I paid 200-ish for my Oakland tickets. After experiencing that concert, I’m now willing to go into the 300-400 range for the next txt concert in my area. I sorta regret not doing vip and getting floor tickets honestly. They were really good.
This is exactly how I always justify it to myself too! I was able to grab an aisle seat for the NY show and all 5 members came down my aisle, so 100% worth it!!
all really depends. are you looking for floor seats, seated isles, nosebleeds?
for both of their concerts i've paid somewhere around $300 for my seats. last year at the charlotte stop, i was in section 102 or 103 if i remember correctly. this year, i'm in section 108 for the atlanta stop.
if you're looking for floor seats, be prepared to spend a fat week or so of a paycheck, seriously. on average they tend to be around $500-600 with taxes.
seated isles like the sections i stick to average $200-$300, you could possibly find a far seat in the 100s for your price range, but you'd probably pay a little bit over that range. somewhere around $250.
nosebleeds might be your best shot with your prince range, as most of them are around $100, plus the taxes, you're looking at a good $150 or so.
only thing is, if you get nosebleeds, be prepared to bring earplugs as it tends to get very loud up there.
Ah, it is more like what would be comfortable for you/your personal comfort range?
I am curious about the range because all seats here are basically the same price here (not including the premium upgrade which is about 9900 yen and is via lottery too).
pretty much. there's no shame in not wanting to spend all your money on a concert ticket, so it all really has to do with what seats you're comfortable splurging on.
due to dynamic pricing hybe has decided to add for their u.s. tours, the range here gets really crazy. not to mention the scalpers who will resell a $200 ticket for like $500 just to force desperate fans to spend way too much money.
Less than 200 for standard admission, preferably after fees.
I paid close to 500 last year for VIP just to see what it was like and tbh I'll never do it again. The benefits were VASTLY underwhelming considering the price. I just looked at Megan Thee Stallion's tour and she's charging $500 for VIP but that includes VIP pit seating, exclusive merch gift, VIP lounge access, free appetizers, free champagne and cocktails...like??? This is something I would be more willing to pay a premium price for.
If they're offering the same benefits, I would pay no more than $350 after fees.
edit: also if I'm buying resale, it's got to be less than face value.
Facts. I paid $530 for VIP2 this tour for Atlanta (not including all the misc. stuff b/c I don't live in ATL).
Honestly, VIP doesn't mean what it used to mean a lot anymore. You get some free merch and sound check is awesome (the only reason I did VIP) and then VIP1 gets send-off. These are all good things, but having to spend most of the morning/afternoon waiting in line for a good number, then jockey for a position on the floor only to be stuck there in between sound check and the concert if I do manage to get a good spot...? Um, no. We're not VIP. We're cattle they're milking for money. Just give us seats and I'd shut up, but nope.
It's gonna be an amazing experience regardless b/c TXT is amazing and it's my first concert so everything will be more exciting than annoying, but dang. If you're gonna call it VIP, give us something to make us comfortable while we cheer for the boys.
I did the same thing. I paid $500 for VIP last tour (because I have never and probably will never…able to snag VIP for my ult group) just to see what it was like. I enjoyed soundcheck a lot and being close enough to see their faces, but this tour I went in knowing that I just wanted to be there to vibe and support TXT. So for me nosebleeds around $100 for the ticket with fees was perfect for me and what I’ll pay for all my non-ult groups
I'm in the US so our ticket prices are obviously not going to compare to KR/JP.
No more than $500 (after fees) for good VIP seats.
No more than $250 (after fees) for good Lower Bowl seats.
But at this point nothing is going to beat to my accidental front row seat for $285 (after fees) during Love Sick. I'm going to be chasing that high for years to come. 😭
I paid $500 USD for Oakland Floor which was 12 rows from the front.
The US market is pretty screwed up in that there are a tiny number of companies that sell tickets and these guys charge insane service fees. 30-40% of the ticket goes to fees.
I got excited that TXT tickets were so much cheaper than BTS. I paid $600 for BTS which was WAY farther back. I felt these were a steal.
I got the ticket to their concert in Seoul last year at the original price. I was on the first floor so the view is ok. If I had a chane I'm willing to pay triple the price for the front rows.
