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On his frugality and practicality: >> Airlines have often jacked up prices – sometimes dramatically so – for the Berkshire weekend. If you are coming from far
by juiceandjuice 16y ago
On his frugality and practicality:
>> Airlines have often jacked up prices – sometimes dramatically so – for the Berkshire weekend. If you
are coming from far away, compare the cost of flying to Kansas City versus Omaha. The drive is about 21
⁄2 hours
and it may be that you can save significant money, particularly if you had planned to rent a car in Omaha
- diego 16y agoIf someone else said that, he'd probably get panned. If you are a BH shareholder, odds are that the added five hours of driving cost you much more (time, effort, risk) than the difference in ticket prices, especially if you are flying in for a weekend.
- kalvin 16y agoThat's definitely not the case. This isn't your usual shareholder meeting. 40,000 shareholders (I'd call many of them "fans", really) showed up last year and many of them have more enthusiasm than wealth. You can get tickets just by holding a mutual fund that owns Berkshire and calling up the fund. (My mom and I among them. "At Berkshire, our time horizon is forever." And he pretty much means it.)