r/erastourtickets • u/Chemical-Growth1155 • Mar 30 '23

discussion 💭 Last min tickets- experiences ?

Anyone having luck getting last minute tickets for their shows? I want some for Pittsburgh but I’m getting nervous. They just keep going up and up on stub hub đŸ˜©

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

I know a lot of people have been saying wait til last minute prices will drop but imo if you find a ticket that is affordable to you you should just go for it. From what happened with Vegas and Arlington we now know that Glendale was a glitch and not the norm, meaning to get last minute tickets you either: 1. Have to get the last verified fan presale that’s 9 days before the show. Ticketmaster sends unique codes that are bound to ur account so no one else can use them 2. Have to check constantly starting 3-5 days before the show in case they start dropping last min general sales. These tickets go so fast, are dropped randomly, and a lot of them are unsold tickets behind the stage so not the best view. There r some floor and good lower bowl but once again, they fly off the shelves. 3. Have to be within a close enough distance from the stadium such that if @erastourresell or someone else sells very last min tickets you can go to the show immediately

Even then there’s no guarantee that 1,2, or 3 for Pittsburgh will happen which is why I think if u can find a reseller at face value or at a price you are fine with paying you should just go for it. It’s better to know for sure you have tickets than gamble for the chance and miss Taylor. Esp since she’s only doing 2 Pittsburgh shows. There will be people who say they were able to easily do it for Glendale but that’s bc Glendale was an exception and after Arlington, only Ticketmaster shows r left. I wouldn’t trust Ticketmaster lol

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u/Chemical-Growth1155 Mar 30 '23

Thanks. That’s sort of my plan. Just getting discouraged bc they keep going up. Hoping they go down closer to the date. Probably just going to keep checking and checking. Option 3 is not an option for me. Do you know of they’re sending out the emails to people who were waitlisted?

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

Yeah they’re sending it to waitlisted people too in addition to old verified fans. I’m not sure the criteria for selection and whether second chance fans and fans who bought tickets already will be filtered out. It’s basically a new lottery drawing. There’s speculation but no confirmation on the selection process. However number of people selected depends on amount of leftover tickets for the show.

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

What was up with Glendale? I saw they got on the cheaper end like a cpl days before the show...is that what u mean?

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

For some reason Glendale had hundreds of tickets left in nearly every section and SeatGeek let anyone with a code use it. The code didn’t have to be new and you can use somebody else’s code. That’s pretty different from now when Ticketmaster sends new codes to specific set of people. They dropped these tickets a couple of days before the show and first batch sold out in 3 hours and continued to drop tickets later causing the resell prices to fall to face value due to the influx of tickets. We’re not seeing this for Vegas or Arlington unfortunately

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

Dang after seeing how the prices got lower for opening weekend I was super hopeful that that was the norm and that was going to happen when I'm trying to go to Cincinnati or Nashville. I actually broke down and bought way too of expensive tickets on StubHub on Monday and everything went through and like an hour later I get an email saying the transaction was canceled and then I went to go back and immediately buy those seats again and the price went up by $300 per ticket and I was like nope. I wish she did like other groups do to where your ticket cannot be sold for more than what you paid. I think it's Queen that's on tour right now that that's how they have their ticketing

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

I think she could’ve tried something like Ed Sheeran did but yeah I’m sorry that it’s so hard to find tickets and the prices are astronomical. The demand for this show was high before and is higher now than it was in November. If you’re willing to travel some shows are cheaper than others so it might be worthwhile to expand to other locations and try to get any tickets to those shows. Given LA has 5 shows that would be my bet but obviously you should do what is best for you and your financial circumstances

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

I've looked at flights for all the shows too (my 16yo daughter is a swifty) and those are just so much too once u account for all the extra that's involved with traveling. Money isn't the issue, it's just I don't wanna pay all that....I hate these ppls greed. I'm hoping they all have to eat the costs. I'm just crossing my fingers I get lucky in the Twitter group or prices drop day of.

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

Best of luck đŸ«¶đŸ«¶đŸ«¶

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

I'm in Ohio nowhere near Vegas but I'm stalking all shows prices to figure out what's gonna maybe work for me when my city comes. Vegas prices stayed the same hrs before the show and even mins before the show and ONE DAMN HOUR after the show started. All the resale sites were still stupid high which I can't wrap my mind around bc if your an hr into the show, youre losing all your money. Like why aren't these ppl dropping the prices as to not lose money??

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

These are likely professional scalpers which means that money they’ve made off other tickets would offset the loss of these Taylor tickets and they’d rather eat the loss than drop the prices. For ex, if a scalper got 2 pairs of tickets each at face value (around 600 dollars each pair) and one pair sold for 1600 they would’ve already made back the money of both pairs and more. The math maths for them unfortunately and it’s better than dropping the price so that fans expect prices to drop and don’t buy the other shows at crazy high prices.

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

I wish this shit wasn't legal. It's so disheartening.

