Instant Tickets Up

[greppson]

request them while you can.

edit: shite, wrong forum. sorry guys.

[barefoot]

Bastard :lol

[Tbone328]

Are the tickets better then the ones we requested a while ago or worse?

[Kyle#41_7985]

no meadows or camden tickets up yet. Hmm...I guess those will come up later. Thanx for the heads up anyway.

[AU1880]

ummm when you click i accept terms....where does that take you? do they charge you?

[crashintosabine]

no meadows or camden tickets up yet. Hmm...I guess those will come up later. Thanx for the heads up anyway.

They may not come up at all though...some shows may never have Instants available.

[dmb2much40]

Are the tickets better then the ones we requested a while ago or worse?

you don't find out until you after you buy them, like the initial lottery, although they do tell you lawn or reserved.

[Tbone328]

ummm when you click i accept terms....where does that take you? do they charge you?
No, you then have to fill out the billing and shipping info

[greppson]

UMB Bank Pavilion on Jun 17 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Tweeter Center Chicago on Jun 18 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Verizon Wireless Music Center on Jun 20 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Verizon Wireless Music Center on Jun 21 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Germain Amphitheater on Jun 23 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Germain Amphitheater on Jun 24 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake on Jun 26 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake on Jun 27 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Blossom Music Center on Jun 29 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Ontario Place - Molson Amphitheatre on Jun 30 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts on Jul 6 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts on Jul 7 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Hersheypark Stadium on Jul 10 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge on Jul 11 2004 Instant Series A-2004

Gorge Amphitheatre 3 Nights Camping on Sep 3 2004 Instant Series B-2004

Gorge Amphitheatre 2 Nights Camping on Sep 4 2004 Instant Series B-2004

Gorge Amphitheatre 1 Night Camping on Sep 5 2004 Instant Series B-2004

[dmb2much40]

ummm when you click i accept terms....where does that take you? do they charge you?

no, they don't charge you until you see if you have reserved/lawn and press continue.

[Tbone328]

you don't find out until you after you buy them, like the initial lottery, although they do tell you lawn or reserved.

I'm thinking of buying reserved seats for Tweeter in Chicago but already have some, but not good seats.

so should I try?

[crashintosabine]

I forget...you don't find out seat locations until you actually get the tickets, right?

[Tbone328]

BTW I have 204 CCC Upper Pav

[greppson]

right.

[greppson]

BTW I have 204 CCC Upper Pavcould be better... or could be lawn.

[AU1880]

I forget...you don't find out seat locations until you actually get the tickets, right?
i was wondering as well

[crashintosabine]

I'm thinking of buying reserved seats for Tweeter in Chicago but already have some, but not good seats.

so should I try?

If you don't mind having to get rid of a second pair and paying for the fees and shipping & all that, I'd say go for it.

[SeekUp125]

You find them out before you get your tickets. Once all the instants are gone.

[greppson]

they could be anywhere in the venue, and last i knew it was first come first serve for instant tickets.

edit: that's right... ^^^^^ seekup125 is right.:)

[crashintosabine]

You find them out before you get your tickets. Once all the instants are gone.

Ok then, thank you. :)

[SeekUp125]

you don;t find out until the tickets are in your hand.

they could be anywhere in the venue, and last i knew it was first come first serve for instant tickets.
Thats wrong. I had instants for D+F, and I found out before I received them.

[katedid81]

$70 for one ticket...ugh

[greppson]

ahh... well, they do post the seat locations at some point, cause i have instants there right now(for spac last year) and the locations are there.

[bohazo]

Thanks for the heads up, I requested tickets to Mansfield Night 2, I just hope I get ones that are totally inside. Well, thats my fifth show, I think that is about all I will get this summer.

[Tbone328]

Ok, I just ordered 2 for Tweeter Chicago.

Now for the waiting game.

[greppson]

it should automatically confirm you for either lawn or reserved. check your status.

[AudreyM]

you don't find out until you after you buy them, like the initial lottery, although they do tell you lawn or reserved.
Is it actually a lottery, or first come, first served as it implies?

[Tbone328]

I have reserved but I don't know what section and everything

[somedevil22]

Do they ship the instants along with the pre orders(scheduled ship dates) or do they come later? And you can choose reserved or lawn if reserved is avalable because i got some for polaris and it didnt even have a best avalable selection just lawn or reserved.

[greppson]

Is it actually a lottery, or first come, first served as it implies?
nope, first come first serve.

[greppson]

Do they ship the instants along with the pre orders(scheduled ship dates) or do they come later? And you can choose reserved or lawn if reserved is avalable because i got some for polaris and it didnt even have a best avalable selection just lawn or reserved.nope, separate shipping.

[ianseramur]

wait...if i choose reserved..are they gonna be reserved or can i still get stuck with lawn seats?

