I bought three tickets for the Miley Cyrus concert in our town this Sunday night. We got them for our three daughters-- the 23 YO to go with her 8 and 10 YO sisters. Ticketmaster's email instructions say that I must accompany them to the ticket window and claim the tickets with the credit card on which they were charged but the facility says that I can just send with my oldest daughter a photocopy of my driver's license and the actual credit card and with her own ID my eldest daughter can claim the tickets. Who to believe? Anyone have any experience with this ticketless ticket process-- when they weren't an attendee?
Can't you just print out the tickets and send them to your daughters? cough bullsh!t cough I've done this before and sent my son to a concert with his friend. I hate Ticketmaster!
Yeah you can give your daughter the credit card and your license, and they will give the tickets to her without any problems. Basically you hand them the card and they scan it and print the tickets out. They rarely ask for the license, but you should give it to her just in case.
R-I-G-H-T.... Donny, you know you wouldn't like my daughter. She has my genes, although she has that liberal mindset of a young college graduate!! She's an absolute peach.
BTW, Its the one on the left. <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/peach%20mario" target="_blank"><img src="http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx131/Smixen/DSC00950.jpg" border="0" alt="Mario and Princess Peach Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>
Personalized ticketing is a ridiculous attempt by primary ticketing quasi-monopolists to cement their market position. It is by no means in the interest of the event goer, as this example perfectly illustrates.
This is done to limit ticket scalping. If I were you, I'd call the arena to ask if they will accept a photo copy of your ID and you not being present. Technically, the person that purchased the tickets is supposed to be present for the tickets to be printed, but the "purchaser" doesn't have to attend the show. You could show up, show your ID, swipe your card, and then leave while everyone goes in the concert. Also remember they won't print your tickets until all members of your party are in attendance and ready to walk in. The "ticket takers" will swipe the credit card used for the purchase and the machine will spit out your "tickets". It's a pain for the customers and the venues, but get used to it because it will become the norm with the high demand concerts.
I called the venue and they told me that what you've described was was the process for an absent purchaser, but then I started getting email from TM saying that I (the purchaser) had to be there to accept the tickets. Originally I bought three tickets for my wife to take the young girls, but then my oldest daughter ends up being in town and we "invited" her to take the girls instead, so Mrs. G and I are headed out in another direction-- and rendering aid if necessary would be difficult in all that madness. I'm prretty comfortable with what the coliseum told me but the bluntness of the email from TM has eroded my confidence....
