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  • Posts: 4,619
    edited January 2020
    imagine how many posts could be saved if someone official just explained it to us all. 

    I thought I understood, then I read through this thread lol
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  • Earth Posts: 3,249
    So should I put best available or just reserved as I want reserved only, don’t want to stand or does it make more sense to put both just in case. Only putting in for one show too. (QC)
    If you just want reserved seats, just put reserved seats as your selection.
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  • Posts: 4,631
    imagine how many posts could be saved if someone official just explained it to us all. 

    I thought I understood, then I read through this thread lol

    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • Earth Posts: 3,249
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I thought they took everyone who wanted GA first as a Priority 1, and then drew random names until GA is filled up.  

    Lets say, for argument....if only 50 people wanted GA as their #1 priority....they would take all of those GA people and they would all get tickets.  THEN they would find everyone who had GA as their #2 priority, and start in with them.  Then go through the rest. 

    Then if there were still GA tickets available....they would then dig into the "Best Available" groups and start filling them in.   Once they run out, they would then pool the rest of Best Available and the Reserved Only.


    Best Available is the same as requesting GA as your preference first, the only difference is that if you select GA only.....you miss out all together if you don't get selected for GA.  There is no longer a secondary reserved option to fall back on.
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    Indy - 08.18.00
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    Indy - 05.07.10
    EV StL - 07.01.11
    Alpine Valley - 09.03.11, 09.04.11 (PJ20)
    ATL - 09.22.12 (Music Midtown Festival)
    EV Jax - 11.24.12
    Chicago - 07.19.13
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    Moline - 10.17.14 (The No Code Show)
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  • Posts: 394
    imagine how many posts could be saved if someone official just explained it to us all. 

    I thought I understood, then I read through this thread lol
    Where's the fun in that?  
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  • Posts: 4,631
    Best Available is the same as requesting GA as your preference first, the only difference is that if you select GA only.....you miss out all together if you don't get selected for GA.  There is no longer a secondary reserved option to fall back on.
    I got that part....but lets say that YOU selected Best Available, and I selected Reserved Only. 

    So, the very last GA seat was given out, and you didnt get GA. 

    Who goes next?   Best Available? or Reserved Only?  Or are we pooled together?
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • imagine how many posts could be saved if someone official just explained it to us all. 

    I thought I understood, then I read through this thread lol
    Can you imagine what a dumpster fire that would become?

    the information provided in the email is more than sufficient. Way too many people with their own connotations of how things are done. That is the issue. 
  • Vedd Hedd said:
    I thought they took everyone who wanted GA first as a Priority 1, and then drew random names until GA is filled up.  

    Lets say, for argument....if only 50 people wanted GA as their #1 priority....they would take all of those GA people and they would all get tickets.  THEN they would find everyone who had GA as their #2 priority, and start in with them.  Then go through the rest. 

    Then if there were still GA tickets available....they would then dig into the "Best Available" groups and start filling them in.   Once they run out, they would then pool the rest of Best Available and the Reserved Only.


    No, they just draw people at random and if their option is available they get it. So if you get selected with Best Available as your option and GA is available, you get it. 
  • Posts: 4,631
    Can you imagine what a dumpster fire that would become?

    the information provided in the email is more than sufficient. Way too many people with their own connotations of how things are done. That is the issue. 
    Not really, the "best available" thing is new now. 
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • Vedd Hedd said:
    I got that part....but lets say that YOU selected Best Available, and I selected Reserved Only. 

    So, the very last GA seat was given out, and you didnt get GA. 

    Who goes next?   Best Available? or Reserved Only?  Or are we pooled together?
    All pooled together and they seniority is applied....
  • Canada Posts: 166
    They draw names at random, and if your option is available, you get tickets. 
    They draw names at random, and if your option is available, you get tickets. 
    So selecting reserved seats at 99% does not guarantee you a seat or increase your odds of getting into the building?
  • Posts: 988
    dear santos l halper, i agree with your comment . good on 10 c to get as many tickets as they could for their fans. they know how dedicated we are.  when people think they don't care about their fans they are wrong. they do . their prices are still at the lower end of the scale for a major act. hope everyone gets to at least one show. 
  • Vedd Hedd said:
    I got that part....but lets say that YOU selected Best Available, and I selected Reserved Only. 

    So, the very last GA seat was given out, and you didnt get GA. 

    Who goes next?   Best Available? or Reserved Only?  Or are we pooled together?
    All pooled together and they seniority is applied....
  • If you just want reserved seats, just put reserved seats as your selection.
    Thanks!
  • Earth Posts: 3,249
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I got that part....but lets say that YOU selected Best Available, and I selected Reserved Only. 

    So, the very last GA seat was given out, and you didnt get GA. 

    Who goes next?   Best Available? or Reserved Only?  Or are we pooled together?
    The lottery looks at one show at a time and then We are randomly selected one entry at a time.....if I am selected before You and have Best Available marked, then I get GA if available.  If GA is not available, I get seats. 

    Most of these shows are at a 99% probability, so getting "seats" won't be an issue.  (With Balitmore and NYC as the exceptions)

    You and I then get the quality of the seats assigned to us based upon senority.
    Indy - 08.17.98
    Indy - 08.18.00
    Indy - 06.22.03
    Indy - 05.07.10
    EV StL - 07.01.11
    Alpine Valley - 09.03.11, 09.04.11 (PJ20)
    ATL - 09.22.12 (Music Midtown Festival)
    EV Jax - 11.24.12
    Chicago - 07.19.13
    Pittsburgh - 10.11.13
    Moline - 10.17.14 (The No Code Show)
    Milwaukee - 10.20.14 (The Yield Show)
    FtL - 04.08.16
    Miami - 04.09.16
    Tampa - 04.11.16
    Lexington - 04.26.16
    Chicago - 08.20.16, 08.22.16
    Chicago - 08.18.18, 08.20.18
    Boston - 09.02.18, 09.04.18
  • Tampa, FL Posts: 1,140
    ajflicker said:
    So selecting reserved seats at 99% does not guarantee you a seat or increase your odds of getting into the building?
    100% is a guarantee, but 99% is as good as guaranteed. I think lawyers said to start there. 
  • Nashville Posts: 671
    All pooled together and they seniority is applied....

    Seniority is only applied to the seat location, not the selection process. 
  • Posts: 31,516
    All pooled together and they seniority is applied....
    Only for reserved seating is seniority in play ..

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  • Only for reserved seating is seniority in play ..

    Sorry...thought that was a priori knowledge....the poster asked :
    So, the very last GA seat was given out, and you didnt get GA. 

    Who goes next?   Best Available? or Reserved Only?  Or are we pooled together?
    My response was to that specific question.  So...after GA is all dried up, Best Available and Reserved Only are pooled together and seniority comes into play....
  • Monticello, Georgia Posts: 1,634
    Are there multiple drawings for each show until they run out of tickets?  Do they start with NYC and pull everyone that had NYC as a 1st show choice, and then onto those that had NYC as a 2nd show choice and so on, or is it one big pool of everyone that put in for NYC in one drawing?  Has to be the former correct or the show priority really wouldn't matter?  This is the kind of thing that would have been useful to take deep dive into on the Faithful Forum, other than "hey, what shows plan to attend on the tour".
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