HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Set for April 2018 Opening at the Lyric — Page 40

And I'm guessing some of the better seats are still to be released.

Their algorithm clearly allowed them to modify ticket prices based on demand while tickets were being sold today. It's why the 'search' options were so limited - one day with one price category, but no additional selection criteria, no ranges of dates, and no selecting specific seats. It's the only way to explain the various prices within the same sections. I have no doubt that the next round of tickets will be released at much higher prices.

After being close to giving up I did get tickets. I was in a 11 and of course there was the price issue with the dates I needed. Luckily I saw the fixed it and hopped on April 7 and got 5 tix Center Balcony Row C for $120 + TM Fees $260.20 per ticket set ($130.10 a part).

Yeah $120 for balcony. Their pricing is all over the place, but hey I got them.

So sorry to hear so many disappointed fans on this thread. I guess I should feel fortunate. I was on standby and got my access code at 2:17 PM. I was looking for $20 tickets for both shows on the same day. After trying 20 different dates with no luck, I gave consecutive days a try and somehow found $40 tickets for October 10-11, 2018. The seats are last row balcony, right of center, but at least I'm in. Once these tickets came up, I did not look further for fear I would not find $40 tickets again if I released them. I'm from out of town so I'll need to find a hotel to stay overnight, but it will be worth it. For those who didn't get tickets this time, better luck next time when next block of tickets are released.

Well aren’t you lovely. I’ve never scalped a ticket in my life, but if I had a $200 ticket and someone offered me $5000 for it, I’d sell it in a second."

People respond to these market forces differently. I see tickets going for those insane prices and it makes me feel a lot better about how much I paid for mine. I'll be sitting with the kid and enjoying every second of being in a 5K (or whatever crazy price they sell for eventually) seat.

I do find it hard to judge folks who've never bought tickets intending to sell them who see what they're going for and prefer a few months rent over going in the first wave. I've been a starving student living on the edge. The amount of stress that much money could have relieved alone... I get it.

If it's like London, you may well need to prove you bought legitimately (ID) They have tried hard to stop the scalpers

DrewJoseph said: "Alright, weirdest thing just happened. I tried to book for like a 100 times and it kept giving me the 'something went wrong' page. Then suddenly it started saying 'this code has already been used for a purchase' but no email confirmation and nothing in my TM account. But this morning suddenly the tickets showed up in my account! Guess I have them now?!! Wow, should I trynot to be too happy till I get a real confirmation email? Or do you guys think I'm safe? For everyone else with the same situation; check your tm account now! Maybe you've got the same thing."



I immediately checked my card accout to see if I had been charged. Usually my charges go right through. Mine was pending all day but the purchase did hit my account right after I bought my tickets. That is how I made sure my purchase went through.

Anna Lan said: "Well aren’t you lovely. I’ve never scalped a ticket in my life, but if I had a $200 ticket and someone offered me $5000 for it, I’d sell it in a second."

People respond to these market forces differently. I see tickets going for those insane prices and it makes me feel a lot better about how much I paid for mine. I'll be sitting with the kid and enjoying every second of being in a 5K (or whatever crazy price they sell for eventually) seat.

I do find it hard to judge folks who've never bought tickets intendingto sell them who see what they're going for and prefer a few months rent over going in the first wave. I've been a starving student living on the edge. The amount of stress that much money could have relieved alone... I get it."

I’ve never sought out to sell either. I’ve had some pretty in demand tickets but never sold. I had some OBC Hamilton tickets that were going on stubhub for over $2k each, but I went to the show. But like you said, when you can pay rent or pay for a whole vacation cause some crazy person wants to pay you a ridiculous amount for a ticket, it is tempting

DrewJoseph said: "Alright, weirdest thing just happened. I tried to book for like a 100 times and it kept giving me the 'something went wrong' page. Then suddenly it started saying 'this code has already been used for a purchase' but no email confirmation and nothing in my TM account. But this morning suddenly the tickets showed up in my account! Guess I have them now?!! Wow, should I trynot to be too happy till I get a real confirmation email? Or do you guys think I'm safe? For everyone else with the same situation; check your tm account now! Maybe you've got the same thing."



Thank you for the heads up. This happened to me, and now I have too many tickets! When we used my code, my cart expired, I got no confirmation, and it wouldn't let me use my code again. I assumed there was an error in the system. So my friend tried using her code for us, and the same thing happened. We thought we ended up with no tickets. This morning, we each have a pair on our account, and pending charges in our credit cards. But we only needed one pair! LOL. I'll have to reach out to TM about a refund and see if they can help. I just wish I knew about the theater configuration before. One pair is DRESSR, Row A, 10-12, and the other is DRESSR, Row G, 2-4. I prefer an aisle seat, but Row A is tempting for the best view...

TICKETS ARE ALREADY OVER U$S 3000 ON RESALE!!!!!

In have a question for someone to answer. Without a physical/email ticket how can one even resell on StubHub etc.? TM states that we can either pick up ticket at BO with ID and credit card OR a virtual ticket is sent to your phone a few days prior to the performance. I don't understand how with these restrictions any tickets get to be resold to strangers. Please enlighten me

nycward said: "In have a question for someone to answer. Without a physical/email ticket how can one even resell on StubHub etc.? TM states that we can either pick up ticket at BO with ID and credit card OR a virtual ticket is sent to your phone a few days prior to the performance. I don't understand how with these restrictions any tickets get to be resold to strangers. Please enlighten me "

You can sell a ticket on StubHub and indicate when you will be able to deliver the electronic ticket at a later date. Since they probably know the ticket delay window, they may already have it locked in for around that time.

I got an 11 am time slot and jumped right on the page. I was looking for two tickets. I wasn't able to use the scroll menu to choose a price so just hit the $20/40 box and got a few responses of balcony seats. I heard the $20/40 seats were available in all levels off the theater so I tried a few more times and never got anything other than balcony. I tried higher price categories when I was finally able to use the pricing pull down menu but got a bunch of no availability messages. I was looking for a range of dates from April to July. I started seeing the bars on the calendar change to yellow and red so tried a few dates in the Fall. No luck. A few times I just choose standard pricing and there were always seats available at $199.

I finally noticed that the bars on the calendar dates for the preview period were green again (probably due to the glitch). I tried several dates for the cheapest seats but nothing. Then I tried looking for one ticket in the $20/40 category and they started popping up. A friend who will be going with me had sent me his code earlier so I tried for two single seats on my phone's TM app using his code and computer using my code. I got single seats up for the same date on the phone and computer so hit purchase within seconds. Got both seats and it was right at the end of my time slot. Both orders went through and I got email confirmations. But I could have saved my self a lot of stress and aggravation if I had just grabbed those balcony seats when they first appeared. This was by far the most difficult ticket buying experience I've ever had and that includes buying tickets to Hamilton, Hello Dolly, and HP in London.

Updated On: 10/19/17 at 01:38 PM