The online queue for Hamilton tix in SF is an hour long — Page 2

Wow, I'm so proud of my mom after hearing how bad it was! She got tickets since i was at work, and by 10:24 she sent a text that she got them. (!!!!) Considering how nervous she was because she doesn't know how to get tickets online, she did good!

eta: oh dang, 10:24 was when she forwarded the confirmation to me, the text when she said she got em was at 10:15. Dang, she must have had the most perfect timing ever when she loaded the page at 10

Updated On: 12/5/16 at 06:25 PM

I clicked around 2pm out of curiosity and was about 110K in front of me. Madness! I know God should be busy with many other more important things but I may have to send out a tiny prayer for when LA tickets get released to the public.

My friend who had 13000's que number got in but only could buy Mezz tickets for June weekday. Also if you don't have an account with SHN, you want to make it before next Monday.

ArtMan said: "I'm betting they're a leather couple and have added a boy to the mix. It is San Francisco! "

They're people who added another person to their relationship (14 years, married for eight). Yes, it's SF and no big deal. Some of the triads I've known are amongst the longest lasting relationships and one or two were the dramatic last act of a breakup. Some are into leather, most are bears and there's a drag nun or two in there. Y'know - People.

But single, coupled, or otherwise attached, most of my friends like Broadway! ...and big deal or not, modern life can create complications like buying that third ticket for Broadway-loving friends.

Updated On: 12/5/16 at 09:52 PM

What do you think of this analysis...

- SHN sold as much of the house as they could for subscribers. Seats were limited to those with equvalents between their two houses (Orpheum 2203, Golden Gate 2297) and excluding obstructed view, pit seats and house seats. They sold the full four weeks of subscriptions (the minimum engagement for subscription tours).

- For Hamilton (4+ months engagement) they split the subscription base to assign them to alternate weeks to open up extra seats and spread the subscriber seats over the first two months of the run. Week 1 subscribers got either week 2 or 3 dates, week 2 subscribers got week 4 or 5 dates... (The preview first week likely had no subscribers).

- Therefore, for weeks 2-9, something less than 50% of the tickets were presold to subscribers.

- A few weeks ago subscribers were allowed to purchase tickets at list prices, no fees, for as many tickets as they have subscriptions. Presumably, most subscribers purchased their other tickets (mostly two) for guests on the same night as their performance. So - most member purchases are concentrated mid-March to mid-May with a lot of availability in June-July.

- Presumably, by that point, they've sold out the equivalent of two months of tickets in a 4.5 month engagement. The great majority would be concentrated at the start of the run.

- Today was Amex pre-sale. It seems that no more than 10% of seats are designated for Amex in most shows I've seen (and usually good, but not the best seats). Anecdotal reports from today seem to fit this. There were no loge, mezz, or balcony seats sold, I believe. The damage from bots and people buying the max six tickets was limited by the size of the Amex block. (and the irritation dealing with the delays of the system gasping under the volume)

Also - for those who missed it, it appears that for today's Amex presale, the queueing software randomized the sequence for those in queue when it opened. So it would increase your odds by having multiple browsers on multiple devices, but it doesn't pay to join the queue extra-early.

Soooo - Come next Monday, my guesses are that there may be 10-20% availability until mid-May, but much more afterward (likely only 20-30% pre-sold to date). More likely to find great seats in the mezz than orchestra for the early months.

Updated On: 12/5/16 at 11:16 PM

Here's a link to that Chron story:

http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Hamilton-tickets-sold-resold-for-up-to-10697130.php

Hi, I'm on the SHN website now. I have 2 orchestra tickets with my membership and 2 additional balcony tickets. It looks like the website is allowing me to buy more tickets. I just added 2 more to my shopping cart. I thought subscribers are only allowed to buy up to same number of tickets in their membership. Haven't I used up my allotment? Does anyone know if they'll cancel this latest transaction if I get two more? Thanks!

I seem to recall that you'll be stopped at checkout. I was checking to see available seats last week - after getting my member tickets a while ago - and I was able to put them in my basket, but was stopped thereafter.

Updated On: 12/6/16 at 09:58 PM

MarkBearSF said:
- Today was Amex pre-sale. It seems that no more than 10% of seats are designated for Amex in most shows I've seen (and usually good, but not the best seats). Anecdotal reports from today seem to fit this. There were no loge, mezz, or balcony seats sold, I believe. The damage from bots and people buying the max six tickets was limited by the size of the Amex block. (and the irritation dealing with the delays of the system gasping under the volume)"

If by this you mean no Mezz were sold in the pre-sale, I can tell you that's not true, because those are the seats we snagged.

Like what MarkBearSF said, I was restricted by the SHN website from buying additional tickets above my allotment of 2 at the very last step (submit order).

Contrary to what lite2shine's SHN rep, my rep who I spoke with this morning told me that additional tickets 3, 4, 5 and 6 can only be purchased by members starting Dec. 12 when tix go on sale to the public.

This thread was more entertaining than I expected. Mark really is a good sport. :)

Terracentric said: "Contrary to what lite2shine's SHN rep, my rep who I spoke with this morning told me that additional tickets 3, 4, 5 and 6 can only be purchased by members starting Dec. 12 when tix go on sale to the public.



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I said the same thing. I used an example of a subscriber having two seats in the subscription. "So if you have two seats in your subscription, you are allowed to buy two extra during member sale prior to the pre-sale/general sale. Then during the presale/general sale, you can purchase up to four tickets (2+4=6) per household. "

So the 4 tickets I mentioned above are purchased during Amex presale or general sale. Since you talk to the rep this morning, the Amex presale is already over, so a member has to wait until next Monday.

kdogg36 said: "This thread was more entertaining than I expected. Mark really is a good sport. :)"

THANKS, kdogg! This thread was pretty tame. Thankfully most of the time I can keep perspective and before getting too hot and bothered am able to remind myself, it's just a chat board for Broadway queens (of all genders and ages). Just because one person on the internet misinterprets another person on the internet, it's no big deal and is usually not about me at all.

Updated On: 12/7/16 at 06:52 PM