Ticket tips and Tricks for 2025 festival

[Andy0808 v5]

I think we can all agree we need a Day After tomorrow scenario, we’ll all love it and the fairweather attendees won’t.. and next year we’ll all be happy campers on ticket day 😇

[_kr.iss]

6 minutes ago, Andy0808 v5 said:

I think we can all agree we need a Day After tomorrow scenario, we’ll all love it and the fairweather attendees won’t.. and next year we’ll all be happy campers on ticket day 😇

 

Isn't 2026 a fallow year? But I like the spirit ☺️

[Andy0808 v5]

3 minutes ago, _kr.iss said:

 

Isn't 2026 a fallow year? But I like the spirit ☺️

God, I actually completely forgot about that.

[StoneCircle]

Any further comments trying to derail the thread will be deleted. 

 

As previously requested let's get back to discussion not personal attacks.

 

The Moderation Team 

Edited November 18 by StoneCircle

[SilverLining]

28 minutes ago, bennyboi said:

Well after not getting a legit ticket since 2017, were all going legit next year! 

 

There was about 10 of us trying in various ways, one mate used the nerdy exploit and he got through twice! 

Meanwhile, the rest of us that were shooting straight, didnt get past 3-4bars! 

 

I feel dirty. 

Can someone exploit what the nerdy exploit was?

[Simsy]

1 hour ago, jonnytee1 said:

With supply Vs demand there will never be a "fair" way to do it that suits all. 

Exactly this, there will always be disappointed people as long as it's over-subscribed.

 

At least with the registration system we know that the tickets have gone to people who want them (even if they did use a hack/exploit/whatever to get them), rather than to touts who just want to flog them for a massive profit.

[TheGoodWillOut]

7 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Exactly this, there will always be disappointed people as long as it's over-subscribed.

 

At least with the registration system we know that the tickets have gone to people who want them (even if they did use a hack/exploit/whatever to get them), rather than to touts who just want to flog them for a massive profit.

and this is why glasto dont give a damn about backdoors, hacks or firefox containers.  They are happy that their tickets cant be touted easily and thats as far as it goes for them. 

 

If tickets were being viago-go'd, absolutely they would tighten things up but until then, nothing seriously will change. 

Edited November 18 by TheGoodWillOut

[Flighty Zoo]

57 minutes ago, Looother said:

Thinking back to what Emily Eavis said in that BBC interview last year, it sounded like she thought the ideal ticket system would be one that gave everyone a chance, from the half-interested person idly logging in on their phone in bed on the off chance upwards, but that was able to be gamed to an extent by the obsessive and the desperate to weight it a bit in their favour. I've just checked, and the quote was:
 

 

And I think this came really close to that. Obviously it was the first year, so people didn't really know how to play it, and as a result some who fall into the obsessive/desperate camp, including many in this community, didn't do everything they might have done with a bit more knowledge and experience, which smarts a bit. And it also turned out to be a bit more gameable than it probably should be, which does also. But I think it's a lot better than a simple ballot even now, and with a little bit of refinement could hit the nail squarely on the head.

I think the spirit of this is right but it’s only really fair when See and Glastonbury take as many steps as possible to ensure that the system isn’t exploited. Now, an event of this size and the amount of demand, that is a logistical and technical nightmare and they try their best. But I’m completely with those who are calling for tickets that got bought from more unsavoury methods to be cancelled or at the very least for there to be some kind of ballot that rewards those putting in a small bit of effort. It teaches a lesson and levels the playing field yet again. Not that it would magically stop people from trying to game the system mind you. 
 

I first tried to get tickets in 2018 and had an abysmal failure, simply cause I didn’t know what to expect. 2019, I was a bit wiser and spaced out my refreshes and had multiple devices as per the advice I’d read and got tickets. 2022 - sailed right through on the coach sale after 10 minutes. Last year, one of my group got in literally a minute before sell out.  Each of those times, I improved my standing in terms of having committed people in groups, wiring computer to router, multiple devices etc. I learned from experience and from reading this forum. 

