What's sky VIP?

Just got 4 tickets!! Brilliant :laughing:

It says they issue more tickets than they have available seats because they don't expect everyone to turn up

How do you get please can't find it

God damnit.I've bought 4 tickets for Manchester already, although no chance of me getting turned away!

Just booked 4 tickets

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Thanks OP. Got 4 tickets for Braehead!

Any idea when the manchester ones will become available?

Thanks got 4 tickets !

Thank you just got 4!

Also got a free movie too for joining the app. I never knew about this app so thanks!

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Thanks

Just booked, thanks.

4 tickets for Glasgow, if anyone wants them :-)

Didn't even know about this . Thanks

Awesome find, thanks OP!

I'm gold and haven't got it on mine :disappointed:

Great offer from Sky! Unfortunately none of the venues or dates suit me, hopefully the shows in Birmingham or London become available.

not showing for Newcastle yet, just Glasgow?

Just booked 4 tickets

No one concerned about being turned away

brill grabbed for for my city glasgow! went last year and it was expensive for the 4 of us!

Showing up for me ,shame no Birmingham tickets only 3 venues showing

I'm a bit worried that if I got tickets and took my kids, we'd get turned away and it would break their hearts :disappointed: It's great for Sky to offer them but I don't think they've thought it through on the whole overbooking thing. It's never right to do that to kids surely!

Thanks so much OP, just ordered 4 tickets, and it's the day of my son's 3rd birthday party too! What an awesome extra present he'll have!

If you get the "my sky app" you will get loyalty rewards now depending upon your length of service min reward £13.99 buy & keep dvd up to free sky fibre & free sky q but they have now moved all the tickets and stuff into the app as well. Well worth getting the app and checking it every now and then even if you only get the DVD it's something. I only stumbled upon it by chance and got Rouge one, sky are not actively advertising it by the looks of it.

I guess all people can do is turn up ridiculously early. I actually live near Manchester Arena but I'm still in two minds about whether to apply really.

Glasgow tickets must be all gone as I'm on a waiting list! DAMMIT! Nephew would have love this! Looking for 3 tickets if anyone isn't going

Any spare Glasgow tickets? They've all gone

That is shocking that they won't guarantee you won't actually get in. It is not like a hotel where worst case you can stay somewhere else. Not going to bother. But thanks for posting op

The sky app says to collect tickets at box office on day of event (on a Sunday)...braehead arena website says box office is shut Sunday to Wednesday...will they open it or will I have to travel to Glasgow earlier in week???

It wouldn't be so much of a problem if people weren't so greedy - I notice that pretty much everyone has taken 4 tickets - I refuse to believe that everyone needs that many - two would have done me; I have one kid and only one parent would have taken them.

looking for any spares if available thanks

Thanks Op didn't know about vip rewards have joined now :laughing:

Glasgow fully booked already :-(

fully booked now

I think they offer it to higher tier's first. I'm platinum and got it this morning. Keep trying it through the day.

edit - nevermind, all sold now

Been to much of these things? 2 parents and 2 children are quite a common thing, in fact it's what most "family ticket" discounts are based on. Also if I had 1 kid and the chance to get an extra free ticket, why not let them bring a friend?

It's just funny that everyone on this thread has two kids and both parents are going. And even in the case of an extra kid - that's still only three tickets if just one parent goes. In most cases, it'll be pure greed - as it always is when something free is on the go, "I'll take more than I need, because I can".

edit: also, the fact that Sky oversubscribe it, because they know people won't show up, shows that it's greed - if you actually wanted the tickets, you would turn up. But because it's free.... take, take, take and if I can't be arsed to turn up, so what?

Any know if you can go along beforehand to collect them or does it have to be on the day

For anyone concerned they may get turned away, why not just don't tell your kids where you're going? Have a friend distract the kids in Braehead while you go and book yourselves in - that way, if they are full and you can't get in, the kids don't know either way?

3 kids and two adults in my family. I just need to decide which kid to leave in the car.

Oh, I haven't got an email... It shows in the app that I've got tickets though. Hopefully it will come through!

I think its a bit poor they over subscribe :disappointed: is seating not specified at all either;

Does it give you seats when you print them?

