Ticket tips and Tricks for 2025 festival

[Jack.194]

4 hours ago, Oscr said:

 

So if mobile data gets you a lower score does anyone know if tethering your phone’s mobile data to your PC gets you a lower score (and better chances)?

🤔

[MilkyJoe]

1 hour ago, Stokesy10 said:

Guys... for the coach sale, in our group of 6, could 2 people apply for Coventry, and 4 for B'ham, or do all 6 have to be from the same place?

Only one departure point per transaction.

[Toilet Duck]

5 hours ago, Oscr said:

 

So if mobile data gets you a lower score does anyone know if tethering your phone’s mobile data to your PC gets you a lower score (and better chances)?

Based on one of the follow up posts, it would appear that a mobile device on mobile data is scored lower than a different device tethered to it. Won’t begin to suggest I have any idea how the ranking works, just going to stick with that (which is a pain as last year the only device that got close was my laptop tethered to 5g and was how I got the tickets…hard enough to get all the info in with a proper keyboard while shaking, don’t want to think about what it would be like in a phone, but hopefully will get to find out!)…

[Crazyfool01]

So many parameters that could / wont influence things .... it will end up being something like did you put on the lucky ticket day pants 

[danz026]

2 hours ago, Toilet Duck said:

Based on one of the follow up posts, it would appear that a mobile device on mobile data is scored lower than a different device tethered to it. Won’t begin to suggest I have any idea how the ranking works, just going to stick with that (which is a pain as last year the only device that got close was my laptop tethered to 5g and was how I got the tickets…hard enough to get all the info in with a proper keyboard while shaking, don’t want to think about what it would be like in a phone, but hopefully will get to find out!)…

To clarify, is a lower score a good thing?

[parsonjack]

46 minutes ago, danz026 said:

To clarify, is a lower score a good thing?

Yes....the lower the better.... although there's little to confirm that a very low score will actually see you awarded a better queue position.  

[markfaulkneruk]

On 11/5/2024 at 9:52 PM, Suprefan said:

try it on thurs and let us know.

 

 

That's my plan. My friend and I are going to be testing different approaches on Thursday.

[clarkete]

8 hours ago, Skip997 said:

But it is why people struggle to get tickets 

 

A festival half the size with smaller acts would be just as much fun 

 

But this particular festival would likely have ceased to exist.  He's mentioned in interviews that as a quaker the 2m quid per year for charity was a powerful motivation to continue, particularly once it started to move in the direction of music that wasn't really his bag. 

[clarkete]

8 hours ago, Mike A said:

I use Smart Paste - https://www.smartpaste.io/ on Chrome though I don't use it for mobile.

 

Given that it's not long to drive or get a train between both, personally I'd keep in a 6 and go for whichever city is still available if you're lucky enough to get a buy screen. 

 

Keeps it simple and you only need one transaction.  

[markfaulkneruk]

12 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

~makes note not to have a shower on Sunday~

 

That's just poor commitment. I'm never going to shower again and hope that the gods look favourably upon me for that.

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

Does anyone know what % of tickets are through coach sale vs normal sale? We can’t get coach tickets (babysitting logistics!) but wondering if time for tickets to sell out will be similar for both sales? Guess % non coach tickets hasn’t changed this year but really just wondering with new system if it will still be all over within 30 mins or if we need to brace ourselves for a full Sunday of waiting in a queue, like what happened for Oasis.  Short question is can I take my son to his football game late morning 🤨 😂

[MilkyJoe]

17 minutes ago, CantWaitForGlasto22 said:

Does anyone know what % of tickets are through coach sale vs normal sale? We can’t get coach tickets (babysitting logistics!) but wondering if time for tickets to sell out will be similar for both sales? Guess % non coach tickets hasn’t changed this year but really just wondering with new system if it will still be all over within 30 mins or if we need to brace ourselves for a full Sunday of waiting in a queue, like what happened for Oasis.  Short question is can I take my son to his football game late morning 🤨 😂

It used to be 15,000 tickets a few years ago (2018) when the whole pot was 135,000 so around 11% but this has probably increased a little now.

[belfast]

Cant believe this is tomorrow evening - I am not ready to face this stress

[incident]

47 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

It used to be 15,000 tickets a few years ago (2018) when the whole pot was 135,000 so around 11% but this has probably increased a little now.