 

But it is objectively ridiculous that a music festival has a learning curve just for trying to buy tickets and that curve seems to be growing steeper and steeper every year. As a 20 something man, I can deal with it, but I feel for those teenagers who are hardcore music fans / musicians themselves and their parents who want to give them the opportunity to take them to the most famous festival in the world. Are we really moving into a society where the easiest way to go to Glastonbury is to become a moderately emerging artist yourself? Not everyone has the time and space to be thinking of joining a syndicate and anyone that’s justifying that as something that “works” should probably assess how crazy it is that we’ve gotten to this point in the first place. The whole thing when you step back and look at it is just silly and it doesn’t have to be this way. 
 

Your average person is going to be like “YASS, get in, finally got them” and their mates will promise them pints that are never honoured - but that is the spirit of things. They’ll have a great summer. Majority of us - you, reading this - will know what feels like and it is the nectar that gives the festival its magic, but everyone deserves a fair punt at experiencing that, no? I think that’s what we all agree on, right?

Edited November 18 by Flighty Zoo

[Alvoram]

I had loads of devices running, loads of VMs running, I was trying everything. The only thing I was too afraid to try at all was using a bot and using VPNs, but that was only down to the fear of knowing what Akamai is (or should be) capable of. If I'd known I could get away with it I would. 

In the end, after all of that effort, it was a clean mobile device on 5g that got through. 2 VMs got very close, but no carrot.

We knew about the back page hack last year, and knew it still worked this year, I thought everyone knew, it was discussed enough on here and other platforms. Only reason I didn't use that for others in my group, when I got through, is because I'd used up so much of my time already, entering details, getting the blocked page, continually trying to refresh and go back to get past that block, then entering card details. If I could have got another group, I would have done. 

My issue with the sale, and the system, isn't down to people gaming the system. Of course people will game it, if you don't, somebody else will, that is never, ever going to change. Can't blame people for doing all they can. My issue is with See for not implementing all of queue-it / Akamai's protections properly, and for seemingly not killing the session properly upon a successful purchase. And so should yours be...

"Don't hate the player, hate the game."

If they're going to leave those doors open, you go ahead and walk right in... I would. 

[Clareno7]

1 hour ago, jonnytee1 said:

My take on this whole scenario is that anyone who says the have been to more than 10 Glastonburys in a row either 

 

1) Has more jam than Hartleys

2) Has manipulated the old system

 

The new system will not hold favour with a lot of people because its new and different. However if had been that way forever and then the festival changed to what we have had for the last 20 years  -  people wouldn't like that either.

 

With supply Vs demand there will never be a "fair" way to do it that suits all. 

 

Calling people names, having arguments is all pretty futile. To all those who got tickets well done, to all those who didn't try the resale or good luck in 2 years. 

 

I was lucky this year in a group of 5 friends we got tickets and i also went last year but there have been 10 (yes TEN) baron years before that for me in trying every year! I'd practically given up on ever going again! 

 

I've got more jam than Hartleys! I make loads of of it and I've been to more than 10 Glastonburys in a row and I want to reassure you that none of the people I've formed teams with (I've only ever worked in a group of six, membership of which varies each year), have the slightest bit of tech know how, we just use multiple devices, etc. I can only imagine it's the seedless blackberry jam.

[Suprefan]

59 minutes ago, SilverLining said:

Can someone exploit what the nerdy exploit was?

Which one. There was more than one lol

[Suprefan]

6 hours ago, Skip997 said:

This 

 

100% this. Never understand why Suprefan gets so much sh*t, he talks a lot of sense 

thanks. Nobody wants to hear the reality side of things. They dont look at the entire picture or want to look beyond it of whats coming. Or even fathom new ideas and such. Cause it all has to stay the same or else the festival isnt how its supposed to be. 

[jonnytee1]

47 minutes ago, Clareno7 said:

I've got more jam than Hartleys! I make loads of of it and I've been to more than 10 Glastonburys in a row and I want to reassure you that none of the people I've formed teams with (I've only ever worked in a group of six, membership of which varies each year), have the slightest bit of tech know how, we just use multiple devices, etc. I can only imagine it's the seedless blackberry jam.

