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Post by broadwaymomma on Jan 22, 2017 5:00:37 GMT
I live in the US and want to see HPCC in March of 2018. Tickets go on sale online in 1.5 days. Has anyone tried to purchase tickets this way? Can you give me any tips? Are any particular days of the week better to try for? Will I have better luck with the same day or split day tickets? Thank you for any advice you can offer. LauraBelle (who did not vote for Donald Trump) When we got our tickets, we got in line right at the start time and picked same-day performances with not much problem. BUT, I did get a notification that my credit card had put a hold on the foreign transaction until I confirmed it was a legit purchase. I was given a transaction number by NIMAX and the tickets were being held for me for a certain amount of time (I can't remember if was 24 hours or 12 hours), but I did have to call my credit card and authorize it and then I believe I had to go back into my NIMAX account and push the transaction through again. So, you could call your credit card ahead of time and let them know that transaction will be happening. Good luck!
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Post by lou105 on Jan 22, 2017 8:15:56 GMT
Make a firm decision as to which date you are going to click on. (Obviously have a couple of others in mind if your first choice says sold out). You probably won't have a chance to compare what's available on different days. In the past people have just been asked for their date and price bracket, not their preferred area of the theatre. You are than allocated Best available. Unless you really feel you've got a bad deal you will probably not feel brave enough to refuse what you're offered but the option is there! Have a look on the Palace theatre section of the wonderful theatremonkey.com for information about where seats at each price are located. Good luck!
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Post by ss on Jan 24, 2017 12:37:23 GMT
Hello, I would like to ask any of you who got the tickets by trying returns queue. I have a chance to go to England for a couple of nights and the only performance day I can queue is unfortunately Sunday. I know chance is the slimmest, but on average at what time do you suggest I should get to the ticket office? The ticket office opens 10am so I'm thinking around 8am? I will try friday forty and check the site frequently but I'm not expecting to succeed by them. If you think getting Sunday ticket would be next to impossible, do tell me. I would appreciate any advice you could give! (Also English is not my first language so apologies for any weird grammar)
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Post by ss on Jan 25, 2017 2:46:51 GMT
Thank you very much theatremonkey.com! I will be there in March so I believe it is not holidays yet. I don't think I could afford more than £100 at the very most... I will be by 7:30am anyway! I really appreciate your advice. It helps a lot!
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Post by ss on Jan 25, 2017 13:52:08 GMT
I hope I can be lucky too! Thank you very much for your advice!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 15:51:12 GMT
I'm curious... is 'ss' a name in Parseltongue? ;-)
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Post by nicnac on Jan 27, 2017 12:49:59 GMT
Hi all,
I've returned balcony seat C28 for tonight's performance of part two. I would disclose that this is potentially the worst seat in the entire theatre for sight lines and is really uncomfortable but if anyone is desperate to see it, go for it!!
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Post by charlottecaple88 on Jan 30, 2017 17:38:08 GMT
Hi,
I just thought I'd share my experience with anyone wanting to know their chances of getting a returns ticket! I joined the queue on sunday morning at about 7am, we were second in line! Others did not start turning up until half 8! By the time the box office opened at 10 there were about 15 people in the queue.A gentleman came out and told us there were no tickets at present and the show was sold out and would be out again if ant tickets became available! At about half 10 he came out and the couple at the front got tickets! At 11 he came out again and 2 seats were available we took those! They were fantastic seats in the stalls! I spoke to a lot of people in the queue and one girl said this was her 4th time getting a returns ticket! I spoke to the man at the box office he said they get about 10 to 15 returns a day for each performance! So my advice if you get there early enough and are within the first 10 in the queue your chances are pretty high! Everyone that was in the queue got a ticket on the weekend!
Hope this helps! Thanks
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Post by stuartmcd on Jan 30, 2017 21:17:51 GMT
There seems to be some availability for February on the Nimax site if anyone is looking for tickets
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Post by rosscoe on Feb 3, 2017 13:18:58 GMT
First time trying the Friday Forty this morning got the little wizard nearly to the end before it sadly timed out, well try again next week. Otherwise I might need to queue and see what my chances are.......In London next week, so it gives me four goes at returns.
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Post by broadwaymomma on Feb 3, 2017 23:29:00 GMT
I just noticed on the ticket info website that refunds are available but only up to 48 hours prior to the performance. Our tickets are for a Sunday in April and we arrive from the US on Saturday. I was thinking, if we were too jetlagged, we would return the tickets for a refund but will they really not let me return them for a refund Sunday morning when there's a line for returns?
