Arena Tickets Lottery
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gackt_armyI'm not sure how many official Dears we have here in the Army, but just in case there are more than a few whose Japanese may be below what is required for this ticket entry business... here's a general guideline on how to call to get your name in for the Premium Seats. (Non-Dears members are not able to use Premium tickets, even if you buy them from a Dears member; photo ID and membership cards are checked at the doors. Don't be fooled!)
The entry process for the regular tickets should follow much the same pattern when it opens up. If there are any big changes, I'll come back and edit this entry.
After you dial the number listed on the postcard you received announcing the opening of sales (the number under the blue bars of the page numbered 1), there will be an announcement. If you are calling from a land-line, the announcement says that this call will cost you 10 yen/60 seconds. If you are calling from a cell phone, it says that the call will cost you 10 yen/20 seconds. The fastest I have been able to complete an entry call is about 5 minutes. The longest one, with a mistake when I was entering numbers, was over 7 minutes. Keep that in mind and take care when you are pushing buttons!
When the charges announcement finishes, a girl will come on and talk for a minute or more about the general rules and method of applying for the tickets. There is no option to skip this spiel. You must listen to it (and subsequently pay for it) every single time you call.
The mechanical/robotic voice returns, asking for the date of the concert you are applying for, in a 4-digit format. For example, to apply for the June 14th show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, you would enter 0614. She repeats the date you entered. When you hear "yoroshikereba", you can push 1 if what she repeated was correct, push 5 if it was NOT correct and you need to change it.
Next, it will ask for your membership number. The number is printed on the address label of your postcard. Your member number (会員番号) is 9-digits long. The number next to it is your personal reservation number (受付番号) is 3-digits long. Enter your member number + the reservation number to make a 12-digit entry. The robot voice will repeat what you entered. Check it carefully (if you know your numbers in Japanese, at any rate). Again, when you hear "yoroshikereba", you can push 1 if what she repeated was correct, push 5 if it was NOT correct and you need to change it.
Next, they will explain that you are only allowed to apply for one ticket per member per show for Premium Seats, so please enter 01. The woman will repeat that you want one ticket. Push 1 to confirm that it's correct when you hear "yoroshikereba."
Finally, she will repeat all of the information (except your member number) - concert date + how many tickets. She'll say "yoroshikereba" again. Press 1 again.
At this point, they explain that you do not actually have a ticket after going through this process. Merely a chance at getting a ticket. She will give you a 10-digit reservation number. Write it down. She'll say the number two times. After she has repeated the number a second time, it asks you to input the number you just wrote down. (I've emphasized that because the English instructions I followed the last time for ticket entries skipped that instruction. Consequently, none of my reservation numbers were actually valid and I missed out on all of my chances for tickets. I only got to go to two shows because my friend had applied for 2 regular seat tickets.) Punch in your 10-digit reservation number. If all is well, the non-robot girl will come on and say that your reservation has been entered. She then carries on to explain about how to check for your tickets and when and where and what number to call. All information that is printed in your postcard. You do not have to listen to this explanation (or pay for it!). After you hear that your reservation has been made (the first 2 words after you input your number), you may hang up.
For reference, to check on the status of your tickets (or lack thereof), you dial the phone number listed under the blue bars on the postcard, listed under the page headed with a 2. The dates you can call are listed there, as well - from noon on March 9 to 11:59 PM on March 13. If you have gotten a seat, you can purchase it at Lawson's from noon on March 9 until 11 PM on March 15.
The entry process for non-premium seats will probably be very similar, except that you will be able to apply for up to 4 tickets per member per show. Telephone entry for regular seats opens at noon on March 10 and continues until 6 PM on March 16.
The entry process for the regular tickets should follow much the same pattern when it opens up. If there are any big changes, I'll come back and edit this entry.
