Loyalty Scheme or over the counter tickets

[guypjfreak]

wot ever the system i believe that there should be NO reopening of the registration ......I mean if you haven't been bothered to register BEFORE ticket day then imo though shite old sons you'll now better next year .

me personally im thankful we have a system that includes lots of youngsters because to be honest if it wasnt for my wife whos quite good [ i have to say that ] and my son and his mates who are really great on computers i doubt i would get tickets because im to slow on theses things AND THAT i believe should be taken into account other wise youll end up with just youngsters that have out gown Leeds Reading and V going to glasto .

and thats not saying they are bad festis btw

as some one on here keeps saying "they attract a certain crowd" not my words but true ...on that note night all

[Dan R]

How about instead of having a queue or something to show you've put in the effort, I wonder if Glastonbury could have some sort of presale for people who do some volunteering or charity work? That way people who are desperate to go can do some good work and increase their chances of getting a ticket.

[semmtexx]

I have it!

Only people with the biggest flags (but only those right at the front) and largest gazebos get to buy tickets!

Edited October 26, 2013 by semmtexx

[Justiceforcedave]

How about instead of having a queue or something to show you've put in the effort, I wonder if Glastonbury could have some sort of presale for people who do some volunteering or charity work? That way people who are desperate to go can do some good work and increase their chances of getting a ticket.

[snoopyhill]

I don't agree with a loyalty scheme and do benefit from the one in place for Scotland away games. It leads to accusations of fans harvesting tickets to keep their points up, problems with proof of attendance, new supporters being put off going etc and you have to pay just to join the scheme to cover admin costs.

My 2 suggestions are what about treating it like a roller coaster ride once you have a go you join the back of the queue.

Or what about each application would have a unique lead name and a maximum of 4 registered names then a lottery draws the successful applications, a second round is held after payment day. If you were not in the first you can't enter the second.

A variation of this was used to allocate tickets for the Commonwealth games I applied and got nothing but I did feel it was a fair system and didn't favour anyone.

[frostypaw]

How about instead of having a queue or something to show you've put in the effort, I wonder if Glastonbury could have some sort of presale for people who do some volunteering or charity work? That way people who are desperate to go can do some good work and increase their chances of getting a ticket.

[daveinafield]

the more I think about this, the more I feel an alternative could work - even if it was a few more phone lines! I love the volunteering suggestion someone made and would even welcome a registration number lottery like they have done for the likes of the olympics, that would be the fairest way, if only for a percentage of the tickets. In fact the more I think about that, the more I think no one could complain about a lottery as its a complete lottery anyway.

(still thinks over counter sales could be possible, we did things like this before the internet and it was well cool lol)

[amfy]

How does that work for a single working parent? They may have no time to spare but deserve to go as much as anyone else

[frostypaw]

Seems like a minefield comparing what one person has done to another to work out who deserves the extra chance

You'd have to means-test people to see how much time they can spare to work out the relative value of the time they spend on it, and then work out a sliding scale of value of type of work from easy envelope stuffing to wiping old folks bottoms and counselling the rapists..... there's no way you could compare one person's work against another - and then someone turns up who doesn't do 'charity' work but has adopted a load of deeply troubled kids and sorted their lives out - how do we place that?

it's a nice idea, but the logistics are nightmarish.

If you really want to do some charity work to get in then another option is go work and do stuff for a charity that runs lockups or other facilities at Glasto and do some work for them at the festival

[daveinafield]

How does that work for a single working parent? They may have no time to spare but deserve to go as much as anyone else

[kbearne]

If anything I think people who haven't been should get priority over people who have previously been, however I'm happy with the current system.

[toppo]

Unfortunately demand far out strips supply for the greatest show on earth.

I have been to the last 3 of 4 festivals and the year i didn't get a ticket i sulked for months after T day then again on resale day but thats the way it is and it will no doubt always be.

There is no fair way of selling tickets if there was this would be an ideal world but reality dictates many will lose out. It's just the luck of the draw on the day. Many peoples varying ideas have their merits but people will lose out so the lottery of seetickets not being able to cope is the future i am afraid.