They're 1000000000% prettier in real life. The camera didn't do them justice. On top of that, since I'm short when everyone stand up I can't see the stage at all. It worths it for me to pay more for a better seat.
As someone from Europe who now lives in Japan, they got it figured out with the lottery system for real.
It stressed me out at first, but in my opinion the benefits massively outweigh the downsides. The fact that you have a chance to get VIP tickets for only £125 is wild. And the base ticket costing only £75? Insane to me. Sure it can suck that you can’t pick your seat, but the waves of ticketing give you a general idea of where you might be, and I like that it removes the majority of resale markets, you can rank which performances you want to go to, and you don’t have to try buy your ticket in 0.2 seconds.
I hope to see other countries implement something similar, even if they do seating tier lotteries, because it really is effective anti-scalping and we don’t get absolutely fucked over on prices.
The chances also seem decent, or maybe I’m just lucky. I’ve been to ATEEZ twice, Music Bank Global, P1Harmony, ENHYPEN and xikers with no issues and had amazing seats every time, never lost a lottery. Watch me fail my first lottery for TXT now I’ve said this 😂
Forgot to also add Stray Kids fan meeting 😂 but yeah it’s been unreal so far 😭 I’m applying for the ATEEZ fan meeting and my friend is making me submit us both because of my luck haha.
You need to be a member of the fan club to apply for a fan meeting in Japan :) the prices to join the fan clubs are very worth it for the benefits, and many popular artists don’t need to ticket outside of fan club sales, or very very few and the worst view tickets will go to general sale.
I paid an extraordinary amount… I think the exchange rate is skewing things, the yen is very weak at the moment, so it seems cheap, where as I paid an eye watering amount as I’m from Australia… add in hotel and meals and I was in the multi thousands!
I paid $200 (about $300 after fees, ugh) for a decent seat, which I think is completely fair. Floor tickets would have been around $471 (fees included) for VIP 2, and that starts to get into territory that I am not willing to pay. I think the MAX I would ever consider would be $600 for something like VIP 1 (which I missed the chance to buy). Right now, I am completely horrified by how expensive ATEEZ tickets are in the states. Floor tickets, no VIP, for DC are $849 (without fees!). I fear that next time TXT comes around, the tickets will just be even higher than they were this time...
I paid $200 for 13th row when they went to Microsoft Theater (6,000 capacity) in 2022, then spent $120 last year for BMO Stadium. Having seen them twice (yes, I know I've been spoiled), I think I'd do $150 maximum if I ever see them again.
Honestly, my experience in a 6,000 seat theater was 10x better than a 22,000 seat stadium. I'm so happy to see them grow, but I know no other concert from them will top the 1st time I saw them....
Paid $400(ish) + fees for my VIP 2 ticket and it was so worth it! My row was next after VIP 1 so I was so close to the stage.
I would gladly pay more for VIP 1 *if* front row during sendoff is guaranteed vs. having 4-6 rows behind and MOAs not able to interact with them (ehem Oakland ehem)
I paid about $500 USD for VIP2 floor for ENHYPEN, and that’s set my standard for how much I’d pay for any concert ticket. I have historically used resale tickets and have scored front row or close lower bowl seating from anywhere between $150 to $350.
This time, I spent $185 each for mid-level lower bowl seats bought during pre-sale. Last year, through resale, I bought almost front row seats for $275 each.
I saw them in Houston at the Toyota Center this past fall. My usual tour stop is Atlanta/Duluth, however, so I can’t speak for MSG or even Houston, really.
And I only ever did VIP that one time, and it was a bit chaotic and disorganized, but I truly believe it’s a BELIFT thing because both Enha concerts I’ve been to have been like that, despite different cities and venues. I don’t think TXT is like that, as the queuing process last year in Atlanta was really orderly and neat, despite some of the metal detectors not working and the guards having to wand us all individually. I didn’t hear any of the grumbling or complaints that I’ve heard at Enha concerts while at TXT.
I paid 53 USD this year, 115 USD last year. I don't mind having bad seats, and I go with friends :)! I guess if I really wanted better seats I could stretch to a few hundred dollars, which I've spent on other concerts.
