Ticket etiquette??

[Ticketsarenotfree]

So my husband and I had tickets to an event but he can't go because he's got COVID. I said on my group chat that if anyone wanted they could buy it off me at £10 discount. A 'friend' then put a laughing emoji and said I must be joking.

I don't want to go on my own, but I also don't want to lose money. What's the etiquette here, am I supposed to just give the ticket away?

Id have totally paid to go to see something I wanted instead of expecting someone to take me out.

I agree though £10 off 60 is still a bit steep unless it's a super sought after event that sold out. Half price would give you more of a chance for someone taking you up on oyur offer.

You offer the ticket free to a friend!

Of course you give it away. Otherwise it would just sit there empty.

You can try and sell to a stranger, but if inviting a friend to keep you company, then it's ridiculous to ask them to pay. A tenner off is just embarrassing tbh.

Tbh unless it's a ticket for Taylor Swift etc I'd offer it half price or free to a friend. £10 off it's not worth it.

Well, your husband didn't need to take a Covid test.
He could have gone with you.
You could have gone on your own.
So, if I were that desperate for company, I'd have offered the ticket for free (given that the money was already spent), and maybe asked my companion to buy me a 🍷at the event.

Me too. Chances are no one is available at short notice anyway.

I have a friend who has done this a few times and offered the tickets at the price paid when there are loads massively discounted on Twickets.

You have an item you offered to sell it, you do not ever have to offer it free.

There is no etiquette, you can try and sell anything you want thats yours... some people sell used knickers and bath water lol.

For what its worth when I was younger it was common that someone would drop out and someone else would be offered as next in line and yes we ALWAYS paid... why on earth wouldn't you.

The option is to pay for it or to turn it down... there no option to demand it for free.

You can't make someone pay the price you want to go with you, so your options are:

• don't sell the other ticket and go alone
• don't sell the other ticket so don't go because you don't want to go alone
• sell the other ticket at less and go with someone

You aren't "unreasonable" and you aren't "supposed" to give the ticket away, but if no-one else wants to pay full price to go with you, that's totally fine.

You have already spent the money on the ticket so it won't matter if your husband or a friend uses the ticket. I would have offered and let them have it for free if they wanted to go with you.

I’d have offered it for free tbh. At short notice they’re doing you a favour and £10 off a £60 ticket is hardly incentive.

If it was something I'd pay £50 to go to then I'd already have my own ticket

It's just not likely that someone wants to lash out that amount of money to to go something of your choosing to keep you company and you thinking they would is honestly a bit laughable.

For free or half price or less it's much more likely. £50 is in the significant outlay box for me and I'd think most people not an amount I'd casually drop to help a friend.

Unless the tickets are sold out high demand tickets that your friends were trying to get themselves anyway (think recent Oasis debacle for example) then you would just give it to them for free for the advantage of having company.

My friend bought arena concert tickets for her and her bf which were £60 each but they broke up by the time it came around. I have no interest in said band and definitely wouldn’t pay £60 to see them off my own back but she didn’t want to go alone so she gave me the ticket and we went.

Yeah, that’s what I’d be thinking. Although I’d also expect a bigger discount on a last minute event too. Have you checked resale prices online, OP? If it isn’t sold out, there are probably big discounts now.

If I wanted to go to an event that cost £60, I would have paid full price for it. If I didn’t, then it’s not worth £50 to me either. I won’t have laughed to your face but I would have rolled my eyes as I don’t know why I would want to spend 50, my time, maybe some transport fare at a short notice as a friend’s last resort. It’s not even a personal sort of invite and I could also catch Covid, no thanks

All depends on the attraction of the event, is it sold out, or is it niche? Can you sell it privately or would you prefer not to go alone? both would infer different approaches

You offered, no one accepted, fair enough

Nothing really to see here.

For what it’s worth, if I were you, I’d have asked if anyone wanted to go with me (for free) and if I were one of your friends who did really want to go I’d have insisted on paying.