Audience Rewards — Page 12

Hey guys, this doesn't have anything to do with tickets (obviously), but there is a lot of great new merch on Audience Rewards. Great stuff from Company, DEH and WSS. Enjoy!

https://www.audiencerewards.com/merchandise

For those who like to redeem their points for merchandise, for some reason they have increased the points and dollar value on all existing merchandise. As of Monday or Tuesday.

ArtMan said: "They have increased the points again, second time in less than a month. A magnet that was 900 points in August is now 1700 points. I sure would like to know why they keep raising the point value. I should have redeemed for the magnet in August."

That's so shady. My guess is, prior to the pandemic, most folks redeemed for show tickets. Now that there are no shows, the demand for merch has probably increased, so why not be greedy?

I could see your point if the new redemption was for new inventory with newer shows included. But these are the same magnets, Cats, Waitress....that has been part of their selection, for the lower points, for at least one year. These magnets were not in demand a year ago at 900 points. What makes them so in demand now to raise to 1700 points?

itsjustmejonhotmailcom said: "ArtMan said: "I could see your point if the new redemption was for new inventory with newer shows included. But these are the same magnets, Cats, Waitress....that has been part of their selection, for the lower points, for at least one year. These magnets were not in demand ayear ago at 900 points. What makes them so in demand now to raise to 1700 points?"

You could say the same thing about a flight: last year the exact same flight required fewer points to redeem. Unless you have access to Audience Rewards data you have no idea what the demand is. Maybe there is natural demand cause we're all stuck at home and ordering more stuff. Maybe they created demand by sending out lots of emails encouraging people to cash in points (points ar a liability they have to keep on their books, it's in their best interest to get people to use them.) Maybe they are running low on supplies and decided to up the points needed to be able to keep stuff in stock. Who knows. But I very much doubt it was a greed. More like normal managing of the business."

Your flight analogy doesn't "fly". Any given flight fluctuates in dollars and points needed on a daily basis. You can purchase a flight in the morning and I can easily purchase the same flight, in the evening, for a cheaper price with dollars or points. Or the reverse. Everyone knows on a plane everyone payed a different price. Audience Rewards points doesn't work like that. Anyways, I NEVER stated it was for greed.

Updated On: 9/24/20 at 09:42 AM

ArtMan said: "I could see your point if the new redemption was for new inventory with newer shows included. But these are the same magnets, Cats, Waitress....that has been part of their selection, for the lower points, for at least one year.

I read Waitress may come back for limited run? Could that be why?

I used a very small number of points for a subscription to Encore magazine. It is nice to be able to check out the first year of the magazine for free. So far, I like it.

Clyde's is up for 1000/500 VIP points plus $54.

Jordan Catalano said: "Does anyone know what “Orchestra Stadium Seating” means? WICKED is offering that for 1000 pts + $60 but not sure what the stadium seating means."

It's the back half of the orchestra. I believe it starts at row Q and goes back to row ZZ.

Out of my 9 shows I saw on my trip last week, 7 were participating in AR (plus tix I got for friends at TKTS).

Four of them I had bought before my trip and were already entered into the system and I have been awarded those points.

For the two sets of tix I got at TKTS, I was able to easily get those entered into TKTS. But had trouble with my tix bought at box office. So had to call today.

Customer rep was able to enter my info for The Piano Lesson, but informed me that even though Death of a Salesman is participating in AR, it is only participating for online purchases.

FYI: CR told me that only Shubert Houses participate in awarding AR points for box office purchases. I‘m also guessing if I’d gotten it at TKTS, I could have gotten points.