Ticket tips and Tricks for 2025 festival

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

In fairness, it wasn't a complete volunteering restructure, more around the low-key security on the periphery, but a big change, nonetheless 

Probably needed.

[Fred Zepplin]

I bet a lot of people who aren’t interested in getting coach tickets will be logging on to see how it all works. 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, minikiev said:

As someone who tries every year and has a roughly 1/7 success rate, I think it's actually good news. The current system is weighted towards large groups of people trying together in a co-ordinated way, rather than small family groups. This should give everyone an equal chance

This doesn’t really change that … the groups and help just gets bigger 

[NotAnInsider]

Quite a few people have commented on the vibe change over the last 3 festivals with big groups of coked up knobs coming along and being twats and generally very un-glastonbury like. There was talk last year that some felt the ticketing system was part of this problem - being biased towards a certain demographic with access to tech and big social network. That resulted in a disproportionate number of people all interested in the same acts and places and crowed issues whilst other areas of the festival were overly quiet. 

 

There was talk that they were going to change the ticketing system for 2025 to check this was genuine sea change or a product of the sale process. I didn't think they'd go this far, but I'm not surprised either. 

 

I'm in two minds; I've always been successful in the past so obviously am fine with the previous system. But it's also only fair that those without the time/money/knowledge of tech get to experience Glastonbury especially if the system had ceased to be fair.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Fred Zepplin said:

I bet a lot of people who aren’t interested in getting coach tickets will be logging on to see how it all works. 

If anyone wants to test with a real reg feel free to dm me 😀

[uscore]

1 minute ago, minikiev said:

As someone who tries every year and has a roughly 1/7 success rate, I think it's actually good news. The current system is weighted towards large groups of people trying together in a co-ordinated way, rather than small family groups. This should give everyone an equal chance

 

 

I think a lot of people will assume this but it's not completely true.  Large groups of people will still be able to buy tickets for each other once they get theirs, and may still have tech savvy friends organising multiple devices and multiple IPs to increase their chances.

 

I suspect a lot of people who've been crying out for a ballot are still going to be crying at the end of this sale.

 

[UncleJunior]

3 minutes ago, minikiev said:

As someone who tries every year and has a roughly 1/7 success rate, I think it's actually good news. The current system is weighted towards large groups of people trying together in a co-ordinated way, rather than small family groups. This should give everyone an equal chance

This system is still weighted the same. If once successful everyone in a group just stays sat in the queue for others 

[Field Commander Jefferson]

9 minutes ago, TheDayman said:

Is completely random better for the festival?

I think a large part of what makes Glastonbury so special is the community that has been the guardians of its ethics over the years. "Love The Farm, Leave No Trace", "Don't Pee on the Land", etc.

By making tickets completely random, the knock-on is that you dilute this incredibly important community and the message they fly for the festival.

 

that's exactly it, you'll get people now 'having a go' just because it feels like an easier system.

The regulars generally got in because they stuck out the process for as long as it takes...those not really bothered gave up after a few minutes.

 

Just another step towards a watered down festival culturally and musically

[verrymerry]

4 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

If anyone wants to test with a real reg feel free to dm me 😀

Do you want a reg number to test you mean? I'm not going so I can send you mine if that's what you meant x

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, verrymerry said:

Do you want a reg number to test you mean? I'm not going so I can send you mine if that's what you meant x

Was meaning help on bus sale 😂I’ve got one I’ll use 

[Yokel Again]

Trying to be balanced about this and see all sides....

but a) sounds less fair to me, re: casual 'give it a go' bookings.

b) having endured the Oasis sale the queue system was fecking horrible, and can see it failing/collapsing. 

[belfast]

1 hour ago, Sasperella2 said:

Is it though? People in big syndicates still benefit me. And isn't that what made it unfair before?

Agree with this. If they're trying to make it fairer then eliminate buying more than 2 tickets per booking or something similar.  

[-TLR-]

so all those people who, at approx 9.15am every ticket sale day, start crying about how it should be a ballot have finally got their wish.

 

they all seem to think that a ballot automatically means they will get a ticket - lets see how that works out.

[incident]

Just now, NotAnInsider said:

There was talk that they were going to change the ticketing system for 2025 to check this was genuine sea change or a product of the sale process. I didn't think they'd go this far, but I'm not surprised either.

 

Not specifically about this post, but there's been a few comments about GFL changing things but I think it's worth saying -

 

I don't believe for a second that Glastonbury Festivals Limited (or GFEL, or Emily, etc) have pushed for any change here. The change is much bigger and wider than that.