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Post by daniel on Feb 4, 2017 0:44:30 GMT
I just noticed on the ticket info website that refunds are available but only up to 48 hours prior to the performance. Our tickets are for a Sunday in April and we arrive from the US on Saturday. I was thinking, if we were too jetlagged, we would return the tickets for a refund but will they really not let me return them for a refund Sunday morning when there's a line for returns? So what it basically means in practise is that if you return them 48 hours before (or more) they will 100% accept them back and give you a full refund, minus the admin fee. If you return them less than 48 hours before the performance, they will try and resell them, but only once all of their own seats have been sold. So you don't have the guarantee of a refund. Sure, with Cursed Child you'd expect it to be 100% full, but if they've got house seats/company returns, they'll want to sell all of these before letting yours go. Food for thought.
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Post by broadwaymomma on Feb 4, 2017 1:07:04 GMT
Ok, thanks for explaining that. I will have to think on it now.
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Post by hpgirl on Feb 5, 2017 11:43:54 GMT
I just noticed on the ticket info website that refunds are available but only up to 48 hours prior to the performance. Our tickets are for a Sunday in April and we arrive from the US on Saturday. I was thinking, if we were too jetlagged, we would return the tickets for a refund but will they really not let me return them for a refund Sunday morning when there's a line for returns? Hi Broadwaymomma, How long are you in London for? I have 3 tickets on Sunday in May which I now need to swap with someone because I accidentally booked a holiday over those dates but I'm desperate to go (was my mum's Christmas present!). I live in London so can be flexible when I swap for. Would you be interested?
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Post by n1david on Feb 5, 2017 12:02:43 GMT
My sister had tickets F1 & F2 for dates in April, and got an email saying that the producers had now determined that those seats had sightline problems and would now be regarded as Restricted View. They were moved to the centre of row AA. I guess this means that there will be some restricted view stalls tickets coming on to the market at some point...
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Post by mellooody on Feb 6, 2017 11:27:08 GMT
Hi, I just thought I'd share my experience with anyone wanting to know their chances of getting a returns ticket! I joined the queue on sunday morning at about 7am, we were second in line! Others did not start turning up until half 8! By the time the box office opened at 10 there were about 15 people in the queue.A gentleman came out and told us there were no tickets at present and the show was sold out and would be out again if ant tickets became available! At about half 10 he came out and the couple at the front got tickets! At 11 he came out again and 2 seats were available we took those! They were fantastic seats in the stalls! I spoke to a lot of people in the queue and one girl said this was her 4th time getting a returns ticket! I spoke to the man at the box office he said they get about 10 to 15 returns a day for each performance! So my advice if you get there early enough and are within the first 10 in the queue your chances are pretty high! Everyone that was in the queue got a ticket on the weekend! Hope this helps! Thanks Do you know how much the tickets where that they sold? I know that you should be lucky enough to get a tickets and don't complain about the price. But my budget is not the highest, which is why I can't go for premium tickets. So it would be cool to know of someone (if there is someone else who can share there experience on return prices) who could tell you a bit about the prices of the returned tickets in general.
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 6, 2017 11:55:10 GMT
Blimey!last minute tickets on website now up to £250 for double show!Glad I booked mine for £140! ☺
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Post by broadwaymomma on Feb 6, 2017 14:35:55 GMT
hpgirl -- We're not going to make any decisions until we arrive. Sorry! But look at the website right now - tons of seating available for the rest of the month including weekends!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 6, 2017 15:08:26 GMT
hpgirl -- We're not going to make any decisions until we arrive. Sorry! But look at the website right now - tons of seating available for the rest of the month including weekends! Green square means you can probably get 2 seats together (but these are all £250 each!) and a yellow square means only 1 ticket left in any section, so if you try and buy 2 tickets together it's not possible. So hardly "tons of seating" left!
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Post by broadwaymomma on Feb 6, 2017 15:13:39 GMT
Geez, sorry for my characterization.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 6, 2017 17:14:37 GMT
Geez, sorry for my characterization. No need to apologise. We're quite accustomed to hearing alternative facts from the USA. We know they're not intended as facts.
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 6, 2017 21:55:38 GMT
Geez, sorry for my characterization. Just trying to be helpful! There was a day when they put up a whole extra performance and there were loads of tickets (the whole theatre!) but now they tend to release the odd tickets in dribs and drabs at ever increasing prices! They also sometimes put up cheap returned tickets, to be fair, but never many! A first glance at the website suggests lots of availability but if you try and buy more than 1 ticket it's hard! I didn't mean to offend, sorry if my tone upset, wasn't meant to. Hope you get to see the show, it's great! And HG, that is just rude.....no call for that.
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Post by madsonmelo on Feb 8, 2017 20:06:48 GMT
I would like to know how normally are the prices for returned tickets? As I certainly can't pay 200 pounds for this show lol
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Post by poster J on Feb 8, 2017 20:39:54 GMT
I would like to know how normally are the prices for returned tickets? As I certainly can't pay 200 pounds for this show lol Well naturally it'll depend on which tickets are returned! They don't discount returns...
