Itikiti lenqwelomoya elingamisiyo ukusuka eNew York ukuya eParis kwimpelaveki yokuqala ngoMeyi lixabisa i-1,142 yeedola. Indiza ye-Continental Airlines Inc. ukuya kwintlanganiso yonyaka yabaninizabelo e-Berkshire Hathaway Inc. e-Omaha, Nebraska, kwangaloo mpelaveki inye: $1,433.
Njengoko abatyali-mali bebesenza izicwangciso zokuzimasa umcimbi usihlalo weBerkshire, uWarren Buffett, awubiza ngokuba “yiWoodstock yongxowankulu,” abathwali abaquka i-Continental kunye neDelta Air Lines Inc. bebenyusa amaxabiso. Bacela ngokuphindwe kane ireyithi eqhelekileyo yamatikiti okuya nokubuya, okuthetha ukuba abantu baseNew York baya kuhlawula ngaphezulu ukutyelela i-Omaha ngentlanganiso ye-1 kaMeyi kuneLondon, iRoma okanye iBarcelona.
Ilizwekazi longeze inqwelomoya enye ukusuka kwindawo yaseNew York nge-29 ka-Epreli kunye neyesithathu nge-30 ka-Epreli, utshilo uMary Clark, isithethi senqwelomoya. Abathengi abathenge amatikiti ngaphambili bahlawula kancinci kwizihlalo zabo, utshilo. Ngoku, inkampani esekwe eHouston ifuna iprimiyamu yeendawo eziseleyo.
“Kubonakala ngathi kukho imfuno ephezulu,” utshilo uClark. “Ekubeni uninzi lwezo ntlawulo sele zithengisiwe kwaye kukho izihlalo ezimbalwa ezishiyekileyo, izihlalo ezishiyekileyo zikwixabiso eliphezulu lokukhwela.”
Kunyaka ophelileyo, nanjengoko isoyikiso somkhuhlane wehagu sabagcina abanye abaninizabelo kude, irekhodi labantu abangama-35,000 bakhukulise i-Eppley Airfield yase-Omaha baza bagcwalisa iihotele kwisixeko sama-439,000. Iintsuku ezintathu zeminyhadala kulo nyaka ziqala ngolwamkelo kwivenkile yobucwebe be-Borsheims ephethwe yi-Berkshire nge-30 ka-Epreli kwaye iqukunjelwe ngamaza okutya atya inyama e-Gorat's nasePiccolo Pete's, iindawo zokutyela ezimbini apho uBuffett wathembisa ukuvela nge-2 kaMeyi.
UMona Lisa, uNotre Dame
Iindwendwe eziya eParis ngaloo mpelaveki zinokubukela umsitho kaMeyi kwiNdawo ye-Place de la Bastille, babone iMona Lisa kaLeonardo da Vinci eMusee du Louvre okanye bakhwele isikhephe kwiSeine edlulileyo iNotre Dame Cathedral. Imithi yehashe-chestnut kumda weChamps Elysees iqhele ukuqhakaza ngoMeyi, ngelixa iimvumi zeklasikhi zidlala iikonsathi zangorhatya eJardin du Luxembourg.
Abatyalo-mali baseBerkshire abakhetha i-Nebraska endaweni yoko baya kugcwalisa i-arena ye-Qwest Centre ukuphulaphula i-Buffett, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Oracle yase-Omaha, njengoko ethatha imibuzo evela kubaphulaphuli malunga nokutyalomali, ezopolitiko kunye noqoqosho ngaphezu kweeyure ezintandathu. Imisebenzi yangaphandle inokuquka utyelelo kwindawo yokuzalwa yowayesakuba nguMongameli uGerald Ford, iFreedom Park Navy Museum, kunye neyona ntlango inkulu ehlabathini, ngokutsho kweConvention & Visitors Bureau.