After you dial the number listed on the postcard you received announcing the opening of sales (the number under the blue bars of the page numbered 1), there will be an announcement. If you are calling from a land-line, the announcement says that this call will cost you 10 yen/60 seconds. If you are calling from a cell phone, it says that the call will cost you 10 yen/20 seconds. The fastest I have been able to complete an entry call is about 5 minutes. The longest one, with a mistake when I was entering numbers, was over 7 minutes. Keep that in mind and take care when you are pushing buttons!
When the charges announcement finishes, a girl will come on and talk for a minute or more about the general rules and method of applying for the tickets. There is no option to skip this spiel. You must listen to it (and subsequently pay for it) every single time you call.
The mechanical/robotic voice returns, asking for the date of the concert you are applying for, in a 4-digit format. For example, to apply for the June 14th show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, you would enter 0614. She repeats the date you entered. When you hear "yoroshikereba", you can push 1 if what she repeated was correct, push 5 if it was NOT correct and you need to change it.
Next, it will ask for your membership number. The number is printed on the address label of your postcard. Your member number (会員番号) is 9-digits long. The number next to it is your personal reservation number (受付番号) is 3-digits long. Enter your member number + the reservation number to make a 12-digit entry. The robot voice will repeat what you entered. Check it carefully (if you know your numbers in Japanese, at any rate). Again, when you hear "yoroshikereba", you can push 1 if what she repeated was correct, push 5 if it was NOT correct and you need to change it.
Next, they will explain that you are only allowed to apply for one ticket per member per show for Premium Seats, so please enter 01. The woman will repeat that you want one ticket. Push 1 to confirm that it's correct when you hear "yoroshikereba."
Finally, she will repeat all of the information (except your member number) - concert date + how many tickets. She'll say "yoroshikereba" again. Press 1 again.
At this point, they explain that you do not actually have a ticket after going through this process. Merely a chance at getting a ticket. She will give you a 10-digit reservation number. Write it down. She'll say the number two times. After she has repeated the number a second time, it asks you to input the number you just wrote down. (I've emphasized that because the English instructions I followed the last time for ticket entries skipped that instruction. Consequently, none of my reservation numbers were actually valid and I missed out on all of my chances for tickets. I only got to go to two shows because my friend had applied for 2 regular seat tickets.) Punch in your 10-digit reservation number. If all is well, the non-robot girl will come on and say that your reservation has been entered. She then carries on to explain about how to check for your tickets and when and where and what number to call. All information that is printed in your postcard. You do not have to listen to this explanation (or pay for it!). After you hear that your reservation has been made (the first 2 words after you input your number), you may hang up.
For reference, to check on the status of your tickets (or lack thereof), you dial the phone number listed under the blue bars on the postcard, listed under the page headed with a 2. The dates you can call are listed there, as well - from noon on March 9 to 11:59 PM on March 13. If you have gotten a seat, you can purchase it at Lawson's from noon on March 9 until 11 PM on March 15.
The entry process for non-premium seats will probably be very similar, except that you will be able to apply for up to 4 tickets per member per show. Telephone entry for regular seats opens at noon on March 10 and continues until 6 PM on March 16.
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Date: 2009-02-25 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-25 08:17 pm (UTC)For ARASHI, there was a post card with a post office payment voucher attached. You wrote down three shows in the order of your preference (we got our 3rd choice, of course... haha), pre-paid for how many tickets you wanted. Then, the tickets kind of just showed up in the mail 2 weeks before the show we were chosen for! (Technically, there was a number that we could have called with a number from our receipt to check and see which tickets we got before they arrived at the door, but we had someone else take the money to the post office and he didn't keep the receipt!)
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Date: 2009-02-25 11:16 pm (UTC)I'm kinda hoping to go to their concert this year but I'm worried if I'll be able to get any tickets at all :/
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Date: 2009-02-26 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-25 11:20 pm (UTC)Why Japan,why??
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Date: 2009-02-26 12:39 pm (UTC)My friend and I dialed (and re-dialed) the number for L'arc~en~Ciel tickets for about 2 hours, never even getting a CONNECTION, just an "all lines are busy" message, before getting the final notification that all tickets were sold out and we could go online and be put on a waiting list for cancellations. It was *awful*.