Successful Coach Sale

[musky]

Just now, Cold chips (dj set) said:

We got 6 tickets from Manchester! How have you found out what time you depart?

London and Bristol get to select a departure time. 

[Pinhead]

And it means hopefully the Sunday sale will not be crippled by this. I expect that the extra auth dlesnt kick in with the values of the deposit for most banks.

[sophiemarie]

1 hour ago, beefykoala said:

3 from London Wednesday at 9am.

If you're on our coach, we'll be the loud excitable Americans

Nice! We're also on a 9am from London on Wednesday!

[thrillhouse188]

30 minutes ago, Igster said:

Managed to bag a ticket for a friend coming from London but in all the rush somehow managed only to pick single way and not a return coach ticket I don't remember ever seeing the option for this when buying. Is this set in stone  now or is there anyway to change this going forward?

Is there private coach companys that can be booked for the trip back to London? 

I did the exact same thing! 

[Crazyfool01]

the nerves hitting overload  I managed to get 2 ... dont know if ive done the right thing not getting ours .... if anyones free sunday .. I would appreciate it ... please pm me thanks  

[hamzo]

9 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

I did the exact same thing! 

Same for us ?

Edited October 3, 2019 by hamzo

[Igster]

7 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

I did the exact same thing! 

Seems to have happened to a few of us now! I really can not remember seeing any option for single or return just thought it was a given that everyone wants a return ticket! Sure least there's nat express as an alternative so all is well apart from being more expensive now! Least the ticket is secured! 

[jyoung]

Success (not that I came close)... 6 from Liverpool.

Get in!

[a6l6e6x]

Anyone on the London 6am? Are we allowed bus beers, never done coach before

[thrillhouse188]

I knew a single was a possibility but just panicked on the page and selected the first London coach that had tickets! Didn’t realise returns were directly below ? 

ah well, its actually better for us as we didn’t plan on getting on the return coach anyway!

We’re on the 9am Wednesday London coach, is it literally just the one coach per timeslot? 

Edited October 3, 2019 by thrillhouse188

[sisco]

2 minutes ago, a6l6e6x said:

Anyone on the London 6am? Are we allowed bus beers, never done coach before

Not on it but nope... can’t drink (well my coach drivers have never let us)

[Aragorn]

2 minutes ago, sisco said:

Not on it but nope... can’t drink (well my coach drivers have never let us)

Flask with beer in innit

Do the coaches have loos on?

[Flysheet]

1 hour ago, mazola said:

got through to the reg page at about 6.12, then got through to the London page.

About 7 or 8 times it let me select tickets (I was after 6), but then when I clicked proceed it thought about it for a few seconds and wouldn't go any further.

Each time it did that it took out everyone but the lead booker, so I had to go back and forward again to get the other 5 on there.

Finally got through to the payment page and a 5 minute timer started, and every time i put my bank details in the page would freeze for about 20 seconds then a time-out page came up. Pressed back and tried again, about 5 times the same result with the timer ticking down all the time.

Eventually the timer ran out and I was kicked back to the front screen, which now said sold out.

Was typing a message to my group on my phone to say we'd blown it, when up pops an email from seetickets saying booking confirmed!

What a fucking roller coaster, but somehow I bagged 6 tickets for London, weds at 6.00am

Dropped in for you, had the same thing before payment wise

 

Got the same issues as you tonight with the selection process and then came up sold out. Was our Plan B anyway, roll on Sunday!

 

[sedra]

53 minutes ago, Igster said:

Managed to bag a ticket for a friend coming from London but in all the rush somehow managed only to pick single way and not a return coach ticket I don't remember ever seeing the option for this when buying. Is this set in stone  now or is there anyway to change this going forward?

Is there private coach companys that can be booked for the trip back to London? 

I think most of the coaches going back have spaces so I wouldn’t worry too much - you could always ring up See tickets later and add it on. 

[beefykoala]

4 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Flask with beer in innit

Do the coaches have loos on?

This is something I wanna know too. I am an excited wee-er.

[Gnomicide]

30 people trying for 3 groups. Nowt.

[chuckles07]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

30 people trying for 3 groups. Nowt.

Ditto. I am thinking it’s now the plan for one device, one browser, one screen. Steady refresh......

 

sunday is is going to be a tad challenging.....?

[Gilgamesh69]

Was at work but had friends trying. Got on my break to see a message saying "We did it".  Feel over the moon, this has been a great week 

Edited October 3, 2019 by Gilgamesh69

[JoshM87]

I’ve asked this question once already and many thanks to the person who replied but I’m just putting the feelers out to see if anyone is in the same position, knows of similar through personal experience.

So I’ve just started a new job and it turns out Glasto week is the busiest of the year apparently. I did the right thing and asked my boss about it yesterday and he said it’s fine for me to go but only take 2 days holiday not 3, meaning go on the Thursday and come back Sunday night.

i managed to get through and got coach tickets from London but my hand was shaking so much I’ve obviously somehow clicked Wednesday not Thursday.

is there anyway to rectify this? The reply I’ve got is that tickets are able to be collected from the box office there but I know the official line is that they have to be picked up on the coach. I’m guessing See are unlikely to put me on a Thursday coach (or night time on Wednesday?

[Purple aki squat]

Got straight in at 6 and picked Thursday as I thought that would be a better chance. Didn’t get past holding page after that.

Gutted

[cheesey_toastie]

1 hour ago, Cold chips (dj set) said:

We got 6 tickets from Manchester! How have you found out what time you depart?

You find out in May. Been a couple of years from Manchester. There's lots of departures - every hour. They go from opposite Victoria (the Co-op building). 

We went at 2pm last year. There is a theory on here that they fill the coaches in the order that the tickets were bought. We got our really late last year so that seems to work. 

What time did your transaction go through?

[fat_man_joe]

Got six from Norwich on the Wednesday in the end. Going to be a fun journey up there from London only to drive straight past London again!

[Crazyfool01]

20 minutes ago, JoshM87 said:

I’ve asked this question once already and many thanks to the person who replied but I’m just putting the feelers out to see if anyone is in the same position, knows of similar through personal experience.

So I’ve just started a new job and it turns out Glasto week is the busiest of the year apparently. I did the right thing and asked my boss about it yesterday and he said it’s fine for me to go but only take 2 days holiday not 3, meaning go on the Thursday and come back Sunday night.

i managed to get through and got coach tickets from London but my hand was shaking so much I’ve obviously somehow clicked Wednesday not Thursday.

is there anyway to rectify this? The reply I’ve got is that tickets are able to be collected from the box office there but I know the official line is that they have to be picked up on the coach. I’m guessing See are unlikely to put me on a Thursday coach (or night time on Wednesday?

usually bosses should honour pre arranged holiday ( maybe try googling it)  .... maybe they will relent once they know you and if you have a good record and see its importance to you ... worth a try as one option 

[JoshM87]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

usually bosses should honour pre arranged holiday ( maybe try googling it)  .... maybe they will relent once they know you and if you have a good record and see its importance to you ... worth a try as one option 

Well technically it’s not prearranged and now that I’ve asked him for permission it definitely isn’t.

i agree that asking permission is the best way to get around it.

[mike86]

1 hour ago, Cold chips (dj set) said:

We got 6 tickets from Manchester! How have you found out what time you depart?

What time did you get them? It was sold out when I got through about 6.10. Ended up with tickets from Stoke.