'Akukho nto ithelekiswayo'
"I-Paris neLondon, zonke ezo zixeko zibuhlungu kakhulu," watsho uMohnish Pabrai, umsunguli we-Irvine, i-California-based Pabrai Investment Funds, oye waya rhoqo kwintlanganiso yonyaka ukususela ngo-1998. "I-Omaha ilapho yonke into eyenziwa khona. Kutheni ungafuna ukuba seParis ngoMeyi 1?" uthe. "Akukho nto inokuthelekiswa no-Omaha."
Abatyali-mali abanethemba lokubhabha bengayeki ukusuka eNew York ukuya kuyo yonke imisitho uBuffett ayicwangcise kuyakufuneka bathenge itikiti kwi-Continental eshiya iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNew Jersey eNewark Liberty International nge-30 ka-Epreli kwaye ibuya nge-3 kaMeyi. kunye neentlawulo, ngokutsho kwiWebhsayithi yelizwekazi izolo.
Kwiiveki ezimbini kamva, uhambo olufanayo lokuya e-Omaha lubiza i-309 yeedola kumqeqeshi, ngokutsho kweWebhusayithi. Iinqwelomoya ezingapheliyo ezisuka eLaGuardia yaseNew York eDelta zithengiswe nge-30 ka-Epreli. Izihlalo zomqeqeshi eziseleyo kwinqwelomoya ye-Delta ye-29 ka-Epreli engamisiyo esuka eLaGuardia ixabisa i-$1,188, ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yenkampani yenqwelomoya.
"Nawuphi na umcimbi otsala imfuno eyongezelelweyo kubathengi bethu ulungile kwishishini," utshilo uKent Landers, isithethi seDelta. "Nanini na kunokwenzeka, siyakongeza izihlalo ukuze siqinisekise ukuba siyakwazi ukuhlalisa abathengi abaninzi abakhetha ukubhabha iDelta kangangoko."
Phezulu ngeLeli
IDelta ayikhange yongeze iinqwelomoya kwintlanganiso yonyaka kuba abakhweli banokubhukisha iihambo ezibandakanya ukumisa kwezinye izixeko, utshilo uLanders. I-airline inikezela ngenqwelomoya ukusuka eLaGuardia ukuya eOmaha nge-30 ka-Epreli kunye nokumisa okukodwa kwindlela nganye ngeedola ezingama-443. Indiza ebuyayo iquka i-30-minute layover kwi-Airport yaseDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County.
U-Rick Seaney, igosa elilawulayo lase-Dallas-based Farecompare.com, uthe iinkqubo zetikiti ze-airline ziphakamisa amaxabiso ngokuzenzekelayo ngokusekelwe kwimfuno yezihlalo kunye nabasebenzi banokuphonononga imfuno kunye nokunyusa amaxabiso ngakumbi. Ukuba inkampani yongeze iinqwelomoya, iya kuba neendleko ezongezelelweyo ngelixa iqhuba iindleko zamatikiti, utshilo.
"Mhlawumbi kulula kubo ukuba bahlawule i-$ 1,200 okanye i-$ 1,500 kolo hambo lokuya nokubuya kunokuba bangenise enye inqwelomoya kwaye bahlawule i-$ 600, kuba ekugqibeleni benza imali efanayo," kusho uSeaney. Xa ikhompyutha ifumanisa ukuba izihlalo ziyathengiswa, “inyusa ixabiso liye kutsho kwelona nqanaba liphezulu lexabiso,” watsho.
eLondon, eRoma
Olona hambo lubizayo lokuya nokubuya, inqwelo moya engamisiyo ukusuka eNew York ukuya eParis ngeentsuku ezifanayo yinqwelomoya yaseNewark-to-Roissy-Charles De Gaulle nge-$1,142 kwinqwelomoya yeQela le-Air France-KLM. Amatikiti kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon Heathrow yi $661 kwi Delta. I-AMR Corp.'s American Airlines iya kubhabha uhambo olujikelezayo ukusuka e-JFK ukuya e-Barcelona nge-$757, kwaye i-non-stop phakathi kwe-JFK kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Roma i-Fiumicino ixabisa i-$790 kwi-Delta.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, abaninizabelo baseBerkshire bazicekisa ezo zixeko kwaye endaweni yoko babhabha baya e-Omaha besuka e-US nakwilizwe langaphandle elimalunga nama-40. I-Flying Delta esuka eMemphis engapheliyo ukuya e-Omaha ixabisa i-$ 618 ngeveki yentlanganiso, i-26 ipesenti ngaphezu kweeveki ezimbini kamva, kunye nohambo lwe-Midwest Air Group Inc. oluvela eWashington luyi-$ 410, i-22 yepesenti yokunyuka.