I just went to print them out, and it seems to just be the booking confirmation - no numbered seats! But it does say the doors open at 3pm for event starting at 4pm, and also "Tickets can be collected from the box office the day of the event with booking confirmation and ID braehead-arena.co.uk/New…ing" so I plan on being there super early to try and do as much as I can to guarantee my entry!

Good luck getting in!

ive booked 4 tickets for my daughter my friend and her son. im just praying that when we get there we arent turned away i agree sky havent thought the booking part through imaging turning up with your kids and being turned away break the poor kids hearts. they should issue the amount of tickets that instead of over issuing.

presumably that will be on the tickets when you get given them. That will be how they can decide when to start turning people away

but sky are the ones offering 4 tickets to each subscriber, as long as everyone uses the 4 tickets they "greedily" take, what's the issue?

people can also get ill or something can happen late in the day to prevent them going - we had an extra ticket to Belladrum festival due to a family member pulling out the day before - I suppose they were also being greedy having that unused ticket, they should have known months in advance they would get ill the night before. :unamused: (I stood at the gate and gave it away to someone who needed it btw).

Do you still have the tickets? I just tried to get them and they are sold out.

Unfortunately not, just given them to cherylpeattie

If only they had a London date!

just turn up early enough to get entry, I go to loads of free shows like this and always get in, just don't turn up late

Ok thanks

Anyone know roughly when Newcastle tickets will become available? Thanks.

The talk of issuing more tickets than allowed amount for events is pretty standard these days.. you wouldn't get turned away. I went to a sky VIP event last week at the barbican, hardly anyone with free tickets turned up. You can't pass the tickets on though as you have to show them on your phone with your ID

I guess it's a standard "get out" clause in small print incase they have to turn someone away.

We went to Thomas screening in Glasgow a few weekends ago, amazing cause it was 'filly booked' and only about 50 people in the cinema. That said it was 9:30 in the morning on a Sunday, many Glaswegians still nursing the sore head at that time. Have a feeling more people will turn up for this though.

How do you know when more get released

I never manage tickets for anything. It's a con.

Anyone got a sky account ??? Need tickets for Manchester please

Hey if you still have these would be most grateful - my two girls would absolutely love to go

It's random.. they might release a few at any time but it'll be fully booked almost instantly.. then they change it again maybe a few days later. The VIP app is very hit and miss.. doesn't even work correctly on some devices.. my iPhone 6s shows no offers but my iPad shows lots :joy:

You have to show the booking on the app on your device, to stop tickets being given out

You need your own account. ID to be shown when collecting tickets.

Why is that rude post still there on the first page :thinking:

Now I want to know what the rude post is and I can't find it! :dizzy_face:

I have sky app and VIP but not showing tickets, if anyone has any for London they are not going to use I would be very greatfull

Only Glasgow booking at the moment. Newcastle will open in the next few days. Followed by Manchester.

Rumours of Birmingham and London coming in the next few months. You may need to update your app if it's not showing at all!?! Should be available to all Gold, platinum and black level subscribers.

I reported it and it was still there a day later,it was someone calling somebody the C word :rage:

oh no! That's horrible! There seems to be more trolls than ever on here. :disappointed:

Thats the O2, Dublin, Sheffield, Belfast and Birmingham added to the line up.

Still only Glasgow booking at the moment.

Keep watching the app. Booking for others opening VERY soon.

Any idea when belfast will become available? How often do we need to check? Hourly? Daily?

As often as possible. When they go available they will fly quickly.

I would advise you check last thing and first thing or subscribe here and the deal will update when booking.

More dates have been added, none are yet available to book though.

If anyone has tickets for Glasgow that they don't want, any chance I could have them?

Tickets need to be collected with photo id in the Sky account holders name as per T&C's if tickets are not required they should be cancelled so they can be given to those in the waiting list.

These promotions are being monitored and abuse of the system may result in the VIP account being cancelled for the Sky account.

Newcastle GO GO GO

All gone. Waiting list closed. Manchester, on your marks.

Will Manchester be tonight?

Unlikely. Seems to be a weekly release. Great for PR.