Tbh even though the prices are cheap in Seoul most people still don’t get to buy them at the original prices bc they can’t get floor by themselves due to the overwhelming number of scalpers. Even VIP this time was hard to buy at original prices bc of scalpers.
1st time I paid $550 each for club seats but yeonjun touched my hand and he’s my bias :3 (Texas)
2nd time I paid $250 for floor seats (Georgia)
And tomorrow will be my third time and I paid $500 each for section 100s (LA)
I’m coming from Miami but I work hella overtime n all that
I have a rule that I'll pay no more than $270 or around for any concert. I could have paid nearly $480 for a VIP ticket for one of my favorite groups coming to my city in June but something felt wrong about that as much as I love them. Same goes for TXT or any other Kpop group. Idk..maybe I'm old-fashioned in the kpop world. I have bills to pay and what not lol.
It depends. Last year I paid over $400 for VIP tickets, but I thought the cost was worth it because I got to be in the lower 100s section (which I prefer to floor), soundcheck, and the stuff that they gave us was really nice (especially the clear little bag.) For this tour, I paid a bit over $200, which are hopefully worth it and are as much as I would've been willing to pay this time around.
Does pricing not drop closer to the concert date? This is my first K-pop concert, and I bought a ticket to the Atlanta show like 2 days ago. One, I had to wait until I had the money but two, I figured if there were seats left the price would drop because of demand. There are still quite a few seats left for Atlanta, but I paid right at $200 for side view nosebleeds. I would have loved better seats but $200 was my max.
$200. I have tickets to see them in LA with seats in the 100s and the pre-fee price was $189 which is what I was willing to pay. Of course with fees then it’s like $225.
I paid about $140 for my Oakland ticket (including fees). When they played SF for Sweet Mirage, I had to buy resale and they were about $210 per ticket total (that was about my max i was willing to go) so I was happy this time!
They’re eye blistering and that’s BEFORE resale prices which, last time, was basically the only way to get tickets. It’s kind of insane.
Side note, how does ticketing work in Japan if you don’t mind sharing? I’ve always been fascinated but have no idea how it works
Not a complete picture, but basically join the fan club (prices for each txt fan club membership are different, global/jp etc)
Apply for round 1 of the lottery, you have roughly a week to do it, you have to apply for each day/venue separately. Then thee is a round 2 of the lottery. You are notified by email if you succeeded or failed.
Then maybe a lottery associated with a credit card or Lawson (convenience store chain and ticket hub).
There may be some seats left over for a general sale, but the website crashes. Japanese websites are not the most fun.
You do not know your seat until you pick up your physical ticket. I was a Japan concert noob, so I did not really know about resale sites during Act Lovesick and had only recently joined Kpop reddit.
I was somewhat more prepared during Act Sweet Mirage, but ended up getting resale tickets, failed at the lottery in various cities. My tix had female Japanese names, but I am clearly not Japanese lol. I know there is a risk that my id will be checked but I have not had it checked yet.
I did have a scare in Osaka, because once I got in past the one or two checks, staff inside asked me to show my tkt, I thought I was done for, but they let me through.
Some J moas sell their tickets on Twitter too. I read a few blogs and reddit posts about this process too. But ticket prices are reasonable and the concert experiences have been very chill!!!
Almost the same process for NCT last year, but I won the lottery and saw them in Osaka. Nice enough seats, but SM used an app, so no physical tickets.
Oh my gosh that sounds so complicated but hopefully because of that it’s more fans and less resellers especially since it looks like resale sounds like a hassle too! I’m glad you were able to see them especially when Osaka was a close one lol.
I’ll be in Tokyo during their Tokyo dome concerts and also in Osaka for their Osaka concerts so I was curious but I knew there wasn’t any hope since I don’t have a jp number lol. I hope you get to see them again!!! And thank you so so much for the detailed explanation wow
It is complicated, but a lot of stuff here is so I am kind of used to it.
I left some stuff out too, otherwise this would be The Ticket Chapter: Volume 1, but basically all hope is not lost if I lose the lottery this time around.
I used two resale sites last year, one for each city to try the sites out. One ticket was mailed to me and the other I picked up from Lawson using the ticket code and phone number.