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Post by madsonmelo on Feb 8, 2017 21:06:42 GMT
Geez, thanks! Lets hope for the best.
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Post by vas on Feb 13, 2017 12:54:03 GMT
So after reading this forum extensively, I dragged myself out on this Saturday past and was standing in the Returns 'queue' at 8.45 am. It wasn't so much a queue as there only one gentleman in front of me and he was there since 7!! Bear in mind, it was a freezing wait from then on... The chap from the Box office (BO) came out at 10 sharpish and said he will be out as soon as he has some returns to give us. 1. At 10.30, 1 ticket for both parts for £99.50 - the gent before me took it 2. At 11 am, 1 ticket for both parts for £99.50 - offered to me, but I declined as I needed two tickets and it was wayyy too pricey for me - that's when I was told that its PER TICKET PER PERSON, so I rang the better half to rush in and join the queue with me. This ticket was then offered to the lady behind me & and she took it. 3. At 11.30, 1 ticket for both parts for £99.50 - again pricey but the BO gent reduced it to £70 and the chap behind me took it. 4. At 12.15, 2 tickets for both parts for £99.40 - again pricey for me (and my husband who had joined me by then!) and was offered to people behind with no takers. 5. Finally at 12.45, we were again offered the same 2 tickets for £65 each and we decided to take it. It was still pricey but we figured so close to the showtime, we wouldn't likely get anything cheaper and people behind us were ready to pounce. And by then, I had stood 4 hours in the freezing cold and bloody well wanted something to cheer about!!! The gent wrote down my name and requested for cash, luckily there was an ATM across the street, so we got the cash, paid up and came out with both PART A and B tickets. Long story short: 1. Queuing up means you will get tickets, but certainly not the very cheap ones. I had people behind me who got £50 ones during the weekdays and on Wednesday, they had return tickets but no buyers. 2. The BO people are very patient and aware of us standing in the cold - be polite and they tend to reduce ticket prices depending on queue length/demand. 3. Get there in the Winter because in the Summer, people were queuing up all night in the Returns queue. Am not surprised since I was in the queue with Brazilians and Americans, who had made this their sole mission for their trip and this is the ONLY show running in the world right now !! 4. The BO chap said they do get returns of all price ranges, but since there is a higher % of tickets in the £65-99 brackets, the returns tend to be in that category. Lazy bumpkins who get the £15-45 tickets don't bothering returning them :/ 5. Friday 40 works but you do need to be clicking it every waking minute and hope to land them! Hope all of this helps and good luck to my fellow HP-ticket-hunters
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 13, 2017 15:32:56 GMT
3. At 11.30, 1 ticket for both parts for £99.50 - again pricey but the BO gent reduced it to £70 and the chap behind me took it. 4. At 12.15, 2 tickets for both parts for £99.40 - again pricey for me (and my husband who had joined me by then!) and was offered to people behind with no takers. I love the Harry Potter attention to detail in ticket pricing. No other theatre show would take the pains to reflect a minor difference in seat quality by introducing a ticket price differential of ten pence. Bravo, Mr Potter!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 1, 2017 7:21:15 GMT
I will be in London 15 July - 8 Aug and have been haunting the HP ticket website. So booked up during the summer of course. I couldn't believe it when I checked tonight and saw ticket available 2 Aug !!! I snapped it up so fast. Now I'm trying to find out what the actual view of the stage is from my seat. Dress Circle G18. Does anyone know of a website I can check for seat viewpoints?
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Post by Baemax on Mar 1, 2017 7:27:28 GMT
I will be in London 15 July - 8 Aug and have been haunting the HP ticket website. So booked up during the summer of course. I couldn't believe it when I checked tonight and saw ticket available 2 Aug !!! I snapped it up so fast. Now I'm trying to find out what the actual view of the stage is from my seat. Dress Circle G18. Does anyone know of a website I can check for seat viewpoints? www.theatremonkey.com/Opinions rather than viewpoints but still. Looks like it's basically fine, and you'll have an aisle to stretch your legs into.
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Post by maggiem on Mar 1, 2017 10:05:42 GMT
I will be in London 15 July - 8 Aug and have been haunting the HP ticket website. So booked up during the summer of course. I couldn't believe it when I checked tonight and saw ticket available 2 Aug !!! I snapped it up so fast. Now I'm trying to find out what the actual view of the stage is from my seat. Dress Circle G18. Does anyone know of a website I can check for seat viewpoints? www.theatremonkey.com/Opinions rather than viewpoints but still. Looks like it's basically fine, and you'll have an aisle to stretch your legs into. Try this website. If someone has reviewed your seat, there will be a review and maybe a picture. seatplan.com/london/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child/
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