[AudreyM]

nope, first come first serve.
Really? Wow, I may get a decent seat. You beat me to posting about it by a minute. :)

A.

[SeekUp125]

wait...if i choose reserved..are they gonna be reserved or can i still get stuck with lawn seats?You will get reserved.

[ianseramur]

well..i put in reserved...i wonder since the people who got upgraded don't have their old tickets...is that what they give to the Instant ticket people? I mean, how do they come up with these pavilion seats?

[BDRead17]

Really? So if you are the first to request instants for a given venue, you get the best seats available? Did not know that...

[dmb2much40]

Really? So if you are the first to request instants for a given venue, you get the best seats available? Did not know that...

yeah, but it's only what's left after the first lottery and TM sales to date.

[ianseramur]

anyone know when this all started...when they put the tickets up for grab?

[dmb2much40]

^ 6 pm today. get them before they are gone.

[ianseramur]

does anyone know when we may know where our exact seats are? It's not a lottery, I believe. So shouldn't the WH be able to tell us sooner than later? Just curious.

[TwoStep51901]

what are your chances of 2 seats not being by eachother?

[robdean218]

the first person who buys instants for a given show will get the best seats the warehouse has at the time...that could mean front row center or it could mean upper pavilion, just depends, but i'd say if you get them right when they go up you have a solid chance of getting good seats, as for when you will actually find out where they are, either after they sell all the instant tickets for that show or if they never do then they take em down a few days before they are supposed to ship and you find out then...don't wait a long time and then get em cuz you'll end up like me last year and get 2nd to last row in the corner of the pavilion

[mrottondo]

let me move :)

[robdean218]

what are your chances of 2 seats not being by eachother?

not good

[ianseramur]

i think i got mine at 5:30 central...i hope that was early enough! :)

[TwoStep51901]

so if i get some they most likely will be right next to each other.

[ianseramur]

that's what i've heard.

[sprit316]

I ordered them minutes after they went up last year for Camden 2 and got Pit 8th row dead center. That was sweet.

[TwoStep51901]

so is it worth it to try? i really need 2 seats right by eachother though.

[unccrombie]

I ordered them minutes after they went up last year for Camden 2 and got Pit 8th row dead center. That was sweet.
the pit is 8 rows deep?

[c214]

Just got a couple pavilions for Nissan. Very, very excited.
Too bad I missed out on the Chicago Tweeters...crap.
Chris

[crashintosabine]

Just got a couple pavilions for Nissan. Very, very excited.
Too bad I missed out on the Chicago Tweeters...crap.
Chris

Wow, those are already gone?


edit: Oh, I see, only lawn left.

[MelissaDMBfan]

Wow, those are already gone?


edit: Oh, I see, only lawn left.
Who would of thought that Tweeter would be such a popular show.

[crashintosabine]

Who would of thought that Tweeter would be such a popular show.

Right? All I have really heard was how shitty a venue it was. Eh, well it's close to home...maybe it'll be flooded with MI people.

[Stewie]

just got some reserved hersheys. niiice.

[ianseramur]

i got some tweeter chicago tickets...i hope they're decent..i think i got them about 30 mins after they went up...either way i'm just happy to have some now...the wait until alpine was just too long!

[Dan5290]

Do they ship the instants along with the pre orders(scheduled ship dates) or do they come later? And you can choose reserved or lawn if reserved is avalable because i got some for polaris and it didnt even have a best avalable selection just lawn or reserved.
I believe it said all instants will ship seperately.

[ianseramur]

yeah, that's what it says on the WH website under the Instant Ticketing Guidlines....they'll ship separatly.

[UWMike]

Who would of thought that Tweeter would be such a popular show.

Two things are helping out the demand for the Chicago show. It's on a Friday night and the shows at Alpine are 6 weeks after Chicago.

I'm guessing that many fans who would typically only go to Alpine decided that they can't wait for August and they're going to try out Tweeter Chicago for the first time.

[bbrianblaze]

I've always been hesitant about the Instant Tickets... I mean sure if you hit the request shortly after they are offered you have a decent shot... but we're about 12-14 hours out now and I figure most decent pavillion seats are GONE by now....

I'd like to hit it just right (when/if they ever put up the Meadows or N1 in Mass)... but who knows.

[ianseramur]

i got to them about 30 minutes after they went up...only a few minutes after the news was posted here i believe...so I think i got a decent chance of getting some good pavilion for the chicago show.

[sprit316]

the pit is 8 rows deep?

Yeah, it was the last row of the pit, i was suprised it was 8 rows too. Starlake I think is only 3. Nissan is about 20 if you count the orchestra as the pit.

[unccrombie]

Yeah, it was the last row of the pit, i was suprised it was 8 rows too. Starlake I think is only 3. Nissan is about 20 if you count the orchestra as the pit.
jeez, i thought most were 5 max. you learn something new each day

[Dan5290]

Where do the Instant Tickets and WH upgrades come from? Are they all tickets recovered from scalpers, or what?

