Tips on how to successfully buy K-pop concert tickets online

friends always get their desired tickets when they’re checked-in at these establishments. Also, one of these hotels allows people to access their internet as long as you’re inside the premises. You don’t need to check in but unless you’re seated in one of their restaurants, you can’t whip out your laptop and start buying tickets. A word of caution though: Sharing your private information, such as credit card details, can pose data security risks so you might need to take this into consideration.

SCORING tickets to K-pop concerts has been difficult even before the pandemic. During EXO’s last concert in the Philippines in 2019, fans camped outside the MOA Arena as early as three days before ticket selling.

Due of the pandemic, more people got into K-pop and tickets today are even more challenging to obtain.

I remember that so many colleagues were asking me how to get complimentary tickets for Seventeen’s concerts in the Philippines last year. I told them that even buying those precious tickets was hard.

Not a lot of K-pop fans camp out these days. Most of them go online to buy tickets, but believe me when I say that it’s a bloodbath out there. If your internet connection is not consistently strong, you simply don’t stand a chance.

That said, I talked to longtime K-pop fans and asked them for tips on how to buy concert tickets online without ending up exhausted, crying, or both. But, if you’re on TikTok, you know that ticket-selling days always have people bursting in tears either way, whether they get tickets or not.

To secure tickets online, K-pop diehards said that it would be helpful to have an account with the selling platform (SM Tickets or Ticketnet). Next, always remember to use credit and debit cards and e-wallet apps like GCash.

Here are the other tips to help you get those coveted concert tickets:

■ Be sure about your desired seat but also have Plans A, B, and C ready. Most fans now want VIP standing or VIP soundcheck for obvious reasons but let me tell you that those tickets are the first to go. There are also slots allocated for sponsors and there are house seats (for the owners or management of the venues), so there are thousands of you vying for a few slots. General Admission and Upper Box also sell out quicker than other tiers.

■ Make sure your connection is good and strong. Some of my friends check in at hotels in BGC and Alabang. I don’t want to put their names here but these hotels have really strong internet and my

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