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Man Spent $150 Eating Every Meal at Six Flags Since 2014 to Pay Off Student Debt
New York Post ^ | October 27, 2021 | Asia Grace

Posted on 10/27/2021 5:29:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Hungry for financial flexibility, a California man named Dylan shelled out a measly $150 a year to eat every meal at Six Flags Magic Mountain in order to save thousands, pay off his student loan debt, get married and purchase a house in Los Angeles.

“You can pay around $150 for unlimited, year-round access to Six Flags, which includes parking and two meals a day,” Dylan, 33, explained to Mel Magazine Monday. “If you time it right, you could eat both lunch and dinner there every day.”

The theme park offers guests a “premium season dining pass” which allows visitors to enjoy lunch and dinner items, as well as a snack and unlimited drinks during every visit on any regular operating day, per Six Flags Magic Mountain’s website. The deal, which doesn’t include alcoholic beverages, is listed on the site at $109.99 plus tax.

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TOPICS: Education; Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: debt; savingmoney; studentloans
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1 posted on 10/27/2021 5:29:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Good for him.

A marketing plus for the Corp.

Win, Win


2 posted on 10/27/2021 5:32:08 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: nickcarraway

Genius of frugality.


3 posted on 10/27/2021 5:34:21 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: nickcarraway

to the 1 second of fame guy:

Thanks for being the stupid braggart who ruins nice things for the rest of us.

whatever dude.


4 posted on 10/27/2021 5:34:22 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: nickcarraway

gas to get there? or bus?


5 posted on 10/27/2021 5:38:06 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Paladin2

Yeah


6 posted on 10/27/2021 5:38:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: nickcarraway

My problem would be needing to drive 4 hours to the nearest six-flags park.

By the time I got home after lunch, I’d have to turn around to go back for dinner.


7 posted on 10/27/2021 5:39:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: nickcarraway

You mean the deal that Six Flags used to have?


8 posted on 10/27/2021 5:39:27 PM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: nickcarraway

This is one of those stories where he would have been better off keeping quiet. Six Flags is probably altering next years’ agreement as we speak.

Good for him though.


9 posted on 10/27/2021 5:39:37 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Openurmind

The new definition of “tree bark cheap”.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 5:44:37 PM PDT by mcshot (OMG! Really? WTF! I don't think we're OK. Is that the drain I see? Oh noes!)
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To: nickcarraway
....Hungry for financial flexibility, a California man...

That is how far you have to read to figure out he really isn't saving any money if he is living in California.

11 posted on 10/27/2021 5:50:09 PM PDT by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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I pulled a cheap stunt like this when I used to live in El Paso..

An airline put a full back-page ad in the El Paso Times..
“Round trip to Los Angeles only 79.95”

I read all the fine print, it said it was on a space-available basis. You would show up at the airport and sign up for your flight, you might get on and you might not. But if you were bumped you got a goodly chunk of airline miles.

Well, I got to LA and turned it into a game, I would check out how booked up a flight was and then turn up and be bumped for a full fare passenger...and collect my miles.

This went on for quite some time and I ended up with an unbelievable amount of miles...it turned out the Vegas airport was ideal for this opportunity... I was spending more time in Vegas than Wayne Newton!

I flew all over the place New York then back to CA..then back home for a rest and NY again... my friends in NY were sick of the sight of me..lol.

At almost every layover I managed to pull down more miles by being bumped off of a few flights.

It turned into a quest...I traveled a million miles and ate a million packs of free peanuts...


12 posted on 10/27/2021 5:50:58 PM PDT by Bobalu (Figure out what you like, learn enough to be dangerous, and then start fiddling around)
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Lol... :)


13 posted on 10/27/2021 5:53:58 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: nickcarraway

God bless him. Personally I’m a fan of amusement park junk food, but not sure I’d want it twice a day every day. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.


14 posted on 10/27/2021 6:02:35 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: nickcarraway

I guess he didn’t worry about the gang thugs who hang out at Six Flags.


15 posted on 10/27/2021 6:07:08 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: nickcarraway

No pictures of the guy? Wonder why.


16 posted on 10/27/2021 6:19:52 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Bobalu

Genius!! LOL


17 posted on 10/27/2021 6:20:14 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like he did okay until he bought the house in LA ...


18 posted on 10/27/2021 6:41:46 PM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Oh, and, "Let's Go Brandon!")
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll bet he downside is, he gained 400 lbs ...


19 posted on 10/27/2021 6:42:59 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Stolen elections have consequences.)
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To: nickcarraway
buffet's all u can eat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8i4eQm8VgI

20 posted on 10/27/2021 6:50:39 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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