There is a finite amount of tickets available and seetickets only handles this ticket surge once a year so getting more servers isn't cost effective for them and it would only mean tickets sell much faster.

I have toyed with the idea of some sort of loyalty scheme whereby you do some sort of deed for Oxfam, Greenpeace or Wateraid tying into the charitable ethos of Glastonbury but some of us are more able than others to avail ourselves to this but should we be blackmailed into supporting these charities? No we should be supporting them for the reason why they are there and tie into their beliefs because we genuinely support them rather than just doing it to get through the glasto gates.

[rachbon]

There are some really daft suggestions in this thread.

What exactly is unfair about the current system?

There aren't enough tickets for the amount of people who want them, so people will always miss out regardless of the system used.

It's no one's place to dictate who deserves a ticket and who doesn't.

[strummer77]

You should try trying to getting tix on a sunday morning with two young kids demanding breakfast and asking why Mr Eavis wont answer the phone.... the magic f5 button should not be the only real way of getting to Glastonbury - thecurrent system seems to favour the younger set with no responsibility sat in their rooms trying to organise a block booking of 19 for a piss up

Edited October 29, 2013 by strummer77

[frostypaw]

How patronising and bitter is that bold bit? Perhaps you could always make breakfast before 9am.

[Alcatraz]

The young set have to remember not to be too drunk/hungover to get up and get tickets as well - we all have our mountains to climb. Or molehills.

Edited October 29, 2013 by Alcatraz

[VibraVerse]

How about selling a few hundred from the resale at an office on site so those who are prepared to camp for a week to secure a ticket can do so?

[LondonTom]

How about selling a few hundred from the resale at an office on site so those who are prepared to camp for a week to secure a ticket can do so?

[daveinafield]

Well said. Or an ideal opportunity to teach the kids about patience or self-sufficiency, to understand others have important things in their lives and it's not all about them. I wish I was a kid now, they all seem spoilt senseless compared to my childhood.

The young set have to remember not to be too drunk/hungover to get up and get tickets as well - we all have our mountains to climb. Or molehills.

[frostypaw]

so people are now crticising my kids and how we have breakfast??

Edited October 30, 2013 by frostypaw

[daveinafield]

yes but some of the ideas are actually quite simple, I think whereas the internet has changed things a great deal from 2004 onwards, I dont see it as the be all and end all. The early Thursday coach sale this year shows that they can shake up the system a bit. There are still large swathes of the country whose broadband is not up to scratch so its not fair for people in some rural areas. Some ideas like a proper phone service or maybe picking registrations out of a hat are workable. I still need to be convinced armeggedon would happen if there were some over the counter tickets. Do you think it would be as mad if the superfence was not there?? Yes demand is up thanks to evolving generations but I do think the internet medium makes it too easy for some people and too hard for others. I guess selling out in 87 mins is good for Micheal's blood pressure but I know so many people who missed out this year that have been going for years and all in their own way, like everyone else who has been going for years, have helped Glasto be what it is. Then you read posts with people moaning about the rumoured line up who have tickets and it just kills you inside. Maybe we should have all said it was just mud and naked hippies all along

[guypjfreak]

If anything I think people who haven't been should get priority over people who have previously been, however I'm happy with the current system.

[frostypaw]

Do you think it would be as mad if the superfence was not there??

[LondonTom]

yes but some of the ideas are actually quite simple,

[daveinafield]

No their not, some of them require alot more planning than doing your kids breakfast before or after 9am sunday.

If it was all so simple the festival would do it wouldn't they?, if the festival wanted to, they could do it as a lottery...but alot more people would be unhappy as it requires 0 effort than submitting one form once. At the moment it requires some persistance for an hour and half.

Again rural broadband makes no difference, most connections are good enough to the connect to the ticketing webpage. (FFS I live in London on top of my local exchange, near the internet exchange on a fibre connection and couldn't get through!)