This deal went crazy on Facebook last week, got the job of marketing done for free. Thousands of extra sign ups means much more demand for the remainder shows. Hence Newcastle booking out in 2minutes.

Checked app about 9.30ish for Newcastle tickets and it showed they were "coming soon", checked again about 10 minutes ago and it's now fully booked. 2 minutes to sell out, how many tickets were on offer, 5.

Furious how are the Newcastle tickets sold out?! I've checked like every hour for them

You don't need photo id.....you can also just show a credit card with your name on it
When collecting tickets at an event, the person whose name is on the tickets must bring ID (driving license or credit card) to show their name matches the one on the tickets.

And your point is?

And that's why they went fast. When the offer went live for Braehead not many people even knew the app existed. Since mods posted this to Facebook last week thousands of extra people have signed up to the app.

They may release more and trickle fill each venue but the waiting list was booking last night too so unlikely.

My point is.....Is that you don't need photo like you said was needed :smile:

Ok, they would also accept a credit card with the name matching the booking. Still not gonna make tickets resellable or swappable. Which is the main point of my original comment.

Newcastle change to coming soon again that means more tickets on The way

Be wary guys, sky really messed up with the NFL allocation - I along with hundreds have had tickets revoked yesterday after confirming them last week - they are compensating with free sky sports for a year or £150 at ticketmaster but most on here have a heavily discounted sports if they do have it (and recontractingg will cost more in the long run) or the £150 won't cover NFL Tickets. I was planning on driving but several people are out of pocket for hotel or train fares and having very disappointed kids....

Seems to have disappeared

Still showing on my app, along with my booking.

Lead offer is golfing and Disney is just below. They've shuffled the order about and arranged the 'fully booked' events a little better.

Parts of the MySKY and the VIP app are still under development so you'll see changes.

At the moment I don't know what's happening with Newcastle tickets. Did anyone get any? They were booking, then waiting list and you could see the box office times and everything. Don't know if a booking would confirm but it would allow you to apply on Thursday.

Does anyone know what's happening with this? It's still disappeared off my app and I messages sky and they said they were updating it and it would be back on the next day but this was 2 days ago

Still live on my app
Have you updated the app recently?? There was an update released on the 11th

If anyone has Glasgow give me a shout please

You can't use someone elses tickets.

Only chance is if you go with someone who has a spare.

I have a code for someone to book 4 tickets for *any* date for the GLASGOW location. Inbox and I’ll send it over.

Just got an email saying I needed to change the date- suits me much better as now going this weekend

I also don't think I saw t&cs again re them overselling tickets? So perhaps this time around we might have guaranteed tickets... fingers crossed anyway!

Just received an email from sky cancelling my braehead tickets but they have managed to secure tickets to the same event on a number of dates and times. Anyone else had this

Heads up to anyone who's booked Glasgow. Just got this email...


They're offering a choice of other dates. Seems to imply tickets are guaranteed (I reckon they've overbooked previously and realised they're going to have a lot of pissed off people with crying kids when they don't get in)

Going this weekend as well now, haven't told my son yet, he's going to be so excited

I'm still not telling mine until we have tickets in hand :joy:

No, definitely not! We're going at 4 on Sunday so planning to go for lunch first. I'll go off to (hopefully) get the tickets whilst my sister watches him I think.

Yup. Think you may be right.

Also offering to reimburse anyone who is out of pocket due to travel or accomodation arrangements already in place for 1st October.

They've spent time panicking about the negative PR this would generate and will have learned a few lessons for future releases I should think.

Everyone who booked will now get guaranteed tickets (unsure about waiting list) enjoy the show.

What makes you think they will reimburse accommodation etc?

The T&C's say so when rebooking.

They’ll reimburse any hotel costs, so long as you present proof of booking. Same for travel.

It isnt all bad: they gave me a £150 TicketMaster gift card as they overbooked a Sky VIP Football game...!

Just got my cancellation email through for Braehead.

Good of them to guarantee tickets to other shows though - shows that although the first part wasn't very well thought out, they got it right second attempt!

Still gonna have 2 happy kids and that's all that I'm concerned about! Hope everyone else gets theirs sorted!

Got the cancellation email earlier, and the text just now. Rebooked. Not an issue, really.

