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Sky - two movies a month?

#1 Post by 99h13 » Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:03 pm

Hi Guys!

I've just had a shock as I logged onto sky to get the latest cinema tickets! I received the below message.

"You can book up to two different movie screenings taking place in a calendar month. There are already two movies booked under your Sky iD in June.

If you would like to book this screening then please cancel any unwanted future bookings in June by clicking the Cancel button below. Alternatively, you can book a movie taking place in a different month."

So choose your screenings wisely from now on!

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Re: Sky - two movies a month?

#2 Post by steve9872 » Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:15 pm

99h13 wrote:Hi Guys!

I've just had a shock as I logged onto sky to get the latest cinema tickets! I received the below message.

"You can book up to two different movie screenings taking place in a calendar month. There are already two movies booked under your Sky iD in June.

If you would like to book this screening then please cancel any unwanted future bookings in June by clicking the Cancel button below. Alternatively, you can book a movie taking place in a different month."

So choose your screenings wisely from now on!

Cheers
This is laughable, any sky subscriber can create up to NINE guest accounts for themselves and movie subscribers can use them to book tickets, giving themselves an absolute limit of TWENTY screenings per month. Its a nuisance restriction rather than absolute. Its too easy to get around.
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#3 Post by Lindseytonge » Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:02 pm

Disgusting... It's based on first come, so why should u p*y over £70 a month on Sky and they set u an allowance of 2 films per month! Such a joke. Another account will now be set up for this!

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#4 Post by 99h13 » Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:58 pm

Great just wish I had done it before Man of steal was released!! Missed it now Gutted!!!!
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#5 Post by blazed » Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:53 pm

Steve it's not meant to be a nuisance it's suppose to be a restriction, and if they were good at what they do they would fix that loophole straight away by restricting guest accounts from the free tickets area.

To be be honest I think it's fair play by sky, I have seen a few crying threads on the sky forums where p*ying movie customers could never secure a free a ticket by the time they came home from work as they where out of stock within a few minutes.

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#6 Post by steve9872 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:25 pm

That is down to when the tickets are released. Sky could release between six and seven pm if they wanted. Most people are home from work then.
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#7 Post by Doris » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:54 pm

I think that Sky should release tickets early evening; it is much a much fairer way.

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Re: Sky - two movies a month?

#8 Post by funthing29 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:59 pm

There was a period where Sky would release tickets just before a screening was due to start ie 5.30/6pm, most likely with the idea that those attending the screening would not be able to book tickets.
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Re: Sky - two movies a month?

#9 Post by Sunny Saver » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:06 pm

funthing29 wrote:There was a period where Sky would release tickets just before a screening was due to start ie 5.30/6pm, most likely with the idea that those attending the screening would not be able to book tickets.
Doris should be familiar with that system - I'd be at the screening and she'd be at home waiting patiently to book tickets for my next screening... ahhh the drawbacks of living in the stix! :kiss: :kiss: :kiss:

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Re: Sky - two movies a month?

#10 Post by Doris » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:33 pm

Sunny Saver wrote:
funthing29 wrote:There was a period where Sky would release tickets just before a screening was due to start ie 5.30/6pm, most likely with the idea that those attending the screening would not be able to book tickets.
Doris should be familiar with that system - I'd be at the screening and she'd be at home waiting patiently to book tickets for my next screening... ahhh the drawbacks of living in the stix! :kiss: :kiss: :kiss:
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