New Arena Ticket Update

[Newsdreams]

Look for me in that photo, I am the devilishly handsome one in a great coat.

I also have an iphone 6 with a rough battery life that wont live through a few hours at the bar beforehand and waaaay to cheap to spend $1,000 on a new one. But hey since we are going digital and MU is saving all of this money maybe they can buy me a new one

Maybe you need to close your apps? Or are you spending like 7-8 hours before hand in the bar?

[🏀]

Maybe you need to close your apps? Or are you spending like 7-8 hours before hand in the bar?

Judgement free zone here people.

[Mr. Nielsen]

You will be able to buy a commemorative game ticket.

[Nukem2]

You will be able to buy a commemorative game ticket.

Well, one could also print a screen shot for free.

[jsglow]

Does he require a paper airline ticket when flying to Las Vegas to put real quarters into the old school arm-pulled slots too?  Time for a trade in?

Honestly yes.  I use a paper plane ticket by choice.  And I find few things more annoying than the travelers who don't know to max the phone brightness, etc and dramatically slow the boarding process.  I used electronic plane tickets for awhile and travel frequently.  Ultimately I found them to be a 'pita'.  So I stop when I get to the airport and print one in 15 seconds at the kiosk handing it to the gate attendant as I quickly pass them by.  And my phone is safely in my pocket.

[LoudMouth]

Maybe you need to close your apps? Or are you spending like 7-8 hours before hand in the bar?

When I have to spend $12.50 on a beer inside I want to triple check I am well lubricated before watching our 14-15 team

[Dr. Blackheart]

Lol yes hopefully Marquette Athletics runs like Spirit airlines does.

"Oh I am sorry to bring a coat inside is an extra $35"

Well, MU does have a coat check room or you can leave it in the Clubs at a higher donation levels. Or, you can leave it on your chair back and have the row behind you spill their nachos and beer on it all game as they traverse those long aisles.

Your choice but the point is, don't make me pay for your preferences.

[LoudMouth]

Well, MU does have a coat check room or you can leave it in the Clubs at a higher donation levels. Or, you can leave it on your chair back and have the row behind you spill their nachos and beer on it all game as they traverse those long aisles.

Your choice but the point is, don't make me pay for your preferences.

Let's not get political here...trying to avoid lockity lock 4

[mu_hilltopper]

Or charge a slight premium to those wanting the printed version.

Or, how about I give them $2000 and they give me printed tickets with my seat purchase, like they did for the past 102 years.*

NOT TO MENTION .. I do not want to wait behind all you idiots who can't get your phones to work so you can scan in.  The security theater line is already too effing long, damnit.

* I got my printed tickets yesterday, so I'll just save up my anger for NEXT YEAR if they stop sending them.  #CANNOTWAITTOBEANGRY

[Mr. Nielsen]

Look at tomorrow night as another run at it.

[Newsdreams]

Or, how about I give them $2000 and they give me printed tickets with my seat purchase, like they did for the past 102 years.*

NOT TO MENTION .. I do not want to wait behind all you idiots who can't get your phones to work so you can scan in.  The security theater line is already too effing long, damnit.

* I got my printed tickets yesterday, so I'll just save up my anger for NEXT YEAR if they stop sending them.  #CANNOTWAITTOBEANGRY

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[Dr. Blackheart]

Honestly yes.  I use a paper plane ticket by choice.  And I find few things more annoying than the travelers who don't know to max the phone brightness, etc and dramatically slow the boarding process.  I used electronic plane tickets for awhile and travel frequently.  Ultimately I found them to be a 'pita'.  So I stop when I get to the airport and print one in 15 seconds at the kiosk handing it to the gate attendant as I quickly pass them by.  And my phone is safely in my pocket.

If you look at any of the loyalty passengers they almost universally all use their app on their phones.  You get alerts, gate changes, can track your incoming plane, check the seat map or upgrade list, arrange for your ride share, scan your airline club pass, check-in well in advance and get your PreTSA clearance, have the airlines send you your ticket options when cancelled, and track your checked luggage. I never see these flyers holding up on-boarding.  Where is their phone?  In their hands and they know where it is.

At the kiosk, you almost always have to wait, need to pull out and scan/zip your ID, punch in your confirmation code or airport code, zip through all the security, upgrade and luggage prompts, and print. If you can do that in 15 seconds, you are a man of many talents and Rick Pitino-like (and lucky that your kiosk didn't crash). 

At check in, I am behind the paper people with 4 kids who need paper tickets and have lost their tickets in all their crap, people looking for their lost tickets or grandma, waiting for the gate agent to punch in their crumpled printed ticket as the scanner can't read it as the toner lines were broken up, being blocked at Pre-TSA entrances as they pull out their paper tickets to learn they are in the wrong security line (btw, I could have told them five minutes before they were in the wrong line just because they were looking for their PAPER tickets).