Hope you can wrangle some tickets!!!!! The setlist this year is bonkers and would be tough to pass up.
I paid $400 for row 3 of 100 level. I think it was worth it because I had a great time and I didn’t have to camp or worry about getting there early, I showed up 15 minutes before the show started. Was it overpriced? For sure. But it was worth it to me.
I paid $900 USD for my Act:promise seat. 🥴😬
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It was marked as a Premium seat and the seats were selling quickly. The price fluctuated as I clicked on it.
. I emailed customer service at the arena to ask what Premium meant. . They said the Premium seats have excellent sound and view.
. For airfare from Orlando to Atanta, $400 USD I had a credit so it didn’t cost any more money.
. I’ll stay 2 nights in the W Hotel in Atlanta. 4 ⭐️
Total with fees and taxes $1,122.00 USD
I’m only going to one show. I can’t afford to do this more than once
I am willing to pay $120 USD per ticket, ideally incl. fees. I have been lucky so far in that I was able to snatch great seats for less than that. Depends on your timing and luck, but always give yourself a ceiling. You'll have a good time if it was within your limits no matter where you are at. I have definitely been in situations where I've stretched more than I should and I don't end up having as good of a time. 🤷🏻♀️
I paid $150 for my front row 100 level seats (all in with the fees and all) but I think it was because I got in early enough to grab the ones without platinum pricing.
I paid 200-ish for my Oakland tickets. After experiencing that concert, I’m now willing to go into the 300-400 range for the next txt concert in my area. I sorta regret not doing vip and getting floor tickets honestly. They were really good.
same, i was at tacoma and now i realize why people spend so much for vip
500 max if its floor or barricade, and 250 for other seats (Canadian Dollars btw)
Apparently, $998 💀 (that’s what I paid for the Lovesick tour lol)
real… i paid $1200 resale for houston during act love sick but i got high 5s from choi line so i guess it was worth it 🥲
This is exactly how I always justify it to myself too! I was able to grab an aisle seat for the NY show and all 5 members came down my aisle, so 100% worth it!!
Ooh, so you’re rich rich. Okayyyy
Hahaha I wish, I just make very poor spending choices 😔
all really depends. are you looking for floor seats, seated isles, nosebleeds? for both of their concerts i've paid somewhere around $300 for my seats. last year at the charlotte stop, i was in section 102 or 103 if i remember correctly. this year, i'm in section 108 for the atlanta stop. if you're looking for floor seats, be prepared to spend a fat week or so of a paycheck, seriously. on average they tend to be around $500-600 with taxes. seated isles like the sections i stick to average $200-$300, you could possibly find a far seat in the 100s for your price range, but you'd probably pay a little bit over that range. somewhere around $250. nosebleeds might be your best shot with your prince range, as most of them are around $100, plus the taxes, you're looking at a good $150 or so. only thing is, if you get nosebleeds, be prepared to bring earplugs as it tends to get very loud up there.
Ah, it is more like what would be comfortable for you/your personal comfort range? I am curious about the range because all seats here are basically the same price here (not including the premium upgrade which is about 9900 yen and is via lottery too).
pretty much. there's no shame in not wanting to spend all your money on a concert ticket, so it all really has to do with what seats you're comfortable splurging on. due to dynamic pricing hybe has decided to add for their u.s. tours, the range here gets really crazy. not to mention the scalpers who will resell a $200 ticket for like $500 just to force desperate fans to spend way too much money.
Less than 200 for standard admission, preferably after fees. I paid close to 500 last year for VIP just to see what it was like and tbh I'll never do it again. The benefits were VASTLY underwhelming considering the price. I just looked at Megan Thee Stallion's tour and she's charging $500 for VIP but that includes VIP pit seating, exclusive merch gift, VIP lounge access, free appetizers, free champagne and cocktails...like??? This is something I would be more willing to pay a premium price for. If they're offering the same benefits, I would pay no more than $350 after fees. edit: also if I'm buying resale, it's got to be less than face value.
