[Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices
I'm just wondering how the travel sponsorship will work for rail costs?
As I already have a Swiss GA card this issue doesn't impact me
personally and I am not expecting to request any travel sponsorship.
Some people may choose to buy some kind of rail pass that gives them a
cheaper rate on travel to/from Vaumarcus because they are also
sight-seeing some days. For many people, this is more economic than
buying the full-fare tickets. Nonetheless, should people who buy a pass
receive a subsidy equal to the cost they would have paid for a direct
train ticket from the airport at full price, or given the inherent
discounts from their rail pass, should the subsidy be offset in some way?
Given that the full price tickets are largely symbolic and part of a
system that is quite convoluted, maybe a more elaborate formula is
needed, e.g. for anybody who buys a rail pass:
D = number of days the person plans to spend with the DebConf group (e.g. 7)
N = number of days pass is valid (e.g. 30)
F = full price of ticket from arrival airport/border to Vaumarcus (e.g.
82 from GVA)
P = price of rail pass (e.g. 315 CHF for a flexi pass)
subsidy = min(F, F/2 + P*D/N)
For short journeys (e.g. from GVA), the first argument of the min()
function would be lower, e.g. subsidy = 82 CHF
For long journeys (e.g. somebody coming from Austria, full price from
border = 176 CHF return), the second argument of the min() function
would be lower (162 CHF):
- they have the benefit of a flexi-pass for 30 days, without paying all
of the 315 CHF
- DebConf saves 15 CHF
- this also reduces the cost of any transport needed for the day trip
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