 

Well you're a very jammy person then but i do prefer the seeded varieties 

[Skip997]

2 hours ago, jonnytee1 said:

My take on this whole scenario is that anyone who says the have been to more than 10 Glastonburys in a row either 

 

1) Has more jam than Hartleys

2) Has manipulated the old system

 

 

Or has built up loads of useful contacts over the decades and worked hard to maintain them and has worked hard on site thus ensuring they’re invited back 

[Nobody Interesting]

14 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Or has built up loads of useful contacts over the decades and worked hard to maintain them and has worked hard on site thus ensuring they’re invited back 

 

Yep - a very important part of the festival as well. Over the years little things count to as we found. Do someone in a festival business a favour and they then reward you by way of thanks for what you sent their way.

[Skip997]

4 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

 

Yep - a very important part of the festival as well. Over the years little things count to as we found. Do someone in a festival business a favour and they then reward you by way of thanks for what you sent their way.

This year I got treated really well for turning up early and being in position to deal with an unexpected situation when no one else from our crew was around. 

[Ryan1984]

1 hour ago, Clareno7 said:

I've got more jam than Hartleys! I make loads of of it and I've been to more than 10 Glastonburys in a row and I want to reassure you that none of the people I've formed teams with (I've only ever worked in a group of six, membership of which varies each year), have the slightest bit of tech know how, we just use multiple devices, etc. I can only imagine it's the seedless blackberry jam.

I did 11 consecutive Glastonburys from 2003 to 2015 (2006 and 2012 were fallow years, right?) and have no tech know-how/only ever bought two tickets in that time. Very lucky and privileged to do that many through sheer perseverance. I think maybe one of two were down to success in the resale.

[Toilet Duck]

I had about 20 or so queue ids on the go (spread across a range of devices and connections). None of them came close, but I was erring on the side of caution and didn’t want to get through only to be kicked out for being a bot. There’s people who got flagged while doing very little wrong, and there’s people in Reddit saying they kept it to 100 Firefox containers based on the post that was made after the coach sale, but when 1 got through, it was flagged for suspicious activity and booted out, and then there’s plenty saying this worked just fine. So it still looks like a crapshoot. On reflection, we could have spread our risk across our groups and sacrificed a few people to go balls to the wall with as many unique queue ids as possible, while others took a middling approach and the rest behaved themselves, but it was our first go with the new process and you live and learn. Anyway, from See’s perspective, the sale went the way they wanted it to. All done in under 40 minutes and their servers didn’t collapse under the strain of everyone hitting F5 constantly. They may patch up whatever hole the GitHub script exploits, and may even activate all available features on queue it (if it costs more, then possibly not)…maybe the back button thing will also get removed (my mate that got through tried this, didn’t work and he didn’t spend more than 10 minutes making the purchase, so don’t know if this is a solid work around…sometimes maybe, but not always…I’ve always tried it when it was me that got through, think it only ever worked for me in 2009)…but every year there’s the same outcry from those that were unsuccessful (which dies down pretty quickly) and really, the only changes See implement are ones that patch up security risks and make the process more stable (which is where we are at now). 

[Pinhead]

Just for the record. I've been going to Glasto since 1994. I have never missed one since. That's 30 years and I think, 24 Glastonburys. I joined this site in 1998. I was unlucky this year. Am I upset? No, disappointed but with that record, it's not unreasonable that others have an opportunity to attend instead. For years I have worked festivals with Oxfam, 20 years come 2025, somewhat as an insurance policy against this eventuality. I will use that facility to hopefully gain entrance this coming year (it's not a guarantee but it does give you a strong opportunity). I am not entitled to a ticket. I also think it's essential that those who have been less successful over the years than myself have an opportunity to attend. It is similarly essential that younger people than myself (just turned 52 this weekend) have an opportunity to attend and make it their festival. If I am successful in getting a work position, I will do my best to make it a fantastic festival for those who have been fortunate this weekend. Peace.

