Past Dating Policy Question

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 8:52pm

After being unable to sell my Million Dollar Quartet ticket here, I called Ticketmaster in desperation to try to see if they could do anything about this one ticket I have left for the show. They told me that they put in a "request to the company" to refund me/switch the tickets onto the date in August that I intend to attend the show instead, which I think is a dead-end, but also that there's such a thing as past dating that I could look into. Does anyone know about such a policy or specifically what Million Dollar Quartet's policy is like?

Help much appreciated. Thanks!

[Gary Indiana]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 9:23pm

I don't know how it works with Ticketmaster, but for Telecharge you just call after a certain hour in the morning (it was either 10 or 11) on the day that you want to see the show and they contact the box office to find if they are past dating for that performance. If they are, they take down your name and original order # and you can pick up your tickets before the show. They only allow it for performances on Monday - Thursday. I did it for Next to Normal last week and actually got better seats than I started with, which was a pleasant surprise. I would imagine that Ticketmaster's policies are similar to Telecharge, but you should call them and find out for sure. Good luck!

[Bwaynerd]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 9:27pm

go to the box office of the netherlander. they usally have a form that explains.

[April Saul]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 9:45pm

That's not such a hot show that it ought to be difficult to past-date...nearly everyone does it, I can't imagine it'd be a problem, do not lose hope!

[jagfkb]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 9:55pm

^Now here's question. I had tickets to see Wicked back in December for a Tuesday at 7:00. Unfortunately, i was unable to see the show. For various reasons (I'll admit, mainly procrastination, and trying to see everything of the new season), I never tried to do anything. Now that my friend has told me she would like to see the show, I was wondering if I could do anything with the tickets. Also, I bought the tickets at the box office, so there was never any sort of order confirmation. Anyone have any advice in what to do?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 10:00pm

Order confirmation? The only confirmation of order you need is your ticket that, if purchased from the box office, they would have given you.

Post-dating tickets is a gray area, and each theatre handles it differently. Some have been great about it with me, others have been miserable and I ended up just throwing it away.

I haven't been to the Gershwin since 2003, but I can't imagine the folks over at WICKED bending over backwards to help someone out that didn't use their tickets 7 months ago, and is now coming out of the woodwork.

Good luck.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 10:28pm

I know with Telecharge you have to call after 11 in the morning and tell them which show you want to past-date for and then they'll look and see if they can get you something else. I did it for Enron and I just had to bring my old ticket to the box office at the time of the performance and they printed a new one for me with that evening's date on it. I can't imagine it would be too difficult for a show like MDQ, it was fairly painless for me and I got an excellent seat in the 4th row of the orchestra.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 7/1/10 at 12:41am

Here's the thing: I am going to be in the city for my trip from Friday night-Saturday night. I won't be in town for any weekday performances. Will they still past-date on a weekend or is that hopeless?
And this calling after 11 thing...this is day of show? I suppose that I should just go up to the box office around 11 that day and just see what I can do. I just hate to risk it like that, but if it's my only option...
I do hold out a bit of hope since the show is not popular at all, and the one person in my family who has the ticket still wants to see the show. I, personally, will be enjoying myself over at La Cage.

[Here I Am]

Posted: 7/1/10 at 3:59am

I did it for 'The Royal Family' when Ana Gasteyer was out. They were very nice about it and I wound up seeing it two weeks later and a few rows closer.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/25/20 at 9:04pm

Question: my friend has been seeing shows this week while in NYC. Today he was supposed to see both parts of The Inheritance, but talked himself into skipping both parts to spend time with a friend who was in town. However, apparently after a few hours his friend said he had other things to do. So my friend is attending Part Two tonight and texted me at first intermission to say he is picking up on what is happening despite missing part one, assisted by reading a couple of articles about the play before Part Two. However, he said he made a horrible mistake in missing part one (because he’s really liking Part Two). His flight home tomorrow isn’t until late tomorrow night so I offered he might be able to post date today’s matinee Part 1 ticket for tomorrow’s (Sunday) matinee. However when I looked online I found one playbill article which is from a while ago where it seemed like most theaters only honor post dating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Is that still true?

If he has a chance, is he better off at box office tomorrow morning or calling telecharge?

[Hopelesslydevoted24]

Posted: 1/26/20 at 2:22am

I would highly recommend the box office over Telecharge.

[chuckydisc]

Posted: 1/26/20 at 2:42am

Miles2Go2 said: "Question: my friend has been seeing shows this week while in NYC. Today he was supposed to see both parts of The Inheritance, but talked himself into skipping both parts to spend time with a friend who was in town. However, apparently after a few hours his friend said he had other things to do. So my friend is attending Part Two tonight and texted me at first intermission to say he is picking up on what is happening despite missing part one, assisted by reading a couple of articles about the play before Part Two. However, he said he made a horrible mistake in missing part one (because he’s really liking Part Two). His flight home tomorrow isn’t until late tomorrow night so I offered he might be able to post date today’s matinee Part 1 ticket for tomorrow’s (Sunday) matinee. However when I looked online I found one playbill article which is from a while ago where it seemed like most theaters only honor post dating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Is that still true?

If he has a chance, is he better off at box office tomorrow morning or calling telecharge? "

He is better off rushing Sunday's show and giving the past date ticket to someone.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/26/20 at 9:46am

Whelp..., He woke up this morning and decided he was tired and is flying home early so thanks for the advice that he won’t be able to use but hopefully it’ll help other people