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The Invasion 2018 / Re: Sheraton Room Bookings link

« on: September 06, 2017, 09:06:49 PM »

I've sent an email to Cecelia at the Hilton inquiring about available Gatecon rooms.  I haven't received a response yet. I hope she's still working there.

I sent her an email on August 20th. Got an out-of-office reply that she was away until Aug 28th. Still haven't received a reply from her. Sent another email today.

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The Invasion 2018 / Re: Gatecon Ticket Types & Prices 2018

« on: August 28, 2017, 07:56:38 PM »

Just curious...will row assignments be in alphabetical order except those that bought group tickets?

On page 5 in this thread Richard said ....

Your row will be assigned in the order your ticket is reserved rather than when payment has been made. This makes it fairer as it gives those that opt for payment plans the same chance as everyone else.

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The Invasion 2018 / Re: Gatecon Ticket Types & Prices 2018

« on: August 27, 2017, 08:25:26 AM »

I don't understand the purpose of having row assignment. My friends and I will still need to line up early so that we can all sit together. If there are 4 of us in our group and we are the last ones in our row to arrive into the room, there could be 3 seats empty on the left hand side of our assigned row and 1 seat empty on the right hand side of our assigned row. Therefore we are not sitting together. So attendees will still need to line up early for panels regardless of whether there is an assigned row or not just to ensure your group is siting together. You could save yourself the extra work and make it unassigned seating within the Gold / Silver / Copper tiers because there really is nothing that attendees gain by being assigned a row. Or am I missing something? Asking respectfully, because I can't wrap my head around it.

Honestly, the only reason my friends and I wanted Platinum was because of the assigned seating. So we wouldn't have to line up early to get a seat together. I understand you don't want to do assigned seating in the other tiers because you'd have to put stickers on all the chairs everyday because of the room layout changes. But couldn't you put a letter/number at the end of each row (which I assume you have to do anyway) and then people could just count the numbers of chairs from the end to find their numbered seat? And then everyone will know where their seat is for the rest of the weekend because it will be the same.

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The Invasion 2018 / Re: Gatecon Ticket Types & Prices 2018

« on: August 24, 2017, 06:58:33 PM »

So you will be assigned a row and not a seat, giving you the freedom to choose a seat within that row. Platinum ticket holders will have assigned seats as before. Your row will be assigned in the order your ticket is reserved rather than when payment has been made.

If we want to sit together (in the same row), that means our tickets will need to be ordered together, right?

If so, is there a limit on how many tickets can be purchased in one transaction? Can one person buy 4 x GOLD tickets in one transaction for themselves and 3 friends?

And with the banquet tickets, in the one transaction can the person order 4 convention tickets and 4 banquet tickets? Or do you have to purchase banquet tickets separately to the con tickets?

Sorry for all the questions. We just want to make sure the person who is purchasing on our behalf knows what they need to do.

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The Invasion 2018 / Re: Gatecon Ticket Types & Prices 2018

« on: August 18, 2017, 10:59:47 PM »

Is there any incentive to pay in full? The reason I ask is that 3 friends and I agreed to go Platinum together. We can pay the $599 via PayPal which means you'd get the money ($2,396) up front. But with a payment plan as an option, won't everyone want to go Platinum if they've got 6 months to pay off the ticket? Meaning those tickets are going to get snatched up fast.

And with there now being a limit on 2 platinum tickets per transaction, the four of us won't be seated together (as we have to make two separate transactions) and there's the possibility that two of us will miss out on platinum tickets altogether as they will be in high demand because of the payment plan option. And the whole point was for us to be able to sit together at the panels and banquet.