tarw Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Furq said: No, no, I meant 'hospitality tickets'. Was quite susprised when I heard about them being sold for £1000ish. On the flipside, it makes sense that the number of free tickets is restricted. All good. Ah right hospitality tickets. The festival does sell those! I’m not sure about the numbers but I would have thought that for each ticket that they sold they would need to provide a space in hospitality camping and probably at a lower density than general. I know that @Ayrshire Chris has been in the campsite and might have some idea of numbers. AFAIK the tickets are sold by the festival at about double the price as normal tickets but only to music industry people. Some of these might be sold on by some companies at a higher price Edited September 10 by tarw Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Chris Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 (edited) 3 hours ago, tarw said: Ah right hospitality tickets. The festival does sell those! I’m not sure about the numbers but I would have thought that for each ticket that they sold they would need to provide a space in hospitality camping and probably at a lower density than general. I know that @Ayrshire Chris has been in the campsite and might have some idea of numbers. AFAIK the tickets are sold by the festival at about double the price as normal tickets but only to music industry people. Some of these might be sold on by some companies at a higher price Hospitality tickets were £750 plus vat. The festival insist they are sold at face value only, and I suppose this extra income helps keep the basic ticket prices down. Havnt a clue how many tickets are available for media, music industry etc but the hospitality area behind the pyramid was busy, as was the hospitality camping area. the tickets have your name printed on them and to get the wristband and access to the site you need to show a passport or driving licence as proof of identity. Need to show that every time you enter the site. Artists must get them as I spoke to the parents of someone playing the other stage! a few landowners get a very limited allocation of these tickets and sell them as part of glamping packages. Seems this is in return for using fields for parking etc. Edited September 10 by Ayrshire Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlotteB Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 23 hours ago, DeanoL said: No, but it means you are actually okay with people paying different money for the same seat. So that's not actually your issue. But they're not really paying different money for the same seat in those situations because they've paid a price elsewhere. They're getting a discount on merit. The dynamic pricing system is based on arbitrary greed, and two people who are on the same footing are paying a completely different price for the same thing. Bringing blue card discounts into this is just deflecting because it isn't even relevant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoL Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 On 9/11/2024 at 8:54 AM, CharlotteB said: The dynamic pricing system is based on arbitrary greed, and two people who are on the same footing are paying a completely different price for the same thing. No-one is "on the same footing" though. Maybe someone works for Oxfam, maybe someone is a teacher, maybe someone does any of a million things that should class as "merit" but just don't happen to get a discount because it's not the NHS. You're not wrong about the greed element, but that's the problem here. Pricing to extract as much money as they can from the consumer. The problem isn't that you're stood next to someone who paid more/less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlotteB Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 6 hours ago, DeanoL said: No-one is "on the same footing" though. Maybe someone works for Oxfam, maybe someone is a teacher, maybe someone does any of a million things that should class as "merit" but just don't happen to get a discount because it's not the NHS. You're not wrong about the greed element, but that's the problem here. Pricing to extract as much money as they can from the consumer. The problem isn't that you're stood next to someone who paid more/less. As far as the algorithm goes you're on the same footing. Yet you get charged different prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gherkin8r Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 Maybe if they did dynamic pricing they could afford to book some half decent headliners next year *Runs for cover* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdash79 Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 12 minutes ago, gherkin8r said: *Runs for cover* The killers did it in 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furq Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 On 9/10/2024 at 2:37 PM, Ayrshire Chris said: Hospitality tickets were £750 plus vat. The festival insist they are sold at face value only, and I suppose this extra income helps keep the basic ticket prices down. Havnt a clue how many tickets are available for media, music industry etc but the hospitality area behind the pyramid was busy, as was the hospitality camping area. the tickets have your name printed on them and to get the wristband and access to the site you need to show a passport or driving licence as proof of identity. Need to show that every time you enter the site. Artists must get them as I spoke to the parents of someone playing the other stage! a few landowners get a very limited allocation of these tickets and sell them as part of glamping packages. Seems this is in return for using fields for parking etc. Well now we know YouTube/Google buy (or are given) a batch of Glastonbury VIP (sorry, 'hospitality') tickets... which I guess it's free to assign as it pleases...?! "Take the case of Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s (then shadow) business secretary. In June 2023, Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube (which is owned by Google). Including accommodation and ‘hospitality’, Reynolds estimates his Glastonbury package for two was worth £3,377. Two regular tickets were £335 each. "Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%, which would bring in billions from giants like Google and Facebook. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. Voters would have to accept austerity instead."https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Furq said: Well now we know YouTube/Google buy (or are given) a batch of Glastonbury VIP (sorry, 'hospitality') tickets... which I guess it's free to assign as it pleases...?! "Take the case of Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s (then shadow) business secretary. In June 2023, Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube (which is owned by Google). Including accommodation and ‘hospitality’, Reynolds estimates his Glastonbury package for two was worth £3,377. Two regular tickets were £335 each. "Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%, which would bring in billions from giants like Google and Facebook. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. Voters would have to accept austerity instead."https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/ This was hardly unknown - big companies were clearly able to buy tickets e.g. hospitality, whether directly from the fest or through 3rd parties Didn't tiktok have some as well Edited September 24 by gfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Chris Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 10 minutes ago, Furq said: Well now we know YouTube/Google buy (or are given) a batch of Glastonbury VIP (sorry, 'hospitality') tickets... which I guess it's free to assign as it pleases...?! "Take the case of Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s (then shadow) business secretary. In June 2023, Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube (which is owned by Google). Including accommodation and ‘hospitality’, Reynolds estimates his Glastonbury package for two was worth £3,377. Two regular tickets were £335 each. "Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%, which would bring in billions from giants like Google and Facebook. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. Voters would have to accept austerity instead."https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/ I understand when hospitality tickets are sold to media etc the companies have to give the names of those in receipt of the tickets to the festival office in advance of the festival. Tickets are printed with the name of the recipient and photo ID such as passports shown when the tickets are exchanged for wristbands, and names checked against the festival list. Politicians have always appeared as guests, reckon many use media connections. Even Boris bloody Johnson has been spotted in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 3 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said: Even Boris bloody Johnson has been spotted in the past. As a guest of Billy Bragg, no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdash79 Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 1 hour ago, Furq said: Well now we know YouTube/Google buy (or are given) a batch of Glastonbury VIP (sorry, 'hospitality') tickets... which I guess it's free to assign as it pleases...?! "Take the case of Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s (then shadow) business secretary. In June 2023, Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube (which is owned by Google). Including accommodation and ‘hospitality’, Reynolds estimates his Glastonbury package for two was worth £3,377. Two regular tickets were £335 each. "Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%, which would bring in billions from giants like Google and Facebook. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. Voters would have to accept austerity instead."https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/ I believe these were purchased via the Glastonbury popup hotel, as I saw on instagram some influencer staying there as guest of pixel (googles phone brand) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 9 hours ago, Furq said: Well now we know YouTube/Google buy (or are given) a batch of Glastonbury VIP (sorry, 'hospitality') tickets... which I guess it's free to assign as it pleases...?! "Take the case of Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s (then shadow) business secretary. In June 2023, Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube (which is owned by Google). Including accommodation and ‘hospitality’, Reynolds estimates his Glastonbury package for two was worth £3,377. Two regular tickets were £335 each. "Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%, which would bring in billions from giants like Google and Facebook. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. Voters would have to accept austerity instead."https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/ Funnily enough if you look for this policy, there's lots of references to their story, but little else, which clearly is odd for something they imply is a manifesto promise. From Feb 24 "But by 2023, Labour confirmed it had no plans to raise the DST, and insisted the hike was only ever proposed as a “temporary measure”, according to the Times." https://www.cityam.com/u-turn-if-you-want-to-five-financial-policies-keir-starmer-has-scrapped-as-labour-leader/ As per here https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2098 And here https://archive.is/sBlXS The US threatened retaliatory action. Thankfully someone found the links for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprefan Posted September 25 Report Share Posted September 25 17 hours ago, Furq said: Well now we know YouTube/Google buy (or are given) a batch of Glastonbury VIP (sorry, 'hospitality') tickets... which I guess it's free to assign as it pleases...?! "Take the case of Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s (then shadow) business secretary. In June 2023, Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube (which is owned by Google). Including accommodation and ‘hospitality’, Reynolds estimates his Glastonbury package for two was worth £3,377. Two regular tickets were £335 each. "Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%, which would bring in billions from giants like Google and Facebook. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. Voters would have to accept austerity instead."https://novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/reporters-are-asking-the-wrong-questions-about-labours-freebie-fiasco/ and..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campervan2013 Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 On 9/9/2024 at 11:12 PM, Jonalyn bathan said: Have you been sorted out with tickets yet? I didn't think they were on sale yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonalyn bathan Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Yeah they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campervan2013 Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 12 minutes ago, Jonalyn bathan said: Yeah they are Where? Do you have a link? Not managed to get tickets since 2013 and would love to go again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 53 minutes ago, campervan2013 said: Where? Do you have a link? Not managed to get tickets since 2013 and would love to go again. They're not, there won't be a link, and poster is talking out of their proverbial. Good luck with getting tix when they do come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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