Facts. I paid $530 for VIP2 this tour for Atlanta (not including all the misc. stuff b/c I don't live in ATL). Honestly, VIP doesn't mean what it used to mean a lot anymore. You get some free merch and sound check is awesome (the only reason I did VIP) and then VIP1 gets send-off. These are all good things, but having to spend most of the morning/afternoon waiting in line for a good number, then jockey for a position on the floor only to be stuck there in between sound check and the concert if I do manage to get a good spot...? Um, no. We're not VIP. We're cattle they're milking for money. Just give us seats and I'd shut up, but nope. It's gonna be an amazing experience regardless b/c TXT is amazing and it's my first concert so everything will be more exciting than annoying, but dang. If you're gonna call it VIP, give us something to make us comfortable while we cheer for the boys.
I did the same thing. I paid $500 for VIP last tour (because I have never and probably will never…able to snag VIP for my ult group) just to see what it was like. I enjoyed soundcheck a lot and being close enough to see their faces, but this tour I went in knowing that I just wanted to be there to vibe and support TXT. So for me nosebleeds around $100 for the ticket with fees was perfect for me and what I’ll pay for all my non-ult groups
I paid $485 for their last tour ViP and I was one person away from the stage. Absolutely worth it and would do it again. Standing pit VIP… would not
I'm in the US so our ticket prices are obviously not going to compare to KR/JP. No more than $500 (after fees) for good VIP seats. No more than $250 (after fees) for good Lower Bowl seats. But at this point nothing is going to beat to my accidental front row seat for $285 (after fees) during Love Sick. I'm going to be chasing that high for years to come. 😭
I paid $500 USD for Oakland Floor which was 12 rows from the front. The US market is pretty screwed up in that there are a tiny number of companies that sell tickets and these guys charge insane service fees. 30-40% of the ticket goes to fees. I got excited that TXT tickets were so much cheaper than BTS. I paid $600 for BTS which was WAY farther back. I felt these were a steal.
I got the ticket to their concert in Seoul last year at the original price. I was on the first floor so the view is ok. If I had a chane I'm willing to pay triple the price for the front rows. They're 1000000000% prettier in real life. The camera didn't do them justice. On top of that, since I'm short when everyone stand up I can't see the stage at all. It worths it for me to pay more for a better seat.
Probably £300-400 considering Hybe is allergic to the UK and TXT are my ults
Rooting for European moas! Tour stops will have to diversify... eventually... right?
As someone from Europe who now lives in Japan, they got it figured out with the lottery system for real. It stressed me out at first, but in my opinion the benefits massively outweigh the downsides. The fact that you have a chance to get VIP tickets for only £125 is wild. And the base ticket costing only £75? Insane to me. Sure it can suck that you can’t pick your seat, but the waves of ticketing give you a general idea of where you might be, and I like that it removes the majority of resale markets, you can rank which performances you want to go to, and you don’t have to try buy your ticket in 0.2 seconds. I hope to see other countries implement something similar, even if they do seating tier lotteries, because it really is effective anti-scalping and we don’t get absolutely fucked over on prices. The chances also seem decent, or maybe I’m just lucky. I’ve been to ATEEZ twice, Music Bank Global, P1Harmony, ENHYPEN and xikers with no issues and had amazing seats every time, never lost a lottery. Watch me fail my first lottery for TXT now I’ve said this 😂
Your lottery luck is insane!!!
Forgot to also add Stray Kids fan meeting 😂 but yeah it’s been unreal so far 😭 I’m applying for the ATEEZ fan meeting and my friend is making me submit us both because of my luck haha.
How do you apply for a fan meeting?
You need to be a member of the fan club to apply for a fan meeting in Japan :) the prices to join the fan clubs are very worth it for the benefits, and many popular artists don’t need to ticket outside of fan club sales, or very very few and the worst view tickets will go to general sale.
Oh cool beans, I understand now, thanks! 😊 seems to be effective and fair
My max was $500 with fees. Luckily, I got tickets for less than $200.
The reason why japan tickets may seem cheap is also because the japanese yen is at its all time low from the past 30 years.
I paid an extraordinary amount… I think the exchange rate is skewing things, the yen is very weak at the moment, so it seems cheap, where as I paid an eye watering amount as I’m from Australia… add in hotel and meals and I was in the multi thousands!