[ianseramur]

i have no idea....i was wondering the same thing.

[MelissaDMBfan]

Where do the Instant Tickets and WH upgrades come from? Are they all tickets recovered from scalpers, or what?
I think some come from scalpers, but I am pretty sure they keep some tickets aside for upgrades and instant ticketing.

[ianseramur]

all the chicago tweeter tickets are gone...so i hope those of us who got some can find out where our seats are sooner rather than later.

[luckycharmscat]

are they gonna offer any other cities for instant ticketing? or do all the available tickets go up at one time?

[greppson]

in the past, tickets showed up sporadically...

you never know, they could, but i wouldn't bet on it.

[scotty12]

If I have two WH tickets (from the ordering period) for a show already, is buying two more instants allowed?

[MelissaDMBfan]

If I have two WH tickets (from the ordering period) for a show already, is buying two more instants allowed?
Yes. I believe instant ticketing is another series. So you can buy up to 5 more shows.

[siouxsiesue]

this is a great idea, for fans like myself who were holding out for the possibility that more shows would be added to michigan, and they weren't...

i'm goin' back to indiana!!! :)

thanks, WH!

[JimiThang1]

are they gonna offer any other cities for instant ticketing? or do all the available tickets go up at one time?

Yea they will offer more cities...I e-mailed the warehouse and asked. This is just the first series right now of instant ticketing. They said that they may or may not send out another e-mail reminding people that tickets are up for more cities. So your best bet is to continue to check often for when those other cities come up.

[greppson]

i'll keep checking for hartford then.:)

[dmbpromoguy]

Where do the Instant Tickets and WH upgrades come from? Are they all tickets recovered from scalpers, or what?
Upgrade tickets they usually have reserved for upgrades (as far as first and second rows go anyway). They will hold back a couple first and second row seats to use as upgrades. The upgraded peoples old tickets then would get tossed into the instant ticket pool. Its better that they do upgrades by phone now as it means more tickets are available. When upgrades are done on site there is no way to then resell the empty seats left by those who were upgraded. At least this way the empy seat gets filled.

Intant tickets come about from a number of sources (empty seats as a result of upgrades) and ....
- WH reserves X amount of seats for a show, if there are less requests in the main lottery for tickets than the total amount of tickets available than the extras will appear as instant tickets right away. That is why the shows that the WH "sold out" of there arent instant tickets available (ie Gorge). These instant tickets are usually the first round made avialable.

- Second is extra tickets the WH is able to secrure (buy back) from Ticketmaster as the event draws near.

-Lastly instant tickets will pop up and down for certain shows multiple times. The WH said in the short WH chat session last year that all tickets confiscated from ebay and otehr scalpers are put up and made available through instant tickets. Thats why there are no instants up for the Gorge today, but in two months the WH might post instants for the Gorge (might only last a few minutes) and then a couple months latter the post some more..... then they are gone.... then a month later they post some more. because the WH is catching scalpers on an ongoing basis, so as the tickets become available to them, they turn around and make them available to members. After they sell out they may bust someone else and then start the sale process all over again. Its these confiscated/canceled scalpers tickets that are the most prized of all instant tickets. This is how someone scores 3rd row seats through instants. Most WH Scalpers have good seniority so they get good seats, it doesnt make sense for a new scalper/broker to buy a membership today as the only tickets available to them will be pretty crappy (generally).

The first round of instant tickets however is mostly leftover tickets. I would put money on it that MOST of the shows that instants are available are shows that nobody got denied to. I say MOST because some of those shows the WH would have probably already busted scalpers.

Anyway thats the sotry behind instants. No I dont work for the WH so it cant be 100% confirmed, but its not like the tickets magically appeared in the bottom of a box of lucky charms or anything.



Just one thing about instants though.... I've told this story before and it still makes me question the WH instnat ticket seat assignment policy. Its been stated and much accepted that instants are SOLD ona first come first serve basis. And its believed that the seat assignments are then done on a random basis. Some people have said that the WH told them that seat assignments are made for instants when tickets are printed, and that they are done randomly. Some people however believe that not only are they first come first served, but that the first served gets the best seats. Either way we dont know for sure how its done, BUT I ask you to read on.....

Vancouver 2002 I bought Instant tickets about 2 weeks after they were first made available, when the WH sent the e-mail saying instants are available for Vancouver I didnt have the credit to put in an order right away). I got great lower bowl seats, and sitting to my right were two lovely ladies from California. After chatting with these ladies we learn that they too got their seats through instant tickets, however they bought theirs the same day they were made available. Yay, not so shocking that the WH had 4 instant tickets in a row.

