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[parsonjack]

ok...so other threads have prety much agreed that Internet is the best way to go...but has anyone got any tips or techniques that they wish to share on the best way to beat the crush and secure your ticket?

We didn't go last year so I'm interested to know if the booking engine has changed at all (is there some sort of queuing process now...?) since 2009, or if anyone is planning MSN groups, SMS drops etc...

cheers guys!

[Happy Chappy]

Nothing other than common sense - get up early and be first in line when the Seetickets page goes live.  Oh, and make sure you've registered / existing registrations are still valid.

[karlpowell]

check your registration and make sure 100% your OK

[parsonjack]

karlpowell, on 06 September 2010 - 06:31 AM, said:

check your registration and make sure 100% your OK

new registrations all done and checked.

is there any queuing system on seetickets.com/g2010 or is that the page where you fill out your reg details etc - after having refreshed a thousand times before the page loads?

[llcoolphil]

If I had any tips - and i may or may not - Id not be posting them on here for 2,000,000 U2 fans to read between now and ticket day!

[Derby_Dave]

llcoolphil, on 06 September 2010 - 11:38 AM, said:

If I had any tips - and i may or may not - Id not be posting them on here for 2,000,000 U2 fans to read between now and ticket day!

Lol, good choice I can forsee a TD nightmare this year, I certainly would not encourage any more sharks in the tank.

[benc]

my advise is do not try to get tickets ealier on, 9am is a bad time to do it. Probably better off trying monday night  

[Derby_Dave]

Agreed, wait till initial rush is over and pick them up at leisure on Monday.  

Edited by Derby_Dave, 06 September 2010 - 12:43 PM.

[ben.illsley]

Derby_Dave, on 06 September 2010 - 12:43 PM, said:

Agreed, wait till initial rush is over and pick them up at leisure on Monday.  

Yep, definitely. This worked for me last year, if anything - theres MORE tickets later on.

[rexclark]

llcoolphil, on 06 September 2010 - 11:38 AM, said:

If I had any tips - and i may or may not - Id not be posting them on here for 2,000,000 U2 fans to read between now and ticket day!

What a horrible thought, a festival populated purely with U2 fans.

[dune35]

Won't U2 fans have gone to see them on their tour already. I don't think we need to overly worry.

Anyway maybe they will all go home after U2 play on the Friday leaving it nice and quiet for the rest of us

[Dan R]

How come people are saying to get them on Monday?
Last year they sold out by Sunday evening!
I got mine at 5 to 9 last year, as Seetickets normally go online a few minutes early

(had to cancel cos of exams though, so was futile in the end )

Edited by Dan R, 06 September 2010 - 10:05 PM.

[llcoolphil]

dune35, on 06 September 2010 - 09:44 PM, said:

Won't U2 fans have gone to see them on their tour already. I don't think we need to overly worry.

Anyway maybe they will all go home after U2 play on the Friday leaving it nice and quiet for the rest of us

They are a right set of obsessives - go have a look at the U2 forums. Mentalists.  They'll be trying in droves for tickets if there is a rumour and them all going home friday isn't a lot of use to those without tics!

Dan R, on 06 September 2010 - 10:01 PM, said:

I got mine at 5 to 9 last year, as Seetickets normally go online a few minutes early

Dan - do we really need the whole world to know this? The reason me and thee and others got them before 9 last year is because the whole world doesn't know this and isn't trying at the same time. Edit that line out your post and then I'll edit it out of mine!!!!!

[llcoolphil]

Derby_Dave, on 06 September 2010 - 12:43 PM, said:

Agreed, wait till initial rush is over and pick them up at leisure on Monday.  

My mate got hers tuesday afternoon no problem after trying all day on the sunday without success

[Alcatraz]

Keep an eye on eFests. I got tickets for someone for last year just through a chance glimpse at the forum where someone had found what appeared to have been a glitch

Edited by Alcatraz, 06 September 2010 - 11:05 PM.

[abu hamster]

Dont get stressed in the initial rush sunday afternoon for the last 3 years

[parsonjack]

jeez can we not have a thread where there is no mention of fricking U2?  

Appreciate all the advice on when to get your ticks, and all the (thinly) veiled subterfuge over waiting until later when the rush dies off (you guys are hilarious)....but....all i want know (as someone who didnt try for tickets last year) is how the booking system works now, and if there is anything that me or anyone else in the same position could do with knowing that might give us a better chance?

Few years back folks on here seemed to look after each other in this respect...i'm thinking that maybe those days have sadly gone....    

[Macca3031]

Panic! Edit your posts right now!!! Otherwise no one would think to go to the website before 9am    Take it easy guys, it's not the most top secret of things.

There was no difference in the ticketing system last year to the year before. If memory serves me right tickets sold out during the afternoon last year, it took several days the year before. I suspect it will be harder this year but don't get too worried.

My tips are:
Do it in a group if some of you can afford to pay out for more than one person (get them to pay it into your account that day). Have everyone's postcode and registration number ready. It won't let you do it more than once so don't worry about that.
Check out the forum on the day for backdoor links (and moral support)
Remember there are resales, if you're on the case with them you should get tickets in the end.

Best of luck

[PAH030]

The ticket prices are slashed on the monday so its well worth waiting

[DrWackadoodle]

Just pick em up on eBay ... they're like puppies in January.