All kidding aside in this thread, I understand people's preferences. The point remains, if your preference is for paper, an embossed ticket for your crafts project and you are into killing the environment, pay for it.  But, don't make me pay for it.  I prefer to pay for my own preferences not for yours.

[warriorchick]

If you look at any of the loyalty passengers they almost universally all use their app on their phones.  You get alerts, gate changes, can track your incoming plane, check the seat map or upgrade list, arrange for your ride share, scan your airline club pass, check-in well in advance and get your PreTSA clearance, have the airlines send you your ticket options when cancelled, and track your checked luggage. I never see these flyers holding up on-boarding.  Where is their phone?  In their hands and they know where it is.

At the kiosk, you almost always have to wait, need to pull out and scan/zip your ID, punch in your confirmation code or airport code, zip through all the security, upgrade and luggage prompts, and print. If you can do that in 15 seconds, you are a man of many talents and Rick Pitino-like (and lucky that your kiosk didn't crash). 

At check in, I am behind the paper people with 4 kids who need paper tickets and have lost their tickets in all their crap, people looking for their lost tickets or grandma, waiting for the gate agent to punch in their crumpled printed ticket as the scanner can't read it as the toner lines were broken up, being blocked at Pre-TSA entrances as they pull out their paper tickets to learn they are in the wrong security line (btw, I could have told them five minutes before they were in the wrong line just because they were looking for their PAPER tickets).

All kidding aside in this thread, I understand people's preferences. The point remains, if your preference is for paper, an embossed ticket for your crafts project and you are into killing the environment, pay for it.  But, don't make me pay for it.  I prefer to pay for my own preferences not for yours.

As a person who has had to cool her heels many times while Glow "recombobulates" after TSA, I can assure you that he is not particularly concerned about being efficient at the airport. 

[McLintock]

If you look at any of the loyalty passengers they almost universally all use their app on their phones.  You get alerts, gate changes, can track your incoming plane, check the seat map or upgrade list, arrange for your ride share, scan your airline club pass, check-in well in advance and get your PreTSA clearance, have the airlines send you your ticket options when cancelled, and track your checked luggage. I never see these flyers holding up on-boarding.  Where is their phone?  In their hands and they know where it is.

At the kiosk, you almost always have to wait, need to pull out and scan/zip your ID, punch in your confirmation code or airport code, zip through all the security, upgrade and luggage prompts, and print. If you can do that in 15 seconds, you are a man of many talents and Rick Pitino-like (and lucky that your kiosk didn't crash). 

At check in, I am behind the paper people with 4 kids who need paper tickets and have lost their tickets in all their crap, people looking for their lost tickets or grandma, waiting for the gate agent to punch in their crumpled printed ticket as the scanner can't read it as the toner lines were broken up, being blocked at Pre-TSA entrances as they pull out their paper tickets to learn they are in the wrong security line (btw, I could have told them five minutes before they were in the wrong line just because they were looking for their PAPER tickets).

All kidding aside in this thread, I understand people's preferences. The point remains, if your preference is for paper, an embossed ticket for your crafts project and you are into killing the environment, pay for it.  But, don't make me pay for it.  I prefer to pay for my own preferences not for yours.

It's not like electronic ticketing is free.  What are the costs of maintaining electronic accounts for all season ticket holders, the cybersecurity to protect their personal and credit information, the functionality to allow the ticket holder to transfer them, etc?    And the last I checked, paper was recyclable, electronic gadgets not nearly as much and in fact have become quite an environmental problem.

[GGGG]

It's not like electronic ticketing is free.  What are the costs of maintaining electronic accounts for all season ticket holders, the cybersecurity to protect their personal and credit information, the functionality to allow the ticket holder to transfer them, etc?    And the last I checked, paper was recyclable, electronic gadgets not nearly as much and in fact have become quite an environmental problem.

All of the bolded are costs incurred now, and unless you are going to go back to using credit card slider machines, are costs that are going to be incurred forevermore.  Its the marginal cost of printing and mailing the tickets that they are doing away with.

[mu03eng]

It's not like electronic ticketing is free.  What are the costs of maintaining electronic accounts for all season ticket holders, the cybersecurity to protect their personal and credit information, the functionality to allow the ticket holder to transfer them, etc?    And the last I checked, paper was recyclable, electronic gadgets not nearly as much and in fact have become quite an environmental problem.

It's all an extension of the account management they have to do electronically plus that's why you have vendors (just like MU doesn't have a printing press in the basement printing tickets) that allows the vendors to achieve scale which makes the electronic version of tickets SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than paper ones. As Dr Blackheat stated, we are on the other side of the paradigm change so your preference for paper is the more expensive one....feel free to choose it but not on the back of my ticket costs.

