Pass out

[staggerlee]

Hello, 

 

Hypothetical question, but does anyone know the procedure if you lost your passout when outside the festival? I'm guessing they just dont refuse you entry.

[verrymerry]

Don't loose your pass out! If they were just going to let you back in, there'd be no need for a pass out system...

[Pinhead]

Typically have to go to accreditation again for them to check what details you do have. If you have the ticket as well as some ID you should normally be OK.

[staggerlee]

Thanks pinhead, my idiot friend lost his last year at the campervan site and I remember it wasn't that difficult do you know if it's easy to accredit at the other gates also?

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

And if a ticket were lost during the festival? I am utterly frozen with fear that I'm going to get drunk and lose my ticket - will cause havoc with getting to my campervan....

[jeffie]

My mate lost his last year, spent nearly an hour in the Site Security Office.  Had to prove who he was, loads of questions.

[incident]

Yes, you'll probably get back in. Eventually.

But it'll probably be after lots of checking and a decent amount of your valuable festival time wasted. The regular ticket checkers on the gates don't have the authority to let you in without a complete set of ticket+wristband+passout, so at the very least you will (or to be more exact, should) be referred to a supervisor for further checks.

More hassle than it's worth. Keep your ticket+passout safe.

[One Tonne Baby]

in 2013 i came back onto the site and handed the bloke my ticket and pass and he put both in a sealed box. couldnt leave for the rest of the festival.

[surreysupermum]

if there's an argument for staying witin the fence and 'slumming it' the whole 5 days instead of having a camper van then that's it lol. 

[fatyeti24]

in 2013 i came back onto the site and handed the bloke my ticket and pass and he put both in a sealed box. couldnt leave for the rest of the festival.

that's very strange.  did you need it?

[Pinhead]

Yes, you'll probably get back in. Eventually.

But it'll probably be after lots of checking and a decent amount of your valuable festival time wasted. The regular ticket checkers on the gates don't have the authority to let you in without a complete set of ticket+wristband+passout, so at the very least you will (or to be more exact, should) be referred to a supervisor for further checks.

More hassle than it's worth. Keep your ticket+passout safe.

Yes its meant to be a hassle really in order to discorage people from doing it again and to encorage them not to lose the passout. They'll make you wait around whilst they check things and will need some other ID usually to cross check. I dont know if they actually have access to the registration database on site to do checks but its feasible I guess.

[modey]

in 2013 i came back onto the site and handed the bloke my ticket and pass and he put both in a sealed box. couldnt leave for the rest of the festival.

Why did he do that??

[Winslow Leach]

Here's what you do:

 

1) Bring the stars out

2) Bring the women and the cars and the cards out

3) Have a toast, a celebration

4) Get a glass out

5) Repeat until desired effect has been achieved

[alframsey]

I lost my pass out one year, I had to go to a portacabin and they looked up on a computer my details and they put another band on my other wrist.

[phil the shrew]

I lost my pass out one year, I had to go to a portacabin and they looked up on a computer my details and they put another band on my other wrist.

It hasn't happened to me, but did see people having to do that at Gate A when they lost their pass out ticket.

I have a separate plastic wallet to keep my ticket and pass out safe and dry when I go out, and keep that in the bottom of ruck sack to avoid the chance of loosing it.

Being a bit geeky and fearful of losing my ticket I also scan a copy of my ticket, PDF it and send it to my phone via email. That way if I should lose the ticket I at least have some proof of the ticket which might get me back in. Hopefully I'll never have to find out if that works or not!

[swede]

Here's what you do:

1) Bring the stars out

2) Bring the women and the cars and the cards out

3) Have a toast, a celebration

4) Get a glass out

5) Repeat until desired effect has been achieved

You utter bastard, you beat me to it !

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Yeah you just ask for one when you leave at the gate then need that, ticket and wristband to get back in

[incident]

I've never had to leave the site before, but I'm leaving this year for a bit... So what is a passout?

Do I just need that (whatever it is), as well as my ticket and wristband?

Essentially, yes.

Assuming your on a standard general admission wristband, then when you leave the site you'll be given a Passout (literally just a bit of paper). You officially need all 3 of your wristband, your ticket, and the passout to return onto site, though there are other solutions for people who don't/can't provide one of the above.

[incident]

Yeah memory is hazy but I think last year they were a shade larger than a credit card type size.

[eFestivals]

Okay, cool. I assume they're wallet-sized bits of paper? I'm really worried about losing it now! haha

 

yeah, it's just a little square, smaller than your ticket.

[rhysieg]

as stated above. I had this issue before and I ended up waiting hours and hours until I could see the people in the booth at the top of the hill outside of pedestrian gate B (I think it was B?) had to prove my identity and answer some private info date of birth, when/how I bought my tickets, home address and post code etc. they also bring up your picture up to check its you.

 

When I say hours I mean literally around 4-6 hours which was hell knowing everyone was inside having fun. 

[bennyboi]

Hello,

Hypothetical question, but does anyone know the procedure if you lost your passout when outside the festival? I'm guessing they just dont refuse you entry.

Let me guess a mate doesn't have a ticket ?

We did it once to get an extra pass out and it wasn't worth the hassle, he was given a different band basically highlighting he'd tried it on.

[Pinhead]

The amount of screwed up pass outs we got one year nearly made this system impossible to manage. Id have hoped for an easier system by now tbh but hey ho. They definately need to consolidate on the variety of different ticket types.

[OBface]

This happened to me last year. I wasn't in a fit state to understand what was being handed to me so didn't bring the pass the next day. After a bit of persuading on the gate I got through eventually.

[eFestivals]

Id have hoped for an easier system by now tbh but hey ho.

 

There's easy, and then there's secure.

 

Particularly because of Glastonbury's history, it needs to be secure.