JIB6 :: The ticket and seating process
As I said in one or more other JIB Blog posts, the ticketing process is a tad bit more drawn out than at Creation.
For fans who have previously attended JIB, they can submit an email request for their ticket preferences starting at 2:00 pm (Rome time). All others must wait until 2:30 pm to submit their requests.
A previous attendee can also include a "+1" in their email requests for someone who has not yet attended. There is a catch with this however. If accepted, the attendee and their +1 are somewhat married through the remainder of the process. Each are held accountable for the behavior of the other. So if either breaks any rules, their partner is also impacted. This is done to encourage previous attendees to only include people they know and can "vouch" for. Despite these restrictions however, there were still over 200 new attendees and only a few new +1s. So newbies can still get JIB tickets. However they will likely only be able to get lessor tickets. OTOH, they will have the opportunity to get on a waiting list for get upgrades as the time gets closer and when some folks decide they cannot attend JIB after all. And from what I understand there is always a brisk after market of sales as the deadline approaches.
As of this moment, two weeks after the ticket sales opened, we have not yet received our actual seat assignments. We know which type of pass we received, just not the specific seat assignment. That is still to come. Only a few days ago, the emails went out asking for completion of payment for the passes. I imagine once all those payments are processed is when the final seat assignments go out.
In the days/weeks/months(?) to come I imagine we will learn about additional guests, photo op, autograph, and M&G opportunities.
My geek came out during the pass application process and I ended up tracking the timing of the process via Daniela's (@serendipityhope) tweets. I converted all the timestamps to Rome time. Throughout the whole process there has been ample warning given for when passes and/or other actionable items will be available. So you never have to come home to find out that six hours ago, a ticket went out sale that you wanted and sold out before you ever even knew it was offered.
TWEETS:
Day 1 - June 14, 2014:
14:00 Pass sales open to previous attendees. Application process is via email request.
14:09 514 emails in the 1st second. [Note there are roughly 800 passes total that are available.]
14:30 Pass sales open to all.
21:40 Still process emails sent at 14:00. All APs assigned. Almost all Demon passes assigned.
Day 2 - June 15, 2014:
00:46 JIB staff finally reached emails sent at 14:09 (after over nine hours of processing). [Notice the staff is now working past midnight and have been on the job for 10 hours]
03:18 All Angel, Demon, Sinner passes have been assigned. Half of Hunter passes assigned. Still 458 emails to check.
03:20 Calling it a night after 13 hours of work.
-- Break to sleep, attend to RL, etc. --
18:41 All available passes assigned. Double checking for accuracy.
18:55 They received more than 500 emails exceeding total available places.
21:31 Announced “sorry” emails will go out tomorrow morning.
21:31 Will be 4-5 more days to send emails with final booking details to those who got passes.
Day 3 - June 16, 2014:
12:30 All “sorry” emails have been sent out
15:30 Emails being sent to those who got passes. In order of Angle, Demon, Sinner, Hunter.
16:02 All Angel pass emails sent out.
16:54 All Demon pass emails sent out
17:13 All Sinner & Hunter pass emails sent out
[So approximately 48 hours after passes go on sale, applicants learn whether they got a pass or not.]
Day 4 - June 17, 2014:
13:19 Announcing a guest poll coming soon.
Day 9 - June 22, 2014:
14:31 Announcement that all payment emails have been prepared and will go out the next day.
Day 10 - June 23, 2014:
12:44 All Angel and Demon pass payment emails have been sent. Sinner and Hunter payment emails will go out the next day.
Day 12 - June 25, 2014:
01:03 All payment emails have been sent.
Day 14 - June 27, 2014:
15:22 Announcement that Hilton Rome Airport hotel booking links will open on July 1st.
Day 15 - June 28, 2014:
15:48 Guest selection poll opens for JIB6 attendees to vote for their preferred guests.
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For fans who have previously attended JIB, they can submit an email request for their ticket preferences starting at 2:00 pm (Rome time). All others must wait until 2:30 pm to submit their requests.
A previous attendee can also include a "+1" in their email requests for someone who has not yet attended. There is a catch with this however. If accepted, the attendee and their +1 are somewhat married through the remainder of the process. Each are held accountable for the behavior of the other. So if either breaks any rules, their partner is also impacted. This is done to encourage previous attendees to only include people they know and can "vouch" for. Despite these restrictions however, there were still over 200 new attendees and only a few new +1s. So newbies can still get JIB tickets. However they will likely only be able to get lessor tickets. OTOH, they will have the opportunity to get on a waiting list for get upgrades as the time gets closer and when some folks decide they cannot attend JIB after all. And from what I understand there is always a brisk after market of sales as the deadline approaches.
As of this moment, two weeks after the ticket sales opened, we have not yet received our actual seat assignments. We know which type of pass we received, just not the specific seat assignment. That is still to come. Only a few days ago, the emails went out asking for completion of payment for the passes. I imagine once all those payments are processed is when the final seat assignments go out.
In the days/weeks/months(?) to come I imagine we will learn about additional guests, photo op, autograph, and M&G opportunities.
My geek came out during the pass application process and I ended up tracking the timing of the process via Daniela's (@serendipityhope) tweets. I converted all the timestamps to Rome time. Throughout the whole process there has been ample warning given for when passes and/or other actionable items will be available. So you never have to come home to find out that six hours ago, a ticket went out sale that you wanted and sold out before you ever even knew it was offered.
TWEETS:
Day 1 - June 14, 2014:
14:00 Pass sales open to previous attendees. Application process is via email request.
14:09 514 emails in the 1st second. [Note there are roughly 800 passes total that are available.]
14:30 Pass sales open to all.
21:40 Still process emails sent at 14:00. All APs assigned. Almost all Demon passes assigned.
Day 2 - June 15, 2014:
00:46 JIB staff finally reached emails sent at 14:09 (after over nine hours of processing). [Notice the staff is now working past midnight and have been on the job for 10 hours]
03:18 All Angel, Demon, Sinner passes have been assigned. Half of Hunter passes assigned. Still 458 emails to check.
03:20 Calling it a night after 13 hours of work.
-- Break to sleep, attend to RL, etc. --
18:41 All available passes assigned. Double checking for accuracy.
18:55 They received more than 500 emails exceeding total available places.
21:31 Announced “sorry” emails will go out tomorrow morning.
21:31 Will be 4-5 more days to send emails with final booking details to those who got passes.
Day 3 - June 16, 2014:
12:30 All “sorry” emails have been sent out
15:30 Emails being sent to those who got passes. In order of Angle, Demon, Sinner, Hunter.
16:02 All Angel pass emails sent out.
16:54 All Demon pass emails sent out
17:13 All Sinner & Hunter pass emails sent out
[So approximately 48 hours after passes go on sale, applicants learn whether they got a pass or not.]
Day 4 - June 17, 2014:
13:19 Announcing a guest poll coming soon.
Day 9 - June 22, 2014:
14:31 Announcement that all payment emails have been prepared and will go out the next day.
Day 10 - June 23, 2014:
12:44 All Angel and Demon pass payment emails have been sent. Sinner and Hunter payment emails will go out the next day.
Day 12 - June 25, 2014:
01:03 All payment emails have been sent.
Day 14 - June 27, 2014:
15:22 Announcement that Hilton Rome Airport hotel booking links will open on July 1st.
Day 15 - June 28, 2014:
15:48 Guest selection poll opens for JIB6 attendees to vote for their preferred guests.
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