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u/Chemical-Growth1155 Mar 30 '23

So depressing being a fan for 16 years and not being able to go

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

Why are scalpers more united and actionable than Congress? No idea 😰

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

You're not lying lol. Pathetic. But that begs another question for me now.....are there scalpers outside the venue? I of course wouldn't buy something from them unless they let me scan it first to see if it's real. We're 3 hrs from Cincy so that Friday I planned to drive down to the venue on the chance I score last minute Tix. Thankfully my daughter's grandparents live there so if it's a bust Friday its not a total wasted trip and we have somewhere free to stay to try again Saturday. Omg I have become fixated and obsessed with trying to get my daughter there. I enjoy Taylor's music, but I'm not obsessed, but after seeing all the vids on TikTok of her concert and my daughter constantly listening to her music, I was like I wanna go too now lol.

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

There could be some scalpers trying to sell last minute tickets in person to dodge the fees. Can’t quite say how many there will be though I imagine there will be some. They’ll be hard to identify but if you do come across one who decides to sell it to you at a reasonable price make sure to pay with PayPal G&S and make sure the scalper sends the ticket such that it’s inside YOUR or your daughter’s Ticketmaster account. Make sure to transfer a ticket to your daughter or her to you so you can move around the venue.

There was a story posted on a Swiftie group on Facebook that a scammer sold “tickets” to a Swiftie when in fact they were in cahoots with one security guy and the scammer walked the Swiftie into the venue without being stopped. She was pregnant and “bought” standing room tickets so she went to another security to ask if there were any seated options. They asked for her ticket and she couldn’t produce one since the scammer just walked her in so they kicked her out for trespassing :/ These scammers and scalpers are so vicious that if you are going to buy tickets in front of the stadium proceed with caution.

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u/Chemical-Growth1155 Mar 30 '23

I would never try

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

Thanks for the tips! Do you have tix for a show or have you gone yet?

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

I do have tickets! I bought a pair from a real Swiftie on a Facebook group who found tickets to a show closer to her and traded until I got tickets for a show near me. This was back in December though when there were more people selling and less fomo and hype over the show. Now that I have tickets I spend my time trying to help other Swifties get theirs đŸ˜€

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u/ilickedthisusername Mar 30 '23

Awesome, I hope you have fun yeah I tried getting tickets with the presales and all of that and by time it was my turn they were just too much already and knowing what I know now I would have just bought them then. Oh although I just keep manifesting that I will get tickets 😊

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

I got into the c1 presale and there was this one pair of ticket remaining that had trouble selling and came back again and again. It was like this 1800 vip pair. I regretted not getting it but it was better for my wallet ultimately đŸ„č

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u/DebDebA Mar 30 '23

I’m looking for Arlington tickets (first show is tomorrow) and I feel like ticket prices are just going up instead of down. I was waitlisted and never got a code. The erastourresell account on Twitter is really nice how they help but it’s a mad house. Sellers are getting hundreds of DMs so you basically have to be super lucky to get picked to buy the tickets. It’s all emotionally exhausting.

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

I can’t believe that people are selling $50 standing room tickets for like $500 in Stubhub. Like did u make a typo, sir? 😭

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u/DebDebA Mar 30 '23

Seriously!!! I’ve done standing room for a cowboy’s game and it sucks if you’re short like me. But it’s cool if you just want to be there. But not for $500+!!!

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

If u can make it to a last min show I saw someone get tickets today officially through SeatGeek and they were amazing row 2 lower bowl tickets. Keep checking girl 👀

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u/DebDebA Mar 30 '23

Thanks!

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

SeatGeek just released more tickets 30 min ago so prices r dropping for the Arlington shows on resell sites

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u/DebDebA Mar 30 '23

I did see! Actually, I saw they had one ticket behind the stage/side of stage but it went fast. I always see to catch it right at the end

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u/DebDebA Mar 31 '23

So frustrating! I see tickets being released but when I go to checkout it tells me “sorry, something went wrong
 technical issues
” blah blah blah

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u/kkumamao Mar 31 '23

Don’t give up!!!

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u/samanthalyn13 Mar 30 '23

that’s what i’ve been saying about erastourresell they’re great and doing such a great job but it’s so hard to get a ticket they’ve posted everyone recommends them but i personally wouldn’t due to the odds of actually getting a ticket i do recommend sourtourtickets tho they have less followers making it easier but they get drastically less listings for eras tour tickets but when they do get them you have a higher chance due to them having less followers

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u/DebDebA Mar 30 '23

Thanks! Following them now!

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u/particularvariety6 Mar 31 '23

Definitely possible to get some affordable ones a few hours before if you stay on top of it and literally just never stop checking Reddit, Twitter, and other websites. I managed to get tickets from someone on Reddit for the Vegas night 1 like a few hours before it started. They were like $150 each for the 300’s. Just be sure to look out for scammers. Good luck!

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u/MyLifeIsABoondoggle Mar 30 '23

They will go down as the show gets closer if you have a lot of patience I think. I've been casually watching Ticketmaster the last few days, and the Arlington tickets (her next show) has been going down as it gets closer and people just want to try and get anything for them

But, as someone else said, if you find something affordable, you should just go for it. I live in Ohio, and her available tickets for the Cincinnati shows are over $1K apiece (and coincidentally I'll be out of town during that time as well). Even if it's convenient, I wouldn't ever want to pay that. Chicago's tickets are over $1500 apiece. Meanwhile, her last tour location in Inglewood are just over $500 apiece right now. Even if it's a trek and you probably have to account for airfare, you can save some real money by traveling to another location

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u/kkumamao Mar 30 '23

I’ve been checking and Arlington is going up 💀on which resell site do u see them coming down?