Ticket tips and Tricks for 2025 festival

[Doohickey]

In 2013 after ticket day, the festival had a post somewhere inviting feedback on how the process went. I had failed to get tickets, so my feedback was polite, but disappointed and wondered if there was a fairer way (careful what you ask about it turns out). I got the following reply back from them:

 

"Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback, (name) – it’s much appreciated.

 

The suggestion of a lottery/ballot comes up each year, however it isn’t something the Festival would be keen to take on, as although it would undoubtedly give everyone the most equal chance possible, there are many who complain that that shouldn’t be the case. i.e that the most equal way wouldn’t necessarily be the fairest way. Largely this is a concern expressed by people who have come to the Festival for a number of years, and have a great attachment to the event, to the point they would be willing to go river deep mountain high to get a ticket.

 

For them the introduction of a ballot system would mean that their chances of getting a ticket would be reduced, whilst the chances for someone who is just entering the ballot on the off chance would be significantly increased.

 

Whilst we certainly don’t want ticket buying to be an endurance race, and are working with Seetickets to make the current process quicker and smoother, some investment of effort/time (to log on, enter the details and buy the tickets) ensures that the tickets do go to people who truly want them, rather than people just trying on a whim..

 

Best wishes

Glastonbury Festival"

 

That was a decade ago, and I understand the festival changes and they have to face different challenges and react accordingly, but the change to the queue system does feel to me like a complete change in the festivals outlook.

 

 

[incident]

6 minutes ago, Doohickey said:

That was a decade ago, and I understand the festival changes and they have to face different challenges and react accordingly, but the change to the queue system does feel to me like a complete change in the festivals outlook.

 

I said this earlier - but ultimately the festival won't be setting the direction on these aspects. They're not in a position to do so. Seetickets are implementing a queue system across all of their sites, and this is ultimately a Seetickets site.

 

Given that the Festival don't (and realistically can't) run their own ticket platform, the technology they use and the mechanisms within it are going to follow whatever their provider provides for them.

 

Yes, if they felt strongly enough about the specifics of how the site operated, they could try and push the issue or look at other providers - but that's a whole can of worms. It's questionable how much See will want to diverge from what is now becoming their standard setup, and every other ticket agent capable of handling that kind of traffic already uses queue based systems.

[Talcroft]

15 minutes ago, Doohickey said:

In 2013 after ticket day, the festival had a post somewhere inviting feedback on how the process went. I had failed to get tickets, so my feedback was polite, but disappointed and wondered if there was a fairer way (careful what you ask about it turns out). I got the following reply back from them:

 

"Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback, (name) – it’s much appreciated.

 

The suggestion of a lottery/ballot comes up each year, however it isn’t something the Festival would be keen to take on, as although it would undoubtedly give everyone the most equal chance possible, there are many who complain that that shouldn’t be the case. i.e that the most equal way wouldn’t necessarily be the fairest way. Largely this is a concern expressed by people who have come to the Festival for a number of years, and have a great attachment to the event, to the point they would be willing to go river deep mountain high to get a ticket.

 

For them the introduction of a ballot system would mean that their chances of getting a ticket would be reduced, whilst the chances for someone who is just entering the ballot on the off chance would be significantly increased.

 

Whilst we certainly don’t want ticket buying to be an endurance race, and are working with Seetickets to make the current process quicker and smoother, some investment of effort/time (to log on, enter the details and buy the tickets) ensures that the tickets do go to people who truly want them, rather than people just trying on a whim..

 

Best wishes

Glastonbury Festival"

 

That was a decade ago, and I understand the festival changes and they have to face different challenges and react accordingly, but the change to the queue system does feel to me like a complete change in the festivals outlook.

 

 

 

This is a fascinating response from them at the real peak of my Glasto days (36 of us got tickets for 2014 via one of the backdoor hacks). Having not managed to get tickets and working the last 3 (necessity rather than choice), I'm really clueless as to where this leaves us. 

 

Slightly concerned @Suprefan is totally right and I no longer have any chance (compared to very little chance before). 

[henry bear]

2 hours ago, danmarks said:

Cos its biĺly bullshit. Was yesterday that supre said it definitely wont happen before 2027 so yeah

Indeed he did - likes to present himself as an industry oracle with very little tangible evidence to back anything up