Excelesor

I still use the old fashion way, i just stand in line to pick up my tickets. the longest ive waited the past 6 months has been 10 mins the worst but it usually averages around 5 mins. ive used online which is pointless, unless its a popular that will sellout since you have to wait in line anyways. Plus if i do watch a big release i usually show up early and i always get good seats.

BassDude

Ticket Window still. They actually should give a discount to folks who purchase online as it should save them money. (Salary, paper, ticket machines/maintenance, etc) If they do, I'll switch to the Online method in a second. Ticket window will still be used for those last minute, spur of the moment movie whims.

Joel

Call me weird. But I find one of the joy of seeing movies in theatre is the q-ing for tickets

I like it when I go early to the theatre for the most anticipated movies, get to stand at the front of the q-line, be the first one who gets the tickets .. and look at the long q behind me .. wishing them a good luck (especially at the people standing at the back of the line). Hehehe ..

Mostly some local theatres in my place don't open their lobby entrance door not until 30 minutes before the first show. So in some occasion, people will gather around the door, waiting .. and when it finally opens .. they will run like wild horses, racing to be the first who reaches the lockets. It's fun

xage

Ever since I got hooked up with Arch Light Chain of Cinemas, I purchase online with guaranteed seats and excellent Theatre Exprerience

Crocker Jarmen

When I go to the movie theater (only one in this rotten town), they ticket counter is hardly ever open. Since I never get anything at the snack bar I go to the ticket kiosk.

Also, this will sound nerdy, but I save all my movie stubs and the ticket kiosks generally print better quality tickets then the normal counter. This has been my experience in theaters across several provinces.

asianxcore

I buy them online when there is a good deal/coupon floating around or when I want to get tickets to a film I really want to see.

I buy them at the theater when I have no fear of the film selling out or if I'm seeing the film on a whim.

Why So Blu?

Online. And if the particular theater does not have online printing then I just order them and pick them up at the theater kiosk. Reserved seating is a must, though.

Michael Corvin

Online "convenience charge" = no sale

Like Ticketmaster they have it backassward. It's not "convenient" for me to waste my ink/paper($) and time ordering/printing tickets. However, it's damn convenient to have smaller lines in the lobby so people have more time to spend at the snack bar(and possibly fewer cashiers). They can shove that extra dollar per ticket.

Now the kiosk? That, I'll do.

superdeluxe

I purchase online to skip the lines etc, I think people might not all be on board because there is a extra fee in purchasing online.

Groucho

Incorrect! This is not what I do at all. I buy tickets online because my theater has reserved seats.

I'm still pissy about the "convenience charge" but I noticed the other day that they don't charge it if you use a gift card. So I think I'm going to buy some gift cards and use those to buy tickets.

Cardsfan111

I avoid buying tickets online because of the convenience fee.

bunkaroo

Yeah online fees are bullshit. I seem to recall having fees even at the kiosks but seems like that stopped.

One thing I like about using the kiosks is they can show what the theater number is. For a place like Cantera in the west burbs here, I know theaters 14-17 are the big rooms so I can choose accordingly.

fumanstan

The only time I buy tickets online is for big movies on the weekend of release. IMAX tickets for Dark Knight Rises for instance was sold out days in advance for the entire weekend.

I like using the Kiosk when I go to theaters though; everyone seems to ignore them when they're often quicker to buy your ticket rather then waiting in line.

islandclaws

I go to the window most of the time. The only time I really order them online is for midnight screenings or special events. Otherwise, I normally go to the movies when people aren't there, so lines are no issue.

Deftones

this is the correct answer

Solid Snake

the only ticket's I've ever bought online were for TDK and TDKR. Both in IMAX. Everything else I go to the booth or the kiosk. The booth on Thursdays cuz if i show them my school ID it's $3.50 otherwise..kiosk.

gp1086

I'm an AMC Stubs member, so no online fees when I buy for their theater. Even so, I only really buy online for midnight showings or if I think there's a good chance it will be sold out.

Pizza

I sort of resent having to pay a fee to be locked into a movie. Things happen and I just assume buy the ticked at the theater and save the fee. We've done the online thing a few times because we have friends that insist we do this when we go out because they're fearful they'll be a line and that the film will sell out. (Not one showing had much of line or has been even close to selling out.) If there was no fee I'd be more tempted to use it for weekend shows. It would certainly be less tempting if more folks used it and then there was a line to get your tickets.

Jay G.

fixed.

boredsilly

I bought my first online ticket to make sure I had a seat for Dark Knight Rises (turns out that wasn't necessary), and I was just baffled as to why anyone would use the service with any regularity. I get the midnight showing thing, but the fee was enough to ensure I would never use the service again outside of the most extreme of circumstances.

But I love me some kiosks. I can't recall the last time I bought a ticket from the window.

Jay G.

Last time I bought online was because I had a groupon (or similar) for $6 off each for two Fandango tickets. It was for The Avengers.

Living in NYC, theaters selling out are a definite possibility, so buying tickets in advance makes more sense than in other locations. For Dark Knight Rises, I was near the theater when we decided to go see it, so we used the kiosk to buy tickets for a later showing (basically the only one not yet sold out), went home for a while, then went back out for the show.

Ash Ketchum

I've done it on-line a few times, but these days it's ticket window only. It already costs a lot that way, but costs more when you buy it with a credit card.

I remember buying a ticket on-line for a morning show of TRANSFORMERS 3 in 3-D IMAX only to get there and finding that it was for the wrong showing in the wrong theater, so I had to go to the customer service desk to get the credit card charge canceled and buy a new ticket for the right show. (Neither show was even close to selling out, so it was a wasted effort to begin with.) When I got my credit card statement, I found I was billed twice; the original credit charge had not been rescinded.

Most expensive ticket price ever.

Goat3001

This is what I always do now. I have theaters within 3 blocks of me so I always run in, hit up the kiosk and buy tickets for a later show.

RoboDad

I never use the kiosk or buy online. We pre-buy our tickets through Costco, which saves us a couple of bucks per ticket, and there is no way to use those toward an online or kiosk purchase that I am aware of.

kd5

We never go to see new releases when they first come out ($8.50/$9.00 vs. $2.00 in a couple of weeks) so lines aren't a problem. Ticket kiosks only here. -kd5-