Vancouver 2003 I bought LOTTERY tickets and was confirmed, I got sweet floor seats thanks to seniroty seating. While at the show I find myself sitting next to these two lovely ladies from California, they were sitting to my right. After chatting with these ladies we learn that they too got their seats through the lottery and that they joined the same month and year that I did.......... can you guess where this is going???? Yes the exact same ladies, sitting again TO MY RIGHT, as the year before. So really what are the odds that my seniority tickets one year landed next to the EXACT SAME people (on my right!) as my instant tickets the year before, those instants being....what we assumed.... to be assinged randomly hmmmmmm.............. Its possible, but the odds are pretty low.

[Dan5290]

Thank you for typing all that up, that was very informative. I appreciate it! :)

[dmbpromoguy]

Thank you for typing all that up, that was very informative. I appreciate it! :)I was fairly bored this morning, but you are certainly welcome. Not often do people actually say thank you in here.

[mihighdavehead]

I hope the instants I ordered for Bristow are done by seniority!!
Any day now Warehouse............. :rolleyes:

[siouxsiesue]

I was fairly bored this morning, but you are certainly welcome. Not often do people actually say thank you in here.
i also would like to say "thanks" for this info, very interesting!

[SeekUp125]

I am now 100% sure you are wrong about this. The seats are assigned first come first serve, whoever requests first gets the best seats.

[AudreyM]

I am now 100% sure you are wrong about this. The seats are assigned first come first serve, whoever requests first gets the best seats.

Gotta agree with you there. I stumbled on the Instants for Toronto when they just popped up (i.e. no one had posted on the boards yet), and I scored front row.

A.

[Mickey Carson]

Gotta agree with you there. I stumbled on the Instants for Toronto when they just popped up (i.e. no one had posted on the boards yet), and I scored front row.

A.
The WH has confirmed this multiple times that it's first come, first serve...it's not a lottery. Unlike the actual WH ordering period, there is no reason to make Instants random. Plus there are many "I ordered instants right away and got front row seats" stories.

[JimiThang1]

The WH has confirmed this multiple times that it's first come, first serve...it's not a lottery. Unlike the actual WH ordering period, there is no reason to make Instants random. Plus there are many "I ordered instants right away and got front row seats" stories.

I can confirm this first come first serve basis. I just got my Tampa instants and they are 4th row center, and I ordered right when they went up. Just at the right place at the right time i guess...

[titleist017]

I am going to try to conclude this instant tickets problem. I have been a member since october 2002 and I ordered my instant tickets 1 minute after they went up. They are for the Chula Vista show in California. It is now the 10th of August and they told me they ship them the 13th. So far I have no idea of where I sit. So when I know, I will let everyone know!!!! I have tried to get shows this year and have been denied 2 out of 2 times, and I had the credit for them and it was the same credit card for both of the shows!!!!!! Now lets say I did get confirmed for the regular ticket series, my seats wouldn't be that great. So, if I get good seats, then it is first come first serve basis?!! So give it a few days and everyone will know for the future!!

Ryan

[titleist017]

If anyone has done the same thing, but they have already got there seats for there past shows (the past 2 or 3) let me know. I am really interested?

[somedevil22]

You shoud have good seats i got 14th row center and 5th row left off of instants.

[titleist017]

were you right away when they went on sale? Or have you been a member for a while?

[unccrombie]

were you right away when they went on sale? Or have you been a member for a while?
instants have nothing to do with senority. they're first come first serve

[JimiThang1]

were you right away when they went on sale? Or have you been a member for a while?

Just look at my post above. I got my tix the second they went up and I got 4th row center for Tampa and 6th row center for WPB1. It is first come first serve. Your seats should be great.

[titleist017]

How many days before the show did you finally find out your seat selection.....I have asked whtix and they said 7 days, 10 days, and 13 days before? Thanks everyone!!!

[JimiThang1]

How many days before the show did you finally find out your seat selection.....I have asked whtix and they said 7 days, 10 days, and 13 days before? Thanks everyone!!!

It was 2 days before the regular warehouse ticket ship date. So for example, Tampa's ship date of tickets was July 16, so I found out on July 14 what row and section i was sitting in as it was posted on my instant ticket status on the instant ticket section.

[ianseramur]

damn, i thought since this was at the top, seat locations for the cali shows were up. Oh well.

[titleist017]

Hey everyone, the cali shows are up. I got Center orchestra row E!!!!!!!! It is first come first serve!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks warehouse

[Mickey Carson]

Hey everyone, the cali shows are up. I got Center orchestra row E!!!!!!!! It is first come first serve!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks warehouse
Congrats...I'm hoping for good news about my instants for night 2 @ the Gorge. I got in immediately once they were available so hopefully the first come first serve luck will run my way.

[titleist017]

Yah, I was worried too. If you read my post on the other pages, it explains the situation. But I bought them seconds after they went up!!!!! I am so pumped! Never been to a show on the west coast..but I am sure it will be good.