The First Official Waiting for Ticketmaster Diary for 2008

[NYYDragoon]

Everything seems to have cleared up.

[BrooklynBotz]

I've now been waiting for 2 hours. WTF?

[BrooklynBotz]

Everything seems to have cleared up.

really? not for me or my wife. This is beyond frustrating.

[RI Dawg]

I tried getting a regular plan -- the sunday ticket package and it wouldnt let me cuz I have never bought season ticekts before and told me i had to wait till Feb........wtf is up with that?

[BBombers85]

I tried getting a regular plan -- the sunday ticket package and it wouldnt let me cuz I have never bought season ticekts before and told me i had to wait till Feb........wtf is up with that?

Thats pretty standard. You need to put in a deposit first and then wait after season ticket holders pay their invoices and then they contact you once availability is assessed.

[RI Dawg]

Thats pretty standard. You need to put in a deposit first and then wait after season ticket holders pay their invoices and then they contact you once availability is assessed.

It wouldnt let me do anything, it gave me an error message because i didnt have some sort of account (sorry new to trying to get ticket plans)

[LDG]

I was in the queue for a Fuji pack from 10:30-12:00...no luck getting off the Searching page.

[BBombers85]

I was in the queue for a Fuji pack from 10:30-12:00...no luck getting off the Searching page.

Based on what I've read here do you guys think that this is due to immense demand (i.e. hundreds of people trying to purchase these packs) or ticketmaster just being ticketmaster?

[goyankees]

started at 10, finally got the the fujifilm pack for 2 at 1:20 pm. at first i just kept waiting and finally decided to close the window once in a while and start over (repeat one million times lol). i actually had both ff and ie open.

good luck everyone.

[BrooklynBotz]

My wife got us the Fuji pack. Terrible seats but for $5 I can't really complain.

[chelloveck]

I got through on the Fuji pack but best seats available were tier reserved row e section 35.... the very corner of the stadium upper deck. I let them go.

[stillma7ic]

i got holiday pack #6, the one with 2 sox games

section 31..lol oh well, i will cherish being there

[gregzzy22]

WOW. I have very high hopes for when individual games go on sale but this thread is crushing them. if the holiday packs are this hard to get i can forget about opening day and any mets or sox games.

[Dog Named Fred]

WOW. I have very high hopes for when individual games go on sale but this thread is crushing them. if the holiday packs are this hard to get i can forget about opening day and any mets or sox games.

I would think that's right, but I was shocked that Opening Day was even available in a holiday pack. In fact, virtually every highly desirable game was available today, including OTD, all of the Mets games and all of the Red Sox games.

Noticably absent from all of the packs are all three of the final regular season games. Yankees must be planning an impressive weekend.

[a-RobinsonCano-Fan]

I was just psyched to get out of work all day and have a voice mail from my friend that said he got us 2 fuji film tix.

glad i didnt have to wait in this

[shum87nyy]

Did anyone order the yankees holiday pack last year, or does anyone know if the tickets will be here before the holiday? (I would think that "holiday packs" would be here before the holidays)

[LHG39]

I started trying at 9:55 AM and finally got to the ticket page at 11:30. I purchased 2 seats in the Fuji Pack in Tier Box 668. It is hard to argue with seats that sell in other plans for $40 a pop for $6.59 a ticket!

[bostonyankeefan]

WOW. I have very high hopes for when individual games go on sale but this thread is crushing them. if the holiday packs are this hard to get i can forget about opening day and any mets or sox games.

I don't know about opening day, but tickets for the Sox and other teams were released at different points during the season last year, so don't assume that you will be shut out. I passed on a Holiday Pack this year because I did not like the seating choices. Based on my experience last year, I think that better seats will become available for the premium games as the season progresses. Since it is the final year of the stadium, I suppose ticket demand could go up, and I'll be stuck with ebay or stubhub.