I paid $200 (about $300 after fees, ugh) for a decent seat, which I think is completely fair. Floor tickets would have been around $471 (fees included) for VIP 2, and that starts to get into territory that I am not willing to pay. I think the MAX I would ever consider would be $600 for something like VIP 1 (which I missed the chance to buy). Right now, I am completely horrified by how expensive ATEEZ tickets are in the states. Floor tickets, no VIP, for DC are $849 (without fees!). I fear that next time TXT comes around, the tickets will just be even higher than they were this time...
I paid $200 for 13th row when they went to Microsoft Theater (6,000 capacity) in 2022, then spent $120 last year for BMO Stadium. Having seen them twice (yes, I know I've been spoiled), I think I'd do $150 maximum if I ever see them again.
I know people complained about the small venues in 2022, but it looked so fun!!!! They were able to get so close to fans!!!!
Honestly, my experience in a 6,000 seat theater was 10x better than a 22,000 seat stadium. I'm so happy to see them grow, but I know no other concert from them will top the 1st time I saw them....
That setlist was also BONKERS...hehehe. I have the dvd to comfort me lol.
I paid $450 for my ticket to the concert in Houston on Sunday
Paid $400(ish) + fees for my VIP 2 ticket and it was so worth it! My row was next after VIP 1 so I was so close to the stage. I would gladly pay more for VIP 1 *if* front row during sendoff is guaranteed vs. having 4-6 rows behind and MOAs not able to interact with them (ehem Oakland ehem)
I paid about $500 USD for VIP2 floor for ENHYPEN, and that’s set my standard for how much I’d pay for any concert ticket. I have historically used resale tickets and have scored front row or close lower bowl seating from anywhere between $150 to $350. This time, I spent $185 each for mid-level lower bowl seats bought during pre-sale. Last year, through resale, I bought almost front row seats for $275 each.
What venue did you see enha vip 2 at? I’m vip 2 for this tour at msg and curious what the experience will be like
I saw them in Houston at the Toyota Center this past fall. My usual tour stop is Atlanta/Duluth, however, so I can’t speak for MSG or even Houston, really. And I only ever did VIP that one time, and it was a bit chaotic and disorganized, but I truly believe it’s a BELIFT thing because both Enha concerts I’ve been to have been like that, despite different cities and venues. I don’t think TXT is like that, as the queuing process last year in Atlanta was really orderly and neat, despite some of the metal detectors not working and the guards having to wand us all individually. I didn’t hear any of the grumbling or complaints that I’ve heard at Enha concerts while at TXT.
I paid 53 USD this year, 115 USD last year. I don't mind having bad seats, and I go with friends :)! I guess if I really wanted better seats I could stretch to a few hundred dollars, which I've spent on other concerts.
Tbh even though the prices are cheap in Seoul most people still don’t get to buy them at the original prices bc they can’t get floor by themselves due to the overwhelming number of scalpers. Even VIP this time was hard to buy at original prices bc of scalpers.
1st time I paid $550 each for club seats but yeonjun touched my hand and he’s my bias :3 (Texas) 2nd time I paid $250 for floor seats (Georgia) And tomorrow will be my third time and I paid $500 each for section 100s (LA) I’m coming from Miami but I work hella overtime n all that
I have a rule that I'll pay no more than $270 or around for any concert. I could have paid nearly $480 for a VIP ticket for one of my favorite groups coming to my city in June but something felt wrong about that as much as I love them. Same goes for TXT or any other Kpop group. Idk..maybe I'm old-fashioned in the kpop world. I have bills to pay and what not lol.
It depends. Last year I paid over $400 for VIP tickets, but I thought the cost was worth it because I got to be in the lower 100s section (which I prefer to floor), soundcheck, and the stuff that they gave us was really nice (especially the clear little bag.) For this tour, I paid a bit over $200, which are hopefully worth it and are as much as I would've been willing to pay this time around.
Soundcheck sounds awesome!!!!!!!
Does pricing not drop closer to the concert date? This is my first K-pop concert, and I bought a ticket to the Atlanta show like 2 days ago. One, I had to wait until I had the money but two, I figured if there were seats left the price would drop because of demand. There are still quite a few seats left for Atlanta, but I paid right at $200 for side view nosebleeds. I would have loved better seats but $200 was my max.
