Joe Whyte will turn 76 in May, but he's still willing to make changes to make his annual trip to Snowmass, Dec 6 - 12, 2007, successful. For some reason that doesn't appear to be rational from the point of making money, United and Delta are selling seats from Philadelphia into Aspen for around $200 next winter, whereas seats into Denver are over $300. Since the Silvertree Hotel picks up at the Aspen Airport, Joe sent an e-mail to all of his people letting them know about this air deal. He'll sell them the land package and they will go out and get their own airfare. He took 80 people to Snowmass in December of 2006 and his goal is 106 in 2007. More than 50 people have already purchased their air in just 5 days, and this is prior to United loading their bigger planes into Aspen and before Frontier has even announced or loaded their potential flights into Aspen. It looks like Joe is on target to expand this trip to 100+ people this December. As Mike says, "Buy seats on the planes, not stock in the carriers."
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