Ticket tips and Tricks for 2025 festival

[incident]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Got this a few days back...

 

 

I should say for clarity that I don't know for sure that they *are* changing it.

 

What I do know for certain, is that they've made an underlying change that adds the *ability* to change it (to a queue).

[Gnomicide]

1 minute ago, efcfanwirral said:

So I did wonder based on the wording of the article last week about the 20 seconds https://glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/info/#tickets--how-to-book

But I doubt that means anything...

 

I think that's just the usual method, though? Limited number have access, you need to refresh at the same time as one becomes available. Which is why manual refreshing improves your chances.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, incident said:

 

I should say for clarity that I don't know for sure that they *are* changing it.

 

What I do know for certain, is that they've made an underlying change that adds the *ability* to change it (to a queue).

 

Maybe that's part of the Eventim purchase.

 

Fairly sure Emily's on record as saying the existing system is the fairest method and that's why she favours it.

[UncleJunior]

31 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I do have a theory that Queue-IT or whatever it's called does look at the time you enter the waiting room.

Ticketmaster one doesn’t for sure.

[efcfanwirral]

8 minutes ago, UncleJunior said:

Ticketmaster one doesn’t for sure.

Yeah it's definitely random, found that one out during the oasis sales based on when friends got in etc as so many were trying 

[parsonjack]

32 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Or which clock does see operate too 

Like pretty much all web commerce services they'll be running an NTP (Network Time Protocol) server which itself syncs with a very accurate public time service....mainly atomic based.  We're talking milliseconds of differential between their time and ours tbh.....way less than could be beaten by a key press I'm afraid....other than by pure luck.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, parsonjack said:

Like pretty much all web commerce services they'll be running an NTP (Network Time Protocol) server which itself syncs with a very accurate public time service....mainly atomic based.  We're talking milliseconds of differential between their time and ours tbh.....way less than could be beaten by a key press I'm afraid....other than by pure luck.

or anything automated ? 

[incident]

4 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

or anything automated ? 

 

They'll probably be getting thousands of hits every millisecond. If it does turn out to be a case of getting in the queue at the right moment (which is my current deduction, but still far from certain), then even if you're synced exactly with the time See are using (which there's no way of being sure of), then there's still variables that make it difficult if not impossible to guarantee you hit within the right fraction of a second regardless of whether it's automated or manual - network latency and server response times will play a part in it.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, incident said:

 

They'll probably be getting thousands of hits every millisecond. If it does turn out to be a case of getting in the queue at the right moment (which is my current deduction, but still far from certain), then even if you're synced exactly with the time See are using (which there's no way of being sure of), then there's still variables that make it difficult if not impossible to guarantee you hit within the right fraction of a second regardless of whether it's automated or manual - network latency and server response times will play a part in it.

thanks 🙂 

[Crazyfool01]

Ticket Nerves start to kick in .... 

[stuie]

48 minutes ago, incident said:

 

They'll probably be getting thousands of hits every millisecond. If it does turn out to be a case of getting in the queue at the right moment (which is my current deduction, but still far from certain), then even if you're synced exactly with the time See are using (which there's no way of being sure of), then there's still variables that make it difficult if not impossible to guarantee you hit within the right fraction of a second regardless of whether it's automated or manual - network latency and server response times will play a part in it.

 

It's definitely worth a try and very simple to do...

[Superscally]

22 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

It's definitely worth a try and very simple to do...

What is? Do it for me if you can. Ta x

[parsonjack]

1 hour ago, incident said:

 

They'll probably be getting thousands of hits every millisecond. If it does turn out to be a case of getting in the queue at the right moment (which is my current deduction, but still far from certain), then even if you're synced exactly with the time See are using (which there's no way of being sure of), then there's still variables that make it difficult if not impossible to guarantee you hit within the right fraction of a second regardless of whether it's automated or manual - network latency and server response times will play a part in it.

What he said ^ 😂

[Suprefan]

11 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

Yeah it's definitely random, found that one out during the oasis sales based on when friends got in etc as so many were trying 

 

Ticketmaster queue is only first come first serve  if you ever encounter the scenario of an additional concert being added to a tour. But only when you  see the new listing the moment its on the website and join up  so youll just be a very low number most likely. I had that happen the other week for Dua Lipa. I knew a 3rd date was coming and just kept refreshing the Tm search results til it was there. Jumped on and was 10th in the queue. Tried another device 30 seconds later and was 400th. But it possibly differs on the uk version too or it may not.

 

Still dont know why anyone would think the queue would be first come. If that was the case you could find a way to beat the system and skip everyone. If theres ever a sale change I am sure it wont happen til the sale for 27 goes down. They cant make everyone guinea pigs right now and then go into a fallow year with tons of people complaining about the onsale. Easier to introduce a new system on the comeback because you give yourself 18 months to figure it out.