Should I join the Reserves to get a $99 Ski Pass?

For those of you who don't know, Vail resorts is doing something really fucking cool this year by offering a military pass for $99 for all active duty and retired.  A veteran pass is available for $499.  To put it in perspective, I spent over $800 this past season on a comparable pass.  Now you might be thinking, "Why are you going to join the reserves, that's not active duty!"

Shut the fuck up and look here:

• Reserve & Guard Forces: A person in the Reserve or National Guard is not full-time active duty military personnel, although he or she can be deployed at any time should the need arise. Members of the Reserve & Guard are eligible for the Military Epic Pass (Active/Retired/Dependent) if they are currently serving in the Reserves or National Guard (serving on Title 32 orders). (This offer does not apply to members of the IRR – Individual Ready Reserve.)

Now, this might seem awfully cool of Vail Resorts to include drilling reservists in on this deal, but let's not kid ourselves.  The real reason reservists are eligible is because their ID cards look exactly the same as active duty.  There would be no way for Vail resorts to tell them apart.

Now to my original question: Is it worth joining the reserves to save $400?  Let's way the cons and pros (in that order):

CONS:

• I would be in the fucking reserves
• I'd have to deal with career reservists, who are 10000000% different than the active guys who went into the reserves
• I'd have to travel for the reserves.  Despite their commercials that say you drill where you live, it's fucking bullshit.  If there isn't a unit close to you, your ass is traveling.
• Donald Trump would be my fucking commander-in-chief

Bullet two sounds a little harsh, but let me tell you as someone who spent 10.5 years active duty and had jobs that dealt with people who have been in the reserves for 20 years, it's a goddam nightmare.  For reservists it's like playing military on the weekend.  They think it's so fucking cool to put on some cammies and hang out with other reservists on the weekends.  I'm serious.  I had a reservist ask me what I did when I wasn't in the military and the concept that this was my full time job was lost on him.  

There's just something about putting on a uniform that seems so fucking cool.  The active guys have that shit wear off after a year or so when they realize the dress whites don't actually help them get more pussy than before.  But for these reservists, it seems like the novelty never wears off.  I had a reserve commander tell me not to hesitate to pull the military card in the airport to get where you're going.  He told me that one time he was on standby for a flight (when he wasn't even traveling for Navy purposes) and he said his wife called up the airline and said "My husband is in the military! He's traveling for official duty and needs to be on this flight!"  I wanted to punch him in the face and inform him that he's a fucking loser, but you can't do that to a senior officer in the military, so I didn't.

PROS:

• $99 Ski pass
• That's it

Guess the verdict is in.  I'll just pay $499 for the veteran pass.