Norman Reynolds Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Booking this morning for the Royal Ballet Friends priority Winter Period I felt that the system had taken a step backwards after the last two much improved experiences. Getting in was more difficult as I logged in and out and in again before finding my way to the booking page. There was no waiting room and this quite confused me. I missed the comfort of knowing that I was in the right place. Eventually I did find the first event to book, but then on clicking on 'Continue Shopping' I was taken to a general what's on page and it was only when I used the Calendar, leafing through from September as far as February or March and clicking the relevant day, that I could continue booking. After that all went swimmingly and I had booked five events, paid and logged out within about 15 minutes all in. So by missing the waiting room it was overall a much better experience after all, leaving me with an idle hour or so and time to post this! Regarding ticket availability the choice was not quite what I wanted but reasonable. Arthur Pita's 'Metamorphosis' in the Linbury seemed to be selling fast and one could not choose a specific seat, just area and price, and I ended up somewhere in a corner I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Very quick and straightforward except for the dearth of Stalls Circle Standing for pretty much all programmes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Just finished booking and it was not good at all. Got into the site with no trouble, got seats I wanted and then there was an error on trying to purchase. After a long wait I got through to a very helpful box office asssitant who managed to get all my seats back. I did, however, have a problem with the Linbury seats as there were only odd ones left for the date I wanted. I hope they can solve this problem, which apparently was happening in period 1 though it did not affect me. Not a good morning apart from the very helpful box office staff member. Margaret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneL Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Gaaargghhh after being stuck in a meeting until 11.30 I was left with almost no stalls circle standing (got one Onegin), but managed reasonable tickets for a birthday trip to Onegin with my family, and reasonable Metamorphosis. I'll be leaving the rest until public booking/day tickets I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Anyone know how many Stalls Circle standing tickets were released for online Friends booking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretN7 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Re Metamorphosis Linbury layout as I understand it, rows A-D are far side of the special central stage with numbering mirror image of main arena ie seat 1 row A opposite seat 18 Row E. Rows E,F etc as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I had a long irritating experience this morning although the problem could be my computer or me, everything was okay except a recurring problem after clicking on "Buy", either the general plan came up and I could continue with "amphi" or it didn't, I just got a blank screen and had to try again and again, then I nearly ran out of time so had to go to the payment section quickly, then had to do another booking, took about 45 minutes. No other problems, the Rojo/Polunin performances were selling very quickly indeed had to pay a bit extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Were there any tickets left for the Quad Bill in February with Rojo/Polunin in Marguerite and Armand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Were there any tickets left for the Quad Bill in February with Rojo/Polunin in Marguerite and Armand? A sprinkling of the most expensive ones - but even those were going fast ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 ^^ Thank you Anne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Have any ordinary Friends received Period 2 tickets yet? I don't remember waiting this long before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Anne - I only managed to book 1 (SC standing) - it hasn't arrived yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Mine haven't arrived either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Anne - I only managed to book 1 (SC standing) - it hasn't arrived yet. What rotten luck! We always suspect they release these precious SCS tickets in dribs and drabs over a few days, but unless you can sit at your computer 24 hours a day you probably won't be lucky enough to spot them when they appear. I didn't have much luck with SCS this time either - nor on the phone, which is unusual - so I've spent far more than I can afford just to get *something*. But thanks for reassuring me I'm not alone in still waiting for tickets to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Mine haven't arrived either. Thanks, Lynette - it's nice not to fee alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Reynolds Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 I'm still waiting for mine, plus a rehearsal ticket booked later. I thought I might have failed to tick a box and was about to phone up to see if I had to collect them in person. So I'll wait a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_New Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I'm still waiting for my tickets to arrive too. I couldn't get any SCS either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greypuss Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I haven`t had mine yet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Have any ordinary Friends received Period 2 tickets yet? I don't remember waiting this long before! Have you checked the confirmation? I recall a while back that box office collection was the default setting for online bookings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Have you checked the confirmation? I recall a while back that box office collection was the default setting for online bookings. The default is now the billing address. If you want to change it to box office collection, you have to click on 'edit' when it first comes up. I keep forgetting to do that and have repeatedly had to phone the Box Office to get them to change it for me. I much prefer to pick up my tickets in person, especially when there are a lot of them. When they're posting them they sometimes put too many in the envelope and it comes unstuck! Edited October 1, 2012 by Bluebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I still haven't received mine, glad to know I'm not alone, taking so long I could have picked them up at the Box Office next week. I've actually been waiting in because the postman will keep putting letters half in and half out of the letterbox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 The default is now the billing address. If you want to change it to box office collection, you have to click on 'edit' when it first comes up. I keep forgetting to do that and have repeatedly had to phone the Box Office to get them to change it for me. I much prefer to pick up my tickets in person, especially when there are a lot of them. When they're posting them they sometimes put too many in the envelope and it comes unstuck! Thanks Bluebird. I wasn't sure, so I thought it would be useful for people to check to be on the safe side. I complained about the envelope issue and now our tickets are set out in a bigger envelope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Period 2 tickets arrived this morning. Hope everyone else has got theirs too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Yes I got mine today too, 3 separate bookings combined in one envelope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Anyone know how many Stalls Circle standing tickets were released for online Friends booking? Today Friends were able to buy extra tickets for the Period 2 performances. Given the scarcity of Stalls Circle Standing tickets during the initial Priority Booking period and also given the fact that the allocation of tickets this time had been very generous, I was extremely surprised to find that there were a number of SCS tickets available this afternoon for some Onegin performances. I have no way of knowing when these tickets were released as it is at least 2 weeks since I last checked but it does seem very strange that they weren't available when Friends did their initial booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Today Friends were able to buy extra tickets for the Period 2 performances. Given the scarcity of Stalls Circle Standing tickets during the initial Priority Booking period and also given the fact that the allocation of tickets this time had been very generous, I was extremely surprised to find that there were a number of SCS tickets available this afternoon for some Onegin performances. I have no way of knowing when these tickets were released as it is at least 2 weeks since I last checked but it does seem very strange that they weren't available when Friends did their initial booking. As we've long suspected, the ROH releases these SCS tickets over a period of time after Friends' booking opens - but the timing is rather random, it would seem! Incidentally, Onegin was the one programme I managed to book SCS tickets for on the day - there was nothing for the other programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I exchanged emails with Susan Fisher the day after Friends booking. - She confirmed that on Friends booking day some performances had no SC standing available - as higher Friends had booked them all. - For last booking period the allowance was very generous.- She gave no indication that tickets would be released prior to Public Booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I exchanged emails with Susan Fisher the day after Friends booking. - She confirmed that on Friends booking day some performances had no SC standing available - as higher Friends had booked them all. - For last booking period the allowance was very generous.- She gave no indication that tickets would be released prior to Public Booking. So the moral of this story is that in order to get cheap tickets you have to fork out £1600 + (or something like that) to be a "higher friend". Strange system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 The limit on Friends priority tickets for the RB Ashton mixed bill appears to have gone now we're into the period for buying additional tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Although the limit for the Ashton was 4, I wasn't able to buy a third ticket until about a week after the booking opened, another little oddity this time round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Public Booking today - Did anyone manage to get any SC standing for any Triple Bill performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneL Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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