“Ukuba uhlala phantsi kwinqwelomoya, macala omabini akho kuzakubakho iBerkshire-holics ecaleni kwakho,” utshilo uPabrai, umninisabelo waseBerkshire. Abakhweli abaya entlanganisweni "bavule iingxelo zabo zonyaka zaseBerkshire Hathaway ngokungathi baxinanisa iimviwo."
'Uncedo olunyiniweyo'
UBuffett, oneminyaka engama-79, wakha iBerkshire yaba yinkampani yeedola ezingama-200 eebhiliyoni kwisithuba seminyaka engamashumi amane ngokuguqula umenzi osilelayo weesuti zamadoda ukuba abe lishishini elinamashishini ukusuka kwi-ayisikrimu kunye nempahla yangaphantsi ukuya kwizixhobo zombane kunye nezothutho zikaloliwe. Izabelo zathengiswa malunga ne-$ 15 xa ethatha ulawulo kwi-1965; Isitokhwe seKlasi A sivaliwe izolo nge-122,459 yeedola. UBuffett akazange aphendule kwizicelo zokuphawula malunga neentlawulo zomoya ezithunyelwe nge-imeyile kumncedisi.
"UWarren Buffett ngumthombo olinganiselweyo," watsho uGuy Spier, inqununu kwi-Aquamarine Funds LLC oye waya kwintlanganiso yonyaka malunga ne-15 iminyaka. "Unyaka ngamnye odlulayo, ixabiso lakhe leprimiyamu liyenyuka."
USpier, oza kubhabha eOmaha esuka eZurich, uthe ngokwesiqhelo uxhomekeke ekubeni lilungu le Hilton Hotels Corp. inkqubo yokunyaniseka kwabathengi ukubhukisha amagumbi xa ehamba. Ubulungu bunexabiso elincinci ngexesha lempelaveki yaseBerkshire, wathi, ekubeni intlanganiso ibanjwe kwibala lezemidlalo ngaphesheya kwesitalato ukusuka ehotele. "Ndizama ukutsala iwonga lam elite-elite - ayilunganga," utshilo uSpier, oneminyaka engama-44. "Isakhiwo sonke sibhukishwe."
Ithengisiwe
"Ekupheleni kwentlanganiso siya kuba neepesenti ze-100 ezithengisiweyo kunyaka ozayo," kusho uRobert Watson, umphathi jikelele we-Hilton Omaha. “Impembelelo ka-Omaha iyamangalisa ngokwenene,” utshilo. “Yinto enkulu kumashishini angqongileyo. Inokuba lunyuko lwama-30 ukuya kuma-40 epesenti kumashishini okwamkela iindwendwe kuluntu olungqonge.”
UWatson uthe amaxabiso aqhele ukonyuka ngexesha leendibano ezinkulu kwaye wala ukutsho ukuba ibiza malini ihotele ngexesha lentlanganiso yaseBerkshire.
UMarriott Omaha, ophethwe nguMarriott International Inc., ubiza i-269 yeedola ngobusuku ngexesha lentlanganiso, ipesenti ezingama-23 ngaphezulu kwamaxabiso ayo aqhelekileyo, utshilo uPaul Tunakan, umlawuli wehotele wentengiso kunye nokuthengisa.
“NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku kuthi yindlu ephambeneyo,” utshilo uTunakan. "Kugcwele nje ngabantu."
“Yonke ihotele ngubani-bonke aba baphathi be-hedge fund kunye nabatyali-mali abaziwayo, ababhali,” utshilo uPabrai, 45, ohlala eMarriott. Hlala nje kwigumbi lokungena iiyure ezimbalwa. Kufana nokuba kwiOscars.”
