How Do Instant Download Tickets Work

Email, Instant Download, and Mobile E-ticket Delivery Modified on: Tue, 16 May, 2017 at 9:53 AM When you purchase tickets that are marked as Email Delivery or Instant Download, you will receive an email with a link to download and print the PDF files. How to use E-Tickets: It's simple. All you need to do is follow the link to the ticket sent to you via email (for security purposes). Next, save the ticket in case of a problem, and print out the PDF file. Show up to the concert, theatre, or game with the e-ticket and present it to the usher as usual. It's that easy.

Items you will need

Email account
Adobe reader (or program that can open and read PDFs)
Printer

Airlines aren't the only companies encouraging customers to print e-tickets at home — many concert venues and sports arenas are doing the same, and ticket dealers and box offices are now charging high service fees to ship tickets the old-fashioned way. Not having an official-looking ticket arrive in the mail can take some getting used to, but printing e-tickets is easy and convenient once you understand a few guidelines.

Understand how e-tickets work. Somewhere on the ticket image will be a bar code. This bar code is essentially your ticket. The ticket-taker at the venue will scan the bar code and verify that the ticket is legitimate. Generally, each individual ticket needs its own bar code, so if you purchase two tickets to an event, your e-ticket will include two pages with separate ticket images — you'll print out two pages, so your companion has his own ticket.

Download Adobe Reader from Adobe.com, if the program is not already installed on your computer. Most e-tickets will be delivered in a PDF file. Adobe Reader opens PDFs so you can read and print them. It is free and easy to install.

Purchase your e-tickets from your selected ticket service. Make sure that the vendor is a reputable ticket broker that issues a confirmation number and contact number. When in doubt, purchase e-tickets directly from the venue's box office — most major arenas and concert halls allow online purchases through their official websites and offer e-ticketing.

Check your email. You'll be asked for your email address when you purchase your tickets, and once your purchase is complete you will receive an email with an attachment of the ticket images. Download the attachment and open up the file using Adobe Reader.

Print the attached file using your home printer. Use plain white office paper. Make sure the bar code is sharp — the rest of the pictures or words on the tickets can be slightly distorted, but the bar code needs to be clean and legible. Be sure to print out all pages that contain bar codes. Remember that each ticket has a unique bar code, so don't just print multiple copies of one ticket; print out all pages of the attachment.

On the day of the event, simply bring your printed tickets to the venue door and present them to the ticket collector.

Tips

Primary ticket services like official box offices and Ticketmaster will allow you to purchase e-tickets at any time. However, on the secondary market, discount ticket brokers like Razorgator, Ticket City or Stub Hub, will not give the option of an e-ticket until it gets very close to the day of the event. The main reason for this is to reduce the risk of scalpers selling duplicate copies of tickets to the same event.

Warnings

Do not buy e-tickets from scalpers or through free classifieds sites like Craigslist. There's no way for you to confirm that these tickets are legitimate.

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