 

Subsequent to the Oasis sale, when everything went to sh*t, See implemented a new queueing system across nearly all of their various sites. This is that system.

 

GFL may or may not have had a choice whether or not it was turned on for this specific sale, but it's pretty likely that the recommendation from See would have been to do so - after all, they'd just spent a load of money implementing it.

 

Ultimately, the Glastonbury ticket site boils down to a white-label See hosted site, with a couple bespoke aspects to account for the photo database and the coach departures - neither of which are really going to be a factor for a decision like this. So it's no surprise that See are doing the same thing as they (now) would on any other site they host.

[Nobody Interesting]

Those who get tickets will love it.

Those that don't get tickets will hate it and moan about it.

So no change really.

[incident]

5 minutes ago, Yokel Again said:

b) having endured the Oasis sale the queue system was fecking horrible, and can see it failing/collapsing. 

 

I keep reading this, but See did not have a queue system (or at least, not this one) for the Oasis sale.

[CJL9494]

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE TICKETS IN MY BASKET BUT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE? 

Yes, tickets are not allocated until your payment has been processed. We encourage you to enter your payment details swiftly (but accurately) once you have added tickets to your basket in order to secure the tickets. 

 

Am I wrong or is this another change?

[glimmers_of_hope]

This is the worst news. I'm so gutted they have put this in. I never manage to have any luck with queuing systems but have got the determination to keep trying with the old way. 

Bollocks. Basically feel like probably won't get tickets again. 

Also,  if oasis was anything to go by it will take ages so will write off a whole evening/ half day for the sale rather than 40 mins. 

[Yokel Again]

Just now, incident said:

 

I keep reading this, but See did not have a queue system (or at least, not this one) for the Oasis sale.

Correct, was ticketmaster, but can still see it being a balls up. I might be wrong. 

[Chrisp1986]

1 minute ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Those who get tickets will love it.

Those that don't get tickets will hate it and moan about it.

So no change really.

And those of us who don't can say we will just go to Bearded instead then realise the wife has booked A PISSING LODGE ON THAT WEEK TO PREVENT US FROM GOING.

[TheDayman]

I've said completely random a few times. To correct myself, no system is completely random.

 

For example, there have been suggestions that the recent Oasis ticket sale a large number of ticketing bots:

 

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/it-experts-say-huge-possibility-of-oasis-tickets-being-bought-by-bots-1667210.html

 

If there's truth in that, there's nothing to say Glasto won't face something similar

[Suprefan]

23 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

election was in July my man!

you want to lose your american artists dont ya

[Chrisp1986]

2 minutes ago, CJL9494 said:

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE TICKETS IN MY BASKET BUT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE? 

Yes, tickets are not allocated until your payment has been processed. We encourage you to enter your payment details swiftly (but accurately) once you have added tickets to your basket in order to secure the tickets. 

 

Am I wrong or is this another change?

This is new. You had time to enter card before.

[uscore]

2 minutes ago, incident said:

 

Not specifically about this post, but there's been a few comments about GFL changing things but I think it's worth saying -

 

I don't believe for a second that Glastonbury Festivals Limited (or GFEL, or Emily, etc) have pushed for any change here. The change is much bigger and wider than that.

 

Subsequent to the Oasis sale, when everything went to sh*t, See implemented a new queueing system across nearly all of their various sites. This is that system.

 

GFL may or may not have had a choice whether or not it was turned on for this specific sale, but it's pretty likely that the recommendation from See would have been to do so - after all, they'd just spent a load of money implementing it.

 

Ultimately, the Glastonbury ticket site boils down to a white-label See hosted site, with a couple bespoke aspects to account for the photo database and the coach departures - neither of which are really going to be a factor for a decision like this. So it's no surprise that See are doing the same thing as they (now) would on any other site they host.

 

yeah I think it's likely this.  It's even possible Glastonbury would've rather not changed it, but this is just what See tickets do now.

 

 

Is a queuing system, with massive spike at 9am-ish,  easier on their system rather than everyone f5ing every second for a couple of hours?

[Nobody Interesting]

3 minutes ago, CJL9494 said:

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE TICKETS IN MY BASKET BUT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE? 

Yes, tickets are not allocated until your payment has been processed. We encourage you to enter your payment details swiftly (but accurately) once you have added tickets to your basket in order to secure the tickets. 

 

Am I wrong or is this another change?

 

Been like this for a long time.