoque! I jumped 18 times on the last one.

Feel lucky you're not jumping in places like Japan (About $80, and I don't think that's even turbine).

(Edit: No, I didn't vote - I avoided doing so, because it is a US poll only)

[chutem 0]

Unless it went up since Monday, $20 @ SDAZ

[Reginald 0]

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Stop crying...

I pay $35 CDN for turbine tickets ($28-$30 USD). All 13500 feet AGL minimum, some a bit higher.

Feel lucky you're not jumping in places like Japan (About $80, and I don't think that's even turbine).

(Edit: No, I didn't vote - I avoided doing so, because it is a US poll only)

Well, most industrialized countries have socialist leanings (including Canada) and have massive taxes (including very high fuel taxes) to support government programs. I presume in Canada you don’t have to pay as large a portion of your income to buy health insurance as I do, but I have lower taxes (including fuel taxes) than you do. Thus it is not possible to compare lift tickets between countries. Long story short, costs of living (and yes skydiving IS life!) of across countries are difficult to compare and can’t be measured via a singe item (lift tickets).

I’m not passing judgement on anyone’s economic or social believes or any countries’ system of government (at least in this forum) I’m just noting that comparisons are problematic, hence the request for US respondents only.

And I reserve the right to wine all I want!

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[faulknerwn 38]

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Feel lucky you're not jumping in places like Japan (About $80, and I don't think that's even turbine).

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Japan's not THAT bad.. At least for regular jumpers.. When I was there I had to pay something like

$20 for national insurance (free for Japanese folks)
$20 to join their version of USPA for the month
$50 to jump with rental gear (didn't feel like lugging my gear across the ocean)

So while it was that for my one jump, it wouldn't be so much for a regular jumper

[AndyMan 7]

Chicagoland added a buck surcharge after Katrina.

We jump what may be the fastest -27 Otter in the country. Most jumps are from 14ish.

A single ticket went to $22.
My block price went to $17.

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[dvdcoon 0]

$22 in Perris for 12.5

[bob.dino 1]

A friend of mine was jumping at the Tokyo Skydiving Club a fortnight ago. Tickets were JPY 6200, which works out to about USD 56. And yeah, he had his own gear with him.

[rgoetsch 0]

It depends on how much your dz flies. We have an 8 or 10,000 gallon fuel farm but we get deliveries a few times a season. unless you can hold a lot of fuel you dont have the luxary to only purchase once a season.
*** $6 to get on the plane and $1 per 1K Alti. Skydive Ogden has a Tanker and buys the Fuel when prices are at the lowest (From what I understand) If a DZ does this and raises the Prices in the middle of the Season when they have already paid for the fuel then in my opinion it is just price gouging.Mad

But I have no Idea what other DZ's Do. I am just grateful I jump where I do :)

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[popsjumper 2]

Now $21 to 13,500ft
Was $19 to 13,500ft.

Stayed the same: $10 H&P to 5,000ft

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[HydroGuy 0]

Perris is 22 bucks to 12.5k - 13k.

You can also buy a block of 55 tickets for 1000 bucks. Comes up to $18.18 a ticket. Basically makes every sixth skydive free.

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[WeakMindedFool 0]

Tried to vote twice cause I really have two homes....one is $19 the other is....wait for it....wait for it!!!
$13

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[WeakMindedFool 0]

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[Dumpster 0]

We're currently at $20 for club members and $21 for non-members out of the PAC750

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[Adriandavies 0]

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Tried to vote twice cause I really have two homes....one is $19 the other is....wait for it....wait for it!!!
$13

That's right folks, Lodi does rock!

Why is there such a difference in price between the two DZs?

[bisqit999 0]

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SDLI-$23 to 13.5k

Just raised to $25

[stoneycase 0]

$23...just went up from $21. no blocks available at all either.

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[britboynz 0]

Here in lil ol New Zealand we had a NZ$25 a jump Porter weekend down in New Plymouth last weekend. So thats US$17 per jump.

[Speer 0]

Skydive San Diego. $18 during the week, usually the Caravan. $20 on weekends, usually the Otter.

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