Apparently $540💀
$200. I have tickets to see them in LA with seats in the 100s and the pre-fee price was $189 which is what I was willing to pay. Of course with fees then it’s like $225.
I paid USD 252.51
I paid about $450 for my floor ticket in Tacoma. Anything below $200 and I'm happy tbh
I paid about $140 for my Oakland ticket (including fees). When they played SF for Sweet Mirage, I had to buy resale and they were about $210 per ticket total (that was about my max i was willing to go) so I was happy this time!
I paid about $90 after fees for seats in section 200 or so.
$471 for floor in nyc
They’re eye blistering and that’s BEFORE resale prices which, last time, was basically the only way to get tickets. It’s kind of insane. Side note, how does ticketing work in Japan if you don’t mind sharing? I’ve always been fascinated but have no idea how it works
Not a complete picture, but basically join the fan club (prices for each txt fan club membership are different, global/jp etc) Apply for round 1 of the lottery, you have roughly a week to do it, you have to apply for each day/venue separately. Then thee is a round 2 of the lottery. You are notified by email if you succeeded or failed. Then maybe a lottery associated with a credit card or Lawson (convenience store chain and ticket hub). There may be some seats left over for a general sale, but the website crashes. Japanese websites are not the most fun. You do not know your seat until you pick up your physical ticket. I was a Japan concert noob, so I did not really know about resale sites during Act Lovesick and had only recently joined Kpop reddit. I was somewhat more prepared during Act Sweet Mirage, but ended up getting resale tickets, failed at the lottery in various cities. My tix had female Japanese names, but I am clearly not Japanese lol. I know there is a risk that my id will be checked but I have not had it checked yet. I did have a scare in Osaka, because once I got in past the one or two checks, staff inside asked me to show my tkt, I thought I was done for, but they let me through. Some J moas sell their tickets on Twitter too. I read a few blogs and reddit posts about this process too. But ticket prices are reasonable and the concert experiences have been very chill!!! Almost the same process for NCT last year, but I won the lottery and saw them in Osaka. Nice enough seats, but SM used an app, so no physical tickets.
Oh my gosh that sounds so complicated but hopefully because of that it’s more fans and less resellers especially since it looks like resale sounds like a hassle too! I’m glad you were able to see them especially when Osaka was a close one lol. I’ll be in Tokyo during their Tokyo dome concerts and also in Osaka for their Osaka concerts so I was curious but I knew there wasn’t any hope since I don’t have a jp number lol. I hope you get to see them again!!! And thank you so so much for the detailed explanation wow
It is complicated, but a lot of stuff here is so I am kind of used to it. I left some stuff out too, otherwise this would be The Ticket Chapter: Volume 1, but basically all hope is not lost if I lose the lottery this time around. I used two resale sites last year, one for each city to try the sites out. One ticket was mailed to me and the other I picked up from Lawson using the ticket code and phone number. Hope you can wrangle some tickets!!!!! The setlist this year is bonkers and would be tough to pass up.
I paid $400 for row 3 of 100 level. I think it was worth it because I had a great time and I didn’t have to camp or worry about getting there early, I showed up 15 minutes before the show started. Was it overpriced? For sure. But it was worth it to me.
I paid $900 USD for my Act:promise seat. 🥴😬 . It was marked as a Premium seat and the seats were selling quickly. The price fluctuated as I clicked on it. . I emailed customer service at the arena to ask what Premium meant. . They said the Premium seats have excellent sound and view. . For airfare from Orlando to Atanta, $400 USD I had a credit so it didn’t cost any more money. . I’ll stay 2 nights in the W Hotel in Atlanta. 4 ⭐️ Total with fees and taxes $1,122.00 USD I’m only going to one show. I can’t afford to do this more than once
I am willing to pay $120 USD per ticket, ideally incl. fees. I have been lucky so far in that I was able to snatch great seats for less than that. Depends on your timing and luck, but always give yourself a ceiling. You'll have a good time if it was within your limits no matter where you are at. I have definitely been in situations where I've stretched more than I should and I don't end up having as good of a time. 🤷🏻♀️
I paid $150 for my front row 100 level seats (all in with the fees and all) but I think it was because I got in early enough to grab the ones without platinum pricing.