Despite repeatedly refreshing Ticketmaster for hours and hr in your hopeless attempts to buyHamiltontickets , there ’s a beneficial chance you overlook a surprisal that might be wait in your news report right now : free ticketsfor concerts and events .
As part of a settlement in a class - action lawsuit accusing Ticketmaster of charge excessive fee , the party is pay out millions of dollars worth of free tickets and discounts to customers , according to areportby Gawker . Specifically , if you ’re one of the 50 million people who bought tickets on Ticketmaster betweenOctober 21 , 1999 and February 27 , 2013(and paid the high fees ) , then you ’ve in all likelihood encounter a twain of tickets – or multiple pairs of tickets – in your account . In other word , you ’re about to find a little less ashamed about your euphony taste in the early-2000s . Well , possibly .
To check for the free tickets , all you have to do is access to your Ticketmaster account and click the " Active Vouchers " link on the left side of the pageboy . If you have free slate , they ’ll be listed on the Active Vouchers page as a " Free Ticket Code . " You might have also received an email about the class - action village titled " Schlesinger v. Ticketmaster Class Action Settlement – Notice Regarding Discount and Ticket Codes , " according to the study .
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Here ’s what it ’ll look like ( we covered up our code ):
Of course , the free ticket come withsome all right photographic print . For example , you ’ll only be able-bodied to pay off the codes for " eligible outcome " on a first - come , first - served basis before the expiration dates . However , it ’s currently unclear what these " eligible events " will be like because Ticketmaster is still finalizing a list for you to choose from and said you should checkthis websitefor update . As of Sunday good afternoon , there were no show or events listed .
So while it’sprobablysafe to say you wo n’t be redeem the codes for freeHamiltontickets , a free show is a free show , correct ?