Who's going for Countdown Live '14-'15 ?

[Chris85]

I didn't win any tickets for 31, oh well. I'll buy one on Yahoo or at reseller store.

[hayasaki]

Me too! I tried to enter a ballot for the 31st but unfortunately I didn't win. Anyway, i'm finalizing my Tokyo trip this weekend and i'm just gonna attend the 30th show. hope someone will make an AHS banner there in yoyogi to represent all of us )

[Earth_maiden]

Ergh, defeated AGAIN.

[YuraiNamida]

I'm sorry Earth Maiden. I was really hoping to win a ticket for the 31st on the second round so that I could sell you the ticket for the 29th but I lost again. :\

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by YuraiNamida

I'm sorry Earth Maiden. I was really hoping to win a ticket for the 31st on the second round so that I could sell you the ticket for the 29th but I lost again. :\

Thank you so much for that, I appreciate it! I think I will have a browse of YAJ, but I'm probably just going to wait until I get to Japan and go to the reseller shops and try my luck. I got a decent seat on the 31st for 20,000 yen so I'm hopeful I can get something similar for the 29th.

[Chef+Vanny]

I got none of the dates, gonna search online soon hoping to go 30th and 31st but if budget becomes a problem, I would find 31st instead

[pimenta]

I couldn't get tickets for any of the dates again ;_;
I guess I'll have to try getting the tickets when the general sales start...

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by pimenta

I couldn't get tickets for any of the dates again ;_;
I guess I'll have to try getting the tickets when the general sales start...

I had experience with general public lottery last year and ended up getting the worst seat ever :-) I hope it won't to be your case.

[pimenta]

I got tickets for the 29th on the e+ 2nd round preceding lottery!!
I will also try to get general tickets for the 31st, but I'm so happy I finally have tickets for one of the dates guaranteed.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by pimenta

I got tickets for the 29th on the e+ 2nd round preceding lottery!!
I will also try to get general tickets for the 31st, but I'm so happy I finally have tickets for one of the dates guaranteed.

Congrats! I bought 31 one at Yahoo auction for 17150 yen (19 100 yen with all expenses).

[hayasaki]

Finally booked my hotel. Unfortunately not in Sakura cuz they seem pretty full during those days. Anyhow, i'll stay somewhere near Suidobashi Station from 28-31st!!! Wish I could meet you all

[Chris85]

General sale tickets for 12/31 were sold out within 1 hour on all ticket sites, impressive :-)

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Wow. Has anyone ever gotten a ticket from the "scalpers" selling them around the arena? They were all over when I was walking around for A BEST LIVE. They had lots of other ayu merch and stuff too.

[chocopockymaster]

I bought a ticket off a scalper once when I was there for AT08. I had only gotten a ticket for the second to last date, not the last date, and decided as long as I was there I might as well see the final show. It was a seat in the first row on the upper level, and I had been at the front of A block the day before, so it was nice to see the stage (and the ship ) from two very different angles. I think she sold me the ticket for 9,000 yen? So she probably only made $10-15 off me. Thanks, rando girl

[Earth_maiden]

I saw them all around at CDL12-13, but they were asking ridiculous prices. I love those unofficial sellers, I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for them. On the 31st they don't allow the unofficial sellers or the ayu cars to set up near there because of hatsumode, so you can really only see them on the 29th and the 30th.

I'm sort of resigned to getting reseller tickets at this point, unless anyone here has tickets to the 29th or 30th that they don't want? I'm not really interested in going to the 31st, it was such an ordeal getting home for me last time, plus I'll be in Japan with my dad this time so I want us to be able to do something special together.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

I saw them all around at CDL12-13, but they were asking ridiculous prices. I love those unofficial sellers, I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for them. On the 31st they don't allow the unofficial sellers or the ayu cars to set up near there because of hatsumode, so you can really only see them on the 29th and the 30th.

I'm sort of resigned to getting reseller tickets at this point, unless anyone here has tickets to the 29th or 30th that they don't want? I'm not really interested in going to the 31st, it was such an ordeal getting home for me last time, plus I'll be in Japan with my dad this time so I want us to be able to do something special together.

Hey, you still can buy 29 and 30 tickets on ticket websites!!!. I failed to mention in my previous post that only 31 show was sold out.
Here's the list of them:
http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1016772
I personally recommend you http://www.cnplayguide.com/evt/evtdtl.aspx?ecd=CNI24821
because it was the only site out of 3 I tried who accepted my Russian credit card when I bought ticket for Nanase Aikawa show.

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by Chris85

Hey, you still can buy 29 and 30 tickets on ticket websites!!!. I failed to mention in my previous post that only 31 show was sold out.
Here's the list of them:
http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1016772
I personally recommend you http://www.cnplayguide.com/evt/evtdtl.aspx?ecd=CNI24821
because it was the only site out of 3 I tried who accepted my Russian credit card when I bought ticket for Nanase Aikawa show.

Oooh okay, I didn't even realize. I tried the one you recommended but it saus I need a Yahoo ID? Can I do that via English yahoo or do I need a Japanese yahoo ID?

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

Oooh okay, I didn't even realize. I tried the one you recommended but it saus I need a Yahoo ID? Can I do that via English yahoo or do I need a Japanese yahoo ID?

You just need to register normally at this site before proceeding, it didn't ask me for Yahoo account. Here's registration form link:
https://www.cnplayguide.com/mem/cpmemcgi.aspx
If it's impossible somehow and you have any Japanese friends who can help, it's possible to buy tickets through conbini loppi machine.
Here's for example code for buying at Lawson:
79900

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

I saw them all around at CDL12-13, but they were asking ridiculous prices. I love those unofficial sellers, I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for them. On the 31st they don't allow the unofficial sellers or the ayu cars to set up near there because of hatsumode, so you can really only see them on the 29th and the 30th.

I'm sort of resigned to getting reseller tickets at this point, unless anyone here has tickets to the 29th or 30th that they don't want? I'm not really interested in going to the 31st, it was such an ordeal getting home for me last time, plus I'll be in Japan with my dad this time so I want us to be able to do something special together.

Good luck! After the final show of A BEST LIVE, it took a few minutes to get out of the stadium area with all the people, but after that it was fine. Maybe the train that I was taking wasn't a popular one? Lol

I guess it's worse for New Years though?

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

Good luck! After the final show of A BEST LIVE, it took a few minutes to get out of the stadium area with all the people, but after that it was fine. Maybe the train that I was taking wasn't a popular one? Lol

I guess it's worse for New Years though?

It was because its New Year's Eve and people were queuing up for Hatsumode at Yoyogi park. The Yamanote train line had a queue of about 45 mins, which was backed up almost to the foot bridge. The bad luck was I tried to go to the right where there's a second exit that they let us through on the 29th, but they'd bolted it on the 31st and when I got there after half an hour of shuffling through the crowd, I realized it was locked so I had to wait until the crowd thinned out and go out the regular gate. THAT took an hour and it was like sardines being mushed in a can. Plus there was the train trip and walking back to the hotel, so that took me roughly 3 hours. I'm a bit traumatized actually, and its a major reason why I'm not super keen to go on the 31st this year.