 

They announced it as "over 22,000" in the coach sale for 2024. So would imagine it's similar again this time out.

 

As of the most recent licence change, the total is 142,000 regular tickets on sale, plus another 5,000 Sunday tickets for locals.

 

1 hour ago, CantWaitForGlasto22 said:

We can’t get coach tickets (babysitting logistics!) but wondering if time for tickets to sell out will be similar for both sales? Guess % non coach tickets hasn’t changed this year but really just wondering with new system if it will still be all over within 30 mins or if we need to brace ourselves for a full Sunday of waiting in a queue, like what happened for Oasis.  Short question is can I take my son to his football game late morning 🤨 😂

 

The number of tickets on offer is only one of several factors in sell-out time, and probably not even the major one. Wouldn't read anything into anything in that respect.

[Laupau86]

Sorry if this has been asked already (waaaay too many posts to go through!) but are we thinking that you can only have 1 browser open or could several browsers with just one tab open work? So 1 on chrome, 1 on edge etc? 

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, Laupau86 said:

Sorry if this has been asked already (waaaay too many posts to go through!) but are we thinking that you can only have 1 browser open or could several browsers with just one tab open work? So 1 on chrome, 1 on edge etc? 

yes it might well work but is a bit more risky , depends how you roll 

[MilkyJoe]

So for those that get coach every year, how does it work with departure locations in the sale?

 

Input Departure point first then registrations or registrations then departure point afterwards?

 

To me it would make far more sense to do location first but I’ve never got coach tickets so I have no idea.

[MilkyJoe]

39 minutes ago, incident said:

 

They announced it as "over 22,000" in the coach sale for 2024. So would imagine it's similar again this time out.

 

As of the most recent licence change, the total is 142,000 regular tickets on sale, plus another 5,000 Sunday tickets for locals.

 

 

The number of tickets on offer is only one of several factors in sell-out time, and probably not even the major one. Wouldn't read anything into anything in that respect.

Excellent, I couldn't find this info anywhere this morning although I did think it was around 20k.

 

So it's risen to slightly above 15% of total tickets not including locals.

[MilkyJoe]

22 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

So for those that get coach every year, how does it work with departure locations in the sale?

 

Input Departure point first then registrations or registrations then departure point afterwards?

 

To me it would make far more sense to do location first but I’ve never got coach tickets so I have no idea.

I should rephrase this... One of our groups wants to leave on the wednesday from a certain departure location. If that location and day isn't available 3 of the group are prepared to travel thursday. Are you able to go back and remove the others before going for a thursday option???

[Gnomicide]

2 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

I should rephrase this... One of our groups wants to leave on the wednesday from a certain departure location. If that location and day isn't available 3 of the group are prepared to travel thursday. Are you able to go back and remove the others before going for a thursday option???

 

Now I think about it, don't you pick Wednesday or Thursday departures as your first choice? 

 

Then it's either registration or location (the bit I can't remember).

[t0paz]

2 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

I should rephrase this... One of our groups wants to leave on the wednesday from a certain departure location. If that location and day isn't available 3 of the group are prepared to travel thursday. Are you able to go back and remove the others before going for a thursday option???

I think you choose the coach/departure point before you enter reg numbers so won’t be an issue.

[Peter_Quaife]

2 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

I should rephrase this... One of our groups wants to leave on the wednesday from a certain departure location. If that location and day isn't available 3 of the group are prepared to travel thursday. Are you able to go back and remove the others before going for a thursday option???

 

From the one group? I'm far from experienced in the  coach sale, was lucky in '23 helping folk, but it's hectic... Pick 1 day / couple of departure points and lock them in.. You don't want to be messing about once you've landed at the departure page 

[Peter_Quaife]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

 

Now I think about it, don't you pick Wednesday or Thursday departures as your first choice? 

 

Then it's either registration or location (the bit I can't remember).

Day - >departure point - > reg

[t0paz]

Although reading the FAQ it seems a bit unclear but does suggest you enter reg numbers first, which I’m sure is different to last year.

[Gnomicide]

Just now, Peter_Quaife said:

Day - >departure point - > reg

 

Cheers. The bit I guess we won't know, is if the new system will allow you to go back to select Thursday if Wednesday have gone.