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Scalping (or at least reselling) airline tickets used to be a thing before 9/11 when the TSA came into being and they and the airlines began requiring positive
by dreamcompiler 3y ago
Scalping (or at least reselling) airline tickets used to be a thing before 9/11 when the TSA came into being and they and the airlines began requiring positive ID to get on an airplane. Ticket reselling cost the airlines money: It made nonrefundable tickets fungible again, which the airlines hated. So the airlines loved the TSA's new positive ID policy.
Ticketmaster could do the same thing if they wanted to, but I have a feeling they don't.
- paxys 3y agoWe have been conditioned to show up at the airport hours before a flight and go through anal probes without complaining. You really think something like that would work at an arena with a hundred thousand drunk fans? Especially considering most people buy tickets as a group rather than individually.