Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Seating/Pricing Thread — Page 49

Fosse76 said: "I'm sorry, but I really wish people wouldn't "hold" tickets in their TM account if they have no intention of purchasing them. No one on this site is more entitled to these tickets than the general ticket-buying public, and even when available again it may not come up as the best available. It's cheating other people from having access to the best tickets. I don't know if TM has a rule about it (unlikely), but it's definitely an abuse of the system."

There's no way TicketMaster can prevent (or care) if people have tickets in their cart that they release after the 10-minutes of whatever time they have to complete a purchase. Also, in the grand scheme of things, it is barely a blip amongst the obstacles that have existed to getting decent seats to this show. Being shut out of the entire Ticketmaster Verified sale impacted me more than people holding tickets for 10 minutes twice a day in order to help people on here get a shot at good seats, heh.

Nycat63 said: "Anyone think the new release of tickets will include holdbacks for shows in the next couple of months (eg June) or more likely later shows into 2019? I’ve got tickets for my June trip but have been checking frequently for better seats if I can get them. I’d have to move something fairly important on the 23rd to give it a try so just wondering if folks think it will pay off or be fruitless. I realize I’m asking for speculation though maybe someone has a better idea of how this stuff works with hold-backs."

The show's tweet said "More tickets for #CursedChildNYC will be released on Monday, April 23 at 11am ET for performances through May 12, 2019." So yup, get in the waiting room.

Updated On: 4/19/18 at 02:00 AM

haterobics tsaid: "Nycat63 said: "Anyone think the new release of tickets will include holdbacks for shows in the next couple of months (eg June) or more likely later shows into 2019? I’ve got tickets for my June trip but have been checking frequently for better seats if I can get them. I’d have to move something fairly important on the 23rd to give it a try so just wondering if folks think it will pay off or be fruitless. I realize I’m asking for speculation though maybe someone has a better idea of how this stuff works with hold-backs."

The show's tweet said "More tickets for #CursedChildNYC will be released on Monday, April 23 at 11am ET for performances through May 12, 2019." So yup, get in the waiting room."

Sorry - I meant this June.  2018.  

WickedLinds said: "Ditto to haterobics.To be fair, this forum is also open to anyone in the general public who cares enough to look for it and read every post that comes along trying to get good seats.I found it initiallyvia an internetsearch."

Oh please. the vast majority of ticket buyers have no idea this site exists, nor will they ever discover it. The idea that someone doesn't care enough to look for a message board where a member is holding tickets hostage is, quite frankly, absurd.   

 

TorontoBroadwayFan said: "Anyone get this?i was wondering what the “special gift” was?

Best Available Prime Ticket Plus ATG Lounge Experience

A premium experience that includes access to ATG's exclusive lounge, VIP entry, a welcome drink, light hors d'oeuvres & desserts, complimentary coat check, private restrooms, and a special gift."

I was actually searching around earlier this week because I'm so curious what "a special gift" could mean. Like, is it show specific? I hope someone can give us an idea as to what that is.

Fosse76 said: "The idea that someone doesn't care enough to look for a message board where a member is holding tickets hostage is, quite frankly, absurd. "

As is the notion that one could hold a ticket hostage.

Updated On: 4/19/18 at 04:21 PM

Yep -- this same practice on the DEH thread allowed me to snatch front row tickets to Ben Platt's penultimate performance! And I'm hopeful that this thread will similarly help me get seats to Harry Potter once I'm in the city this summer (I have Nov tix but hopefully would like to see it before then). The person complaining is clearly just bitter/annoyed that tickets are hard to come by and decided to unleash some very misplaced anger -- this thread isn't keeping regular people from getting tickets it's HELPING them actually get reasonably priced tickets to a practically sold-out show. If one is a big enough theater fan that they want to get multiple alerts per day about theater tickets I think it's safe to say they deserve the tricks of the trade that go along with it. Go troll elsewhere.