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washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
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Getting tickets to a show? I know some of you must have... :wink: does anyone have stories about whether they failed in getting tickets or got them last minute?
PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!

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  • RVMMFCRVMMFC Posts: 435
    edited August 2016
    Just book one you can cancel until the day of or before the show. I did it for wrigley in 2013 and lucked out landing a ticket on the boards the day before the show
    " I said there's nothing wrong with what you say. Believe me just asking you to sway. No white or black just grey. Can you feel this world with your heart and not your brain?"
  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    Did that for ToTD in Seattle. Never actually did that for a show before but after Fenway I couldn't resist
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,825
    I booked a hotel for the Moline show as soon as they announced the date...had to jump on the hotel that was right next to the arena. Ended up getting lucky and getting 10c tix for that one. And then they played No Code....awesome night.
  • withflyingcolorswithflyingcolors Posts: 491
    Yep. I'm about to do that. Even if I can't get a ticket I can't eat the flight cost so might as well visit Chicago! ;)
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    Yes, several times to save on rates. Just make sure you book with no money down and full money back cancellation.
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
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    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Always. I never book non-refundable hotels so it's not really a big decision.
  • mattcozmattcoz Posts: 2,202
    Of course, can always cancel if you don't get tickets.
  • gotthebottlegotthebottle Posts: 2,651
    washedinblack91 said:

    Getting tickets to a show? I know some of you must have... :wink: does anyone have stories about whether they failed in getting tickets or got them last minute?

    I always do...just refundable..why is this even a question
  • MalrothMalroth Posts: 2,516
    yes
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • SaravaSarava Posts: 2,019
    SVRDhand13 said:

    Yes, several times to save on rates. Just make sure you book with no money down and full money back cancellation.

    I've done the no refund/pay up front thing a few times and haven't gotten burned yet. It saved me a few hundred when i stayed 4 nights in Manhattan for the 2 MSG shows.
  • TA243471TA243471 Posts: 1,234
    We booked Hotel, and Flight before we had tickets for these Wrigley shows. We just made up our mind that we would get in the door no matter what. Glad it didn't come down to no matter what!!!
    • 2006: Gorge 1
    • 2009: Seattle 1
    • 2013: Seattle
    • 2016: Wrigley 1 & 2
    • 2018: Seattle 1&2, Montana
    • 2020: San Diego, LA 1&2, Oakland 1&2
    • 2022: San Diego, LA 1&2, Fresno, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Denver
    • 2024: Vancouver 1, Portland, Las Vegas 1&2, Seattle 1&2, Missoula, Dana Point 1 & 2
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,825
    Sarava said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    Yes, several times to save on rates. Just make sure you book with no money down and full money back cancellation.

    I've done the no refund/pay up front thing a few times and haven't gotten burned yet. It saved me a few hundred when i stayed 4 nights in Manhattan for the 2 MSG shows.
    Yeah. That's worth it for somewhere like NYC where you can pay in full on hotwire.com or a site like that and pay $100 per night instead of $300 per night. I did that as well for the MSG shows earlier this year.
  • deftonesdeftones Posts: 2,444
    I'm about to book my air tickets to NY from Greece for the TOTD show hoping that I get my pair even at the dayof the show..
    ATHENS / 30-9-2006, MANCHESTER / 20-6-2012, MANCHESTER / 21-6-2012, AMSTERDAM / 16-6-2014, AMSTERDAM / 17-6-2014, AMSTERDAM / 12-6-2018, AMSTERDAM / 13-6-2018, PRAGUE / 1-7-2018, KRAKOW / 3-7-2018, BERLIN / 5-7-2018
  • ckravitzckravitz Posts: 1,668
    I've booked hotels on the RUMOR of a show! :smiley:
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