Can anyone share the link to rebook? Tickets gone but no email or text!

Link unique to your booking reference. If you have any doubts check your appointment for the support email for ticketus and they should send it over again.

Cheers, I will drop them an email!

I got the email today about having to rebook for another date.

The new booking confirmation email that I've got says you need photo ID

Have any of the other locations other than Glasgow been available yet? Been refreshing it regularly but starting to think its cached! (sure I saw Newcastle Fully Booked one evening but its said Coming Soon ever since!)

Newcastle was booking last Thursday night. Then waiting list. Then fully booked. Then marked coming soon.

Massive issues with availability Vs public relations means a rethink. Currently get hold of as many extra tickets as they can to offer more dates to minimise disappointment.

Keep checking the app, there's no official release date to announce but often follows the same release pattern.

Manchester and Newcastle now available to book....

Waiting list for Newcastle now but booking open for Manchester. Good luck everyone.

Been checking Newcastle for weeks every 15 mins and just missed out! If anyone has them that doesn't need them, please let me know. Thank you!

That was sold out quick

Ffs been checking every hour for manchester. On a waiting list now.

Cheers just got on waiting list for Manchester :thumbsup:

You and me both - my daughter would love this. I didn't even make it to the waiting list. Looks like it was fully booked in about 15 minutes of it going live :thinking:

Unreal...been checking several times a day...was on a call and missed out

Ahh good, I only got waiting list for Newcastle but fingers crossed we get some. I only asked for two for me and my eldest in the hopes of more chance.

Gutted!

Worse thing is keeping an eye on some football tickets setting myself up for disappointment again

Like others I've been checking the app several times a day for over a week. Been busy today so have just checked and they've all gone in what looks to be about 10 minutes, gutted.

Manchester saying BOOK now

Gutted to miss this

Missed again! Wouldnt let me book

Keep trying guys it keeps changing from book now to fully booked on mine

It’s sold out

Ive has 2 goes now says unavailable when trying to book what a mad system!

Has anyone actually managed to get tics, I was on the confirmation screen this morning & got an error message when I tried to book :angry:

Tickets are being made available at 'random' intervals to avoid a: crashing the booking system (as per Glasgow) and b: disappointment.

There is so much traffic on this app. More than it was designed for it would seem.

Just keep checking, paging in and out. If you are lucky you'll get them. If someone who has no intention of going doesn't book them first!

Yep been through to final stage about 5 times now!

I was the same for Glasgow and booked those in the first 15 minutes of the deal.

Patience will pay off (maybe)

Still showing as book now - just keep trying and you'll maybe get lucky

Not sure I want to spend all night trying this :rage:

That's what they want. That's exactly why they are releasing in small batches.

The time I've wasted checking for Newcastle every 10 mins for the last 2 weeks only to find them gone tonight within a 1hr window as I was driving is hilarious wwe went from coming soon to all fully booked in minutes. This whole sky vip thing is a joke I'd rather buy tickets than fight like a rat for the 5 tickets they randomly release. App uinstalled.

Manchester tickets available again now !!!!

Totally agree, the app is shocking

They have been all night but never actually lets you book- I've given up now there is no point

Dont think its working right somebody needs to reboot the system!

Manchester is showing as Fully Booked now.

So is it likely to be another week before they start releasing the other venues I wonder?

Does come back again but then you cant book. Who knows what the schedule is!

Loads of people complaining on twitter about this and the invisible tickets!

Has anyone been to a show yet?

Glasgow has wait list available at the minute

GLASGOW - Waiting list showing availability at the moment. unsure what this means as list is for cancelled performance but worth a shot if you've missed out so far.

Yes! We went on Sunday, turned up at 2.30 (for 4pm show) and there was a big queue for tickets. They got through everyone really quickly. Just had a big list of names with how many tickets. Then stacks of 1/2/3/4 tickets in envelopes. Did not get asked for any ID at all btw. Show was fantastic, my 3yo son loved it.

Just as an FYI for anyone going with smaller children, you could bring them in the buggy right into the arena, then there were several 'buggy parks' dotted around. Very handy!

Good to know buggies can go right in. Saves the hassle of trying to keep the youngest still whilst the older ones show him how to misbehave.

