How does the Mastercard pre-sale work on Ticketmaster?
With so many pre-sales, it can be tricky to know how each one works. Here's everything you need to know about the Mastercard pre-sale at Ticketmaster.
What is your most memorable live music performance?
For our RadioTimes.com Digital Writers, the experiences vary between hearing CMAT's cover of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, listening to Mr Blue Sky by ELO at Glastonbury, watching Red Hot Chili Peppers and Eminem at Leeds Festival as a teenager.
When it comes to securing concert tickets, it's a lot harder than it used to be as demand is higher. Because of this, we're seeing sites like Ticketmaster introduce registration for artists such as Beyoncé, Olivia Rodrigo, Oasis and Pink.
As well as registering for tickets, another way of improving your chances of getting tickets is going via pre-sales, such as O2 Priority, Mastercard, Artist and Venue pre-sales.
The Going Out team have already covered how does the O2 Priority pre-sale work on Ticketmaster, how does the American Express pre-sale work on Ticketmaster, and how to get Ticketmaster pre-sale. Now, we're moving onto how does the Mastercard pre-sale work on Ticketmaster — let's get to it!
Be sure to check out how to get Beyoncé tickets for her Cowboy Carter tour.
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- How does a Mastercard pre-sale work?
- What to do Mastercard cardholders need to do to get pre-sale tickets?
- Is it only Ticketmaster that has Mastercard pre-sales?
How does a Mastercard pre-sale work?
The Mastercard pre-sale makes it easy for concert-lovers to access live music shows across Europe and Asia.
The Mastercard pre-sale uses Mastercard Preferred Tickets, which is a limited number of tickets set aside from the general public sale for specific tours, such as the Beyoncé Cowboy Carter tour.
It's exclusively Mastercard holders who will be able to purchase Mastercard Preferred Tickets.
For more guides like this, be sure to check out how to get cheap concert tickets and how to beat the Ticketmaster queue.
What to do Mastercard cardholders need to do to get pre-sale tickets?
So, how do Mastercard cardholders actually access the Mastercard pre-sale?
All pre-sale and Mastercard Preferred Tickets opportunities will be listed on the priceless.com site under the 'music interest' page. Once you're on the page, select the artist or the tour you're interested in, then you'll be directed to a listing of the event dates and locations for the selected tour. Once you choose your desired show and date, you'll be directed to a ticketing platform to checkout using your (shock) Mastercard.
There's no passcode required, you might just need the first six or eight digits of your Mastercard. However, we'd recommend saving your Mastercard details to your Ticketmaster account before trying for pre-sale tickets.
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Is it only Ticketmaster that has Mastercard pre-sales?
So, as we mentioned, when you select the show you're hoping to see at priceless.com, you'll be directed to a ticketing platform to checkout using your Mastercard. Such platforms include Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
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