Remember how Squawker Jon and I waited in the cold for two hours on Presidents’ Day to get free Mets tickets? And how I almost froze my tuchis off, the day after running a 10-mile race in single-degree weather and getting hypothermia? Anyhow, you may remember that the Mets ended up giving us a better deal on free tickets than we expected. And today was the first day we could redeem our free ticket vouchers.
We had a choice of field-level box seats in the outfield area for most Monday to Thursday Mets games from April through June. So Jon and I chose two games: Tuesday, May 17, Mets vs. Nationals (Daniel Murphy’s first game back at Citi Field!) and Thursday, June 30, Mets vs. Cubs (only time Cubs come to town this year.) The Nationals tix are in Section 130 and retail for $37 each. The Cubs tix are in Section 131 and retail for $63 each. So, yes, we ended up with $200 in tickets for waiting in the cold that day. Not too shabby!
Anyhow, there is something else I noticed about the Mets’ ticket policies. You can either print the tickets at home, or add them to Apple Wallet so you can show them on your mobile phone! Imagine that! Also, we don’t have to worry that we’ll get kicked out of our field-level seats, or that somebody will wonder if we really belong there. Amazing.
Funny that the Mets don’t seem to be worried about that massive ticket fraud problem that the Yankees are so concerned about. Or, maybe it’s that there is no problem at all in the first place! Gee, ya think?
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