Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Permit question
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Savage Voyageur |
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salukiguy |
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schweady |
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billconner |
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schweady |
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schweady |
salukiguy: "How old do you need to be to be eligible for the senior pass?" 62. America the Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass |
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Savage Voyageur |
schweady: "The Senior Pass is good for half price in the BWCAW, not free, like a National Park. When you reserve tomorrow, you will be charged $16. *sigh* Go out to your profile on recreation.gov ahead of time (today) and enter your pass number. Then, your $8 will be refunded automatically when you obtain your permit. Thanks, this was very helpful. I went into rec.gov and updated my pass. Any thoughts about what my buddy with the same pass needs to do? Or is he out of luck for the discount? |
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schweady |
schweady: "...When you reserve tomorrow, you will be charged $16. *sigh*... A follow-up: I searched a thread from last year (the first year that I had my senior pass number saved in my reservation.gov profile) and it reminded me that when I made my reservation, there were two charges: Boundary Waters Interagency Senior Pass Fee - $8.00 Boundary Waters User Fee Deposit - $8.00 It was the second charge (the "Deposit") that was refunded when the permit was issued. Reservations I saw which were completed on that same day and did not include a Senior Pass discounted fee contained no such User Fee Deposit. Government work at its finest. |
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mjmkjun |
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dustytrail |
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schweady |
And, oddly, even though my pass number is saved in my profile, I had to enter it again for each permit I reserved... |
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Savage Voyageur |
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billconner |
Savage Voyageur: "I made a reservation for two guys. We both had Senior lifetime passes and I was able to enter both Senior pass numbers on the form. I was charged $16.00 Interagency Senior pass, $6.00 for reservation fee, $16.00 for user fee deposit, for a total of $38.00. I’ve never used that card and I can’t remember the costs, is this charge correct? " no promise but you should get $16 back - perhaps when you pick up permit. Should be $8 each plus $6 reservation fee. |
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butthead |
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schweady |
billconner: "Savage Voyageur: "I made a reservation for two guys. We both had Senior lifetime passes and I was able to enter both Senior pass numbers on the form. I was charged $16.00 Interagency Senior pass, $6.00 for reservation fee, $16.00 for user fee deposit, for a total of $38.00. I’ve never used that card and I can’t remember the costs, is this charge correct? " Yes, that's what will happen. Oddly enough, if you would have reserved as two adults, full price, you would have been charged $32... instead of $16 + $16... Then, showing your cards at permit pickup would trigger the refund of your $16... The way you did it, you will automatically be refunded the $16 "Boundary Waters User Fee Deposit" once the permit is issued... (A deposit that is not charged when all pay full price.) VNO didn't even need to see my card to do that last year. Basically, the only advantage of entering it at reservation time is not having to dig out your cards at the permit counter... Government at work... |
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billconner |
butthead: "Will the ranger stations be open to get the refund? Don't know. I always use a cooperator. |
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schweady |
On each of my two permits for just my wife and me, my card was charged: $16 for an adult, $8 for me and my senior card, and $8 (which will, apparently, be the refunded portion) for a "Boundary Waters User Fee Deposit." On my permit for the men's church group (I just set the group size at 4 for now, so I could name the max of 3 alternates), my card was charged: $16 for each of the 3 adults, $8 for me and my senior card, but NO "user fee deposit." I know it will all come out in the end, but it makes you wonder who's doing the math behind the curtain... |
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boonie |
Just checked and last year I was credited $24 which is $16 + $8. |