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Post by lou105 on Oct 21, 2019 18:48:58 GMT
Just had a look on the Facebook page for Kids Week, as that seems to carry on through the year discussing family theatre trips. Someone had asked this question, and Official London Theatre replied:
"Hi everyone, we haven't yet released the dates for our New Year Sale but we can tell you that tickets will go on sale from early December. Make sure you're signed up to our emails to be the first to know when the dates go live. You can sign up here:https://officiallondontheatre.com/newsletter"
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 21, 2019 22:41:19 GMT
GILT is a good time to snag a Lion King ticket, if you want to see it, only time you get a mean a discount.
Tina is likely to appear, as it up is now struggling to shift tickets, hence recent adverts. I wonder if Book of the Mormon will finally succumb,
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Post by edi on Oct 25, 2019 12:48:00 GMT
I want to get phantom as I cannot see any other way of getting a discount on it.
I have John Lewis card so hopefully I stand a chance for decent seats for max £30
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Post by alece10 on Oct 25, 2019 15:11:10 GMT
I want to get phantom as I cannot see any other way of getting a discount on it. I have John Lewis card so hopefully I stand a chance for decent seats for max £30 What's the significance of the John Lewis card? Do you get priority booking or something? |
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Post by edi on Oct 25, 2019 16:21:32 GMT
I want to get phantom as I cannot see any other way of getting a discount on it. I have John Lewis card so hopefully I stand a chance for decent seats for max £30 What's the significance of the John Lewis card? Do you get priority booking or something? quote from the FAQs on last year's GILT website: "John Lewis & Waitrose Partnership Card customers can secure seats early" |
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Post by alece10 on Oct 25, 2019 17:47:08 GMT
What's the significance of the John Lewis card? Do you get priority booking or something? quote from the FAQs on last year's GILT website: "John Lewis & Waitrose Partnership Card customers can secure seats early" Thanks for that. I can use mine. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 25, 2019 18:04:05 GMT
Am I right in thinking the Partnership Card is the credit card?
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Post by edi on Oct 25, 2019 18:07:29 GMT
Am I right in thinking the Partnership Card is the credit card? oh noooo. You crashed my ambitions.. , never mind, i won't take out a credit card just to score cheap tickets LOL |
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Post by showgirl on Oct 26, 2019 4:41:44 GMT
Am I right in thinking the Partnership Card is the credit card? If it has the MasterCard logo on it, yes. Last year, John Lewis MasterCard got priority even over other mastercards. But they hadn't the courtesy or common sense to contact their customers so I learned of it here only and after the event. I am signed up for their emails but all I receive is rubbish about sporting events or expensive holidays in which I have no interest. |
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Post by showgirl on Oct 26, 2019 4:44:53 GMT
Am I right in thinking the Partnership Card is the credit card? oh noooo. You crashed my ambitions.. , never mind, i won't take out a credit card just to score cheap tickets LOL Fair enough but as I've said elsewhere, the vouchers for use in JL and Waitrose are the reason I have the card. I save mine up and have used them to "buy" a dress which was already half-price in clearance, a new GPS watch which was the model I wanted anyway (saving c £150) and most recently to reduce by more than half the price of another item of clothing. |
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Post by alece10 on Oct 26, 2019 7:00:25 GMT
I've had a JL credit card for years. Mainly use it when I buy stuff in their stores as you can build up the points. I save my vouchers for sale time. You also get, depending on how much you spend, vouchers for free tea and cake which is a nice treat.
But as others have said they dont tell card holders about GILT. This is the first time I've heard about it.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 26, 2019 14:40:22 GMT
You mean you don't make a special journey every Friday to pick up a copy of "Waitrose Weekend" in which the information appears? I'd keep that quiet if I were you, or they'll cut your card up at the till next time you shop, I'm warning you now. John Lewis for homeware. M&S for food. So not seen the mag. 😁 |
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Post by showgirl on Oct 27, 2019 4:42:13 GMT
And sometimes pricey, too! I do collect the free Waitrose paper every week but have never seen in it anything GILT-related - not even in the theatre column.
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Post by tmesis on Oct 27, 2019 8:17:27 GMT
You mean you don't make a special journey every Friday to pick up a copy of "Waitrose Weekend" in which the information appears? I'd keep that quiet if I were you, or they'll cut your card up at the till next time you shop, I'm warning you now. I'm strangely addicted to the Waitrose (& Partners, let's not forget) free rag, despite having Quentin Letts providing the theatre reviews. |
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Post by amuseical on Nov 2, 2019 22:03:44 GMT
From the SOLT website, some dates!
Shows will be announced Dec 3rd.
Mastercard booking opens Dec 6th, 10am.
General booking opens Dec 13th, also 10am.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 3, 2019 8:06:33 GMT
I got a mastercard especially for this. Yay
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2019 8:27:03 GMT
Thought it was worth a new thread as we now have dates, as pointed out by amuseical in the 2019 thread ... From the SOLT website, some dates! Shows will be announced Dec 3rd. Mastercard booking opens Dec 6th, 10am. General booking opens Dec 13th, also 10am. Useful information if you've not done it before .. the Mastercard presale is done via Priceless London. You need to create an account there, which you can do if you have any kind of Mastercard, and on the 6th there will be a presale link on Priceless which takes you to the Official London Theatre site. The presale doesn't work if you go direct to OLT. You can create a priceless account now, so worth doing it in advance so you have one less thing to worry about on the 6th! There is also (or was last year) a pre-sale for John Lewis card holders before the Mastercard presale. Presume this is the 4th or the 5th December. |
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Post by edi on Nov 3, 2019 20:04:10 GMT
I got a mastercard especially for this. Yay ha ha  I've just realized my other half's work credit card is a mastercard. It's not supposed to be used for personal reasons but we we hope work will agree to the special one off purchase. |
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Post by ftfadia on Nov 5, 2019 11:39:45 GMT
I can't remember, do they normally announce the shows before the first booking opens i.e. can you make a game plan before sales start?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 12:03:01 GMT
Yes, they will announce on the 3rd Dec - although its common for them to add more shows later too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 16:05:55 GMT
What the hell's an olt?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 16:14:13 GMT
Any speculation as to what might be included?
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Post by amuseical on Nov 6, 2019 0:07:00 GMT
Any speculation as to what might be included? Which types of shows tend to be in the sale? Ones that aren't selling well? Ones in large theatres? Or is it all sorts? Asking as a newbie at this. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2019 10:52:03 GMT
Which types of shows tend to be in the sale? Ones that aren't selling well? Ones in large theatres? Or is it all sorts? Asking as a newbie at this. All sorts! A lot of big West End shows are usually offered, including some long-runners that don't often discount (I think Phantom has in the past, for instance?). You won't see the current hot shows like Dear Evan Hansen or Hamilton, but I would expect you might see for instance Waitress or Come From Away. Some shorter runs of plays are also included, and sometimes this is shows which aren't otherwise discounting (eg last year, there were good deals on Company and the Old Vic Christmas Carol). Also some of the smaller theatres like the Royal Court often participate. ] It does vary, and the allocation varies by show - you will always pay £20, £30 or £40 but how good a deal that is will vary. Incidentally, looking back at last year, the John Lewis presale was announced on the OLT site and it isn't mentioned this year. So perhaps that is not happening. |
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Post by Sam on Nov 6, 2019 11:17:26 GMT
Either last year, or the year before, I got front row Les Mis tickets for about £40 which were half price.
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