Glad your little one enjoyed the show.

Anyone been to Glasgow? I had to change the date of mine and my rebooked ticket for this weekend now has t&c's at the bottom again saying they oversell the tickets... anyone been and got in ok or been turned away?

See my post above ^
Did not see anyone getting turned away but we were there when the ticket desk opened.

we went on Sunday at 12, I didn't see anyone being turned away and there was tons of folk showed up. que stated forming about 20 mins before ticket stand opened so I'd arrive early if you don't fancy standing in line for ages although it moved reasonably quickly. we got the tickets then wandered the shops for an hour as you are allocated seats

Ooh sorry I missed this as app hadn't refreshed :joy: thanks for info, glad it all went ok

Fab thank you! Will get there early

Very luck if you actually manage to successfully get a ticket...still not 100% guarantee of entry though. The tickets have gone so quickly from ‘coming soon’ to ‘fully booked’ that it makes you wonder if there were any tickets available at all!. I was checking continuously but still managed to not get a single ticket(not why I am annoyed with Sky). I was contemplating purchasing these tickets before they came on Sky VIP however Sky have managed to turn this event & others into a ticketing fiasco(well done Sky!). Anyway my apologies for the long rant but it needed to be said in my opinion. Hope everyone who got a ticket gets in & enjoys the event.

You are guaranteed with the re-ticketing of the event at Glasgow's Braehead Arena that was originally scheduled for the 1st October. The rebooking system has accounted for EVERYONE who originally managed to get tickets.

The other venues have a smaller overspill list and larger waiting lists. The events are also being slowly filled with small batches of tickets being released at a time so as not to over whelm the system.

There are many hundreds of people who did manage to get tickets but likewise there are also those who missed out.

Sky and weticketit are subjecting events to a fair use policy to ensure that each customer gets a fair chance in the future. It's still new and behaves at times like a beta test so the tech is being upgraded and developed as time goes by. Christ the app has updated 4 times on Android since the end of August, they are clearly investing in this area.

Still suppose you can't please everyone. Especially when someone somewhere is bound to miss out.

Went to Glasgow show tonight, it was great and we had amazing seats :-) queue for tickets was big but went down relatively quickly

Went to glasgow today for the 1030am show, turned up at 945 and walked straight to the front of the sky desk. Picked up my tickets in less than 1 minute with no ID being requested then gave my sister and nieces the 4 tickets i bought at full whack the week before this deal was posted!

Thanks OP

You're welcome. How was the show?

It was great. We went a couple of years ago but this was a much better show in a better venue.

And this time we knew to take food/toys/distractions to escape the crazy overpriced tat they had on offer

We went to the Newcastle show last night. I decided to show up at 4: 30pm to collect the tickets as sky stated the box office opens two hours prior to the show. Nobody was there, went straight to the normal box office and collected tickets (I think I could of shown up earlier to be honest). All I was asked was surname, didn’t have to show any ID or booking confirmation.
Was a great show and was completely different other than the frozen section which has been in the previous two years! Good luck for anyone else trying for tickets.

Can't be certain but Birmingham should be ready to go live today at 3ish or tomorrow night if my calculations are correct.

The app keeps telling me my account doesnt exist! Does anyone know if there are any tickets for belfast or dublin available??

Still saying they are coming s

Not yet but coming soon.

Birmingham waiting list available still

The free tickets section has disappeared from my app. Anyone else’s?:/

It’s back and Birmingham is already showing waiting list

And Birmingham is booked

Absolutely gutted been checking it for over a week

Same I’m so annoyed

Did they release tickets or was it just fully booked

I posted yesterday I expected their release. Went live and booked this morning. Booked quickly but waiting list was open over half an hour.

I’m so annoyed

Has anyone on a waiting list actually got tickets ?

I don't have tickets for Birmingham.

I was at Braehead Arena last week. It's a good show. Sure the tickets are a great bonus for being a subscriber to Sky but this won't be the last time they offer something like this.

London will be booking in the future though, is that too far to travel?

Yes will try London. It’s probably easier to win the lottery than to get tickets with sky! Lol

Yes that’s what I want to know