Edited November 19 by Pinhead

[Pinhead]

Given the post above, and my history of attendance, I completely get that Glastonbury is special and that it transcends the experience and desire to be there that many other festivals engender. But to those who were unsuccessful this last weekend - you will get to be there in the future, perhaps in the resale early next year, and the festival shows no signs of ending any time soon, so the opportunity remains. No reason to fight about it this year, there are far worse things happening in the world and it's too late now to change the outcome. See you all in the fields 🩷

Edited November 19 by Pinhead

[Splodge]

The cold hard truth is that, generally speaking, having a gameable system greatly improves the chances of people in this forum getting tickets. Even a more strictly enforced version of what we have now would massively reduce your chances.
 

If I came out of the Sunday sale without a ticket I would be praying that (aside from fixing the obvious bugs such as the “rejected queue number” one) they didn’t touch a thing for the resale.
 

Even the “access denied” error message… you now know that if you keep retrying it will go through. That gives you an advantage over others unaware of this that will give up.
 

if I was in a big group that still needed tickets I would also be praying that they don’t fix the back button issue before the resale too.

 

A proper ballot, with strictly one entry per group tied to a registration (assuming they could keep duplicate registrations under control), would be worst case scenario.

It might feel like the better option right now (I know how gutting missing out on tickets feels) but I imagine disappointment you have now would be blown out of the water by the crushing realisation that the reality of the implementation of a fair ballot would likely mean you would miss a decade of festivals rather than the odd year here and there.

I do think there’s a distinction to be made between those that actively try to profit from the sale, but other than that I think anyone doing all they can to get tickets should be able to sleep pretty soundly at night.

[MilkyJoe]

2 hours ago, Splodge said:

 

if I was in a big group that still needed tickets I would also be praying that they don’t fix the back button issue before the resale too.

 

 

 

Whilst the back button was seemingly a thing this year as it has been most years I do think it's being made out to be more prevalent than it actually was. Everybody I have spoken to that was successful tried it and got kicked out to the back of the queue. It may have worked for a few people but I certainly don't think it was the standard.

[Nobody Interesting]

3 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

 

Whilst the back button was seemingly a thing this year as it has been most years I do think it's being made out to be more prevalent than it actually was. Everybody I have spoken to that was successful tried it and got kicked out to the back of the queue. It may have worked for a few people but I certainly don't think it was the standard.

I know several people who tried it, all got sent to the back of the queue.

[The other Bellboy]

19 hours ago, Alvoram said:

10 minutes I think, but I've seen some people suggest they were backspacing for even longer than 10 minutes!!! So there's a chance that even that wasn't working properly.

You wouldn't want it much less than that though, due to the server issues, payment issues and how painfully slow the site can get in general, especially on a mobile device. I think when all said and done, after all of the blocked screens that I had to refresh through, and entering the data, then processing payment etc, I was a good 5 minutes just doing one. 

There was no way the backspacing and repeating only lasted 10 minutes in total, I had a lot of issues getting through the access denied screen and so by the time I had completed the purchase I must have been very close, if not out of the 10 minutes, then after getting the tickets I jumped around the room a bit to celebrate, grabbed a drink and then decided to go back to the phone and take some screen shots of each page. Went back, expecting to just get the page before so I could take a picture of that, but went to the reg numbers page. I cleared this manually then entered my spare reg number as a test, expecting it to kick me out but it didn't, so I went to the next page - no access denied this time, still expecting to get kicked out, but again all good, then got the payment screen and as this was my NZ reg number I went and got my NZ card. Now I was realising that this could actually work, so I decided to get a reg number for someone who would want to go, so I went to my emails, found the number, then went back again to try and change the reg, but got the all tickets have been allocated message, so I went forward again, entered the payment details and proceeded - all the time thinking that it would get stopped. The only message I got was that an order had already been placed by this email address and did I still want to continue, I did and that was it, all done. There's no way I did all of this in 10 minutes, none what so ever.

I only booked 2 tickets the first time and 1 the second (since cancelled with SEE), so my affect was small, and I never expected that it was going to be allowed. But from what I saw, if you got through early enough and without any issues, i believe you could have placed multiple orders easily

 

[hoopy67]

Been catching up on this thread.

 

Got a ticket this year and my views are the same last year (when I missed out):

 

The blame for the utilised loopholes lies with SeeTickets. It's a case of hating the game rather than the player. I doubt many people would reject a ticket bought for them which was obtained via an exploit.