[Herman Cain]

As a person who has had to cool her heels many times while Glow "recombobulates" after TSA, I can assure you that he is not particularly concerned about being efficient at the airport. 

Speaking of airline efficient, MU Scoop is the only website that works beautifully on the Delta Wi- Fi on this flight I am on. Kudos to the IT department at Scoop for brilliant design.

[LoudMouth]

feel free to choose it but not on the back of my ticket costs.

I understand that the tickets cost more than electronic tickets, but does anyone actually believe that the price for tickets are going to go down next year because its electronic?? MU is just going to profit more, you aren't "saving" by going to electronic just like you aren't being ripped off by using paper now

[McLintock]

It's all an extension of the account management they have to do electronically plus that's why you have vendors (just like MU doesn't have a printing press in the basement printing tickets) that allows the vendors to achieve scale which makes the electronic version of tickets SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than paper ones. As Dr Blackheat stated, we are on the other side of the paradigm change so your preference for paper is the more expensive one....feel free to choose it but not on the back of my ticket costs.

So you are fine having people that would prefer no online account access or electronic tickets pay for you to have these privileges but not the other way around.  Got it.
Frankly, I don't really care either way, and anyone worried about the incremental cost of getting a printed ticket probably shouldn't be using their limited funds on MU season tickets or has an outlook on life and money that resembles Montgomery Burns.  But not being able to print your tickets at home?  That's a total joke.  And as another poster stated, it's not like any ticket buyers are going to see these savings anyway.

[GGGG]

So you are fine having people that would prefer no online account access or electronic tickets pay for you to have these privileges but not the other way around.  Got it.

The marginal cost of an online account is next to nothing.

[Dr. Blackheart]

It's not like electronic ticketing is free.  What are the costs of maintaining electronic accounts for all season ticket holders, the cybersecurity to protect their personal and credit information, the functionality to allow the ticket holder to transfer them, etc?    And the last I checked, paper was recyclable, electronic gadgets not nearly as much and in fact have become quite an environmental problem.

The app already exists and is paid for in your fees as well. MU just outsources it to Ticketmaster. 

Tickets with metal strips or lead-based inks for full graphics are not recyclable. 

[Mr. Nielsen]

Here is my worry on e-tickets that has not brought up. Let's say you go with a group of 4. All 4 tickets are on your phone. Some leave to go to the restroom, beer, brat whatever. You come back and the usher asked to see your ticket. What do you do?

[jsglow]

If you look at any of the loyalty passengers they almost universally all use their app on their phones.  You get alerts, gate changes, can track your incoming plane, check the seat map or upgrade list, arrange for your ride share, scan your airline club pass, check-in well in advance and get your PreTSA clearance, have the airlines send you your ticket options when cancelled, and track your checked luggage. I never see these flyers holding up on-boarding.  Where is their phone?  In their hands and they know where it is.

At the kiosk, you almost always have to wait, need to pull out and scan/zip your ID, punch in your confirmation code or airport code, zip through all the security, upgrade and luggage prompts, and print. If you can do that in 15 seconds, you are a man of many talents and Rick Pitino-like (and lucky that your kiosk didn't crash). 

At check in, I am behind the paper people with 4 kids who need paper tickets and have lost their tickets in all their crap, people looking for their lost tickets or grandma, waiting for the gate agent to punch in their crumpled printed ticket as the scanner can't read it as the toner lines were broken up, being blocked at Pre-TSA entrances as they pull out their paper tickets to learn they are in the wrong security line (btw, I could have told them five minutes before they were in the wrong line just because they were looking for their PAPER tickets).

All kidding aside in this thread, I understand people's preferences. The point remains, if your preference is for paper, an embossed ticket for your crafts project and you are into killing the environment, pay for it.  But, don't make me pay for it.  I prefer to pay for my own preferences not for yours.

That's a lot of typing.  And I do get all of that info on my phone.  It is 15 seconds to print.  I punch in my Frequent Flyer # and print my boarding pass.  Do whatever makes you happy.  I'll do the same.

[jsglow]

It's all an extension of the account management they have to do electronically plus that's why you have vendors (just like MU doesn't have a printing press in the basement printing tickets) that allows the vendors to achieve scale which makes the electronic version of tickets SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than paper ones. As Dr Blackheat stated, we are on the other side of the paradigm change so your preference for paper is the more expensive one....feel free to choose it but not on the back of my ticket costs.

Never said I wasn't happy to pay modestly for it or print myself, if allowed.

[McLintock]

Aside from petty bickering over cost and perceived convenience, isn't the real issue here tickemaster attempting to make it as difficult as possible for people to print their own tickets so that ticketmaster can act as both a secondary ticket broker and de facto scalper through their online resale system?  Why else would the print at home option become unavailable?