How do I do this? I usually have to be at the theater for the person behind the counter to scan my club card to register my points. If I didn't have to, I would do this every day. Thanks for the idea.
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MoviePass (Unlimited Films in Theaters) Drops to $9.95 a Month
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How do I do this? I usually have to be at the theater for the person behind the counter to scan my club card to register my points. If I didn't have to, I would do this every day. Thanks for the idea.
Beer Monkey
Member
If the ticket is the same price as the screening you did 'check in' to on the app they'll never know.
Their data is so messed up here (so far) that sometimes Dolby Cinema and 2D IMAX are actually allowed on the app.
Atmos is always allowed here (no upcharge) and that's all I really care about anyway. Our Dolby Cinema auditorium here is messed up with red lighting that reflects off the screen during the film.
Wow, that shit is bright. Not sure I could get used to that.
Anyway, I got an e-mail about my card shipping yesterday. Finally!
Damn. That's really bad. I can't see any hint of the under table lights at my Drafthouse while watching the movie unless i turn my head from the screen and look up and down my row. I don't even notice the ones at my own table unless I look down at my lap.
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
If I'm buying more than one ticket, can I just give them my movie pass debit card, and a second card just to pay the difference on the second ticket? Or is this against tos?
It shouldnt matter because its a debit card and a POS machine will only take whats available and make you use another card to pay the difference with a different card
dickroach
Member
yeah i dunno. I wanted to do it for one of the Ghibli movies. it was even cheaper than the regular movies for whatever reason, but i didn't risk it. their TOS implementation probably isnt too strict right now cuz they have too much shit going on, but i don't wanna risk it. it's definitely against their rules, and in their TOS there's something like "we can end your termination at any time for any reason"
Glass Shark
Banned
I will say despite the terrible customer service and the massive wait for the card, now that I actually have the thing, its revolutionary. Just since I got the card a week ago, Ive seen six movies, with at least six more planned in theaters and four more upcoming in October before Ive completely caught up on movies I want to see. By the time my next bill date rolls around I will have seen at least 18 movies in a month, saving me like $220. Thats absolutely nuts, but obviously Im not the most typical use case.
I ended up going to one of those dine-in auditoriums last night that I mentioned on the last page, and fortunately I was the only person in the showing, but I can definitely see how a full screening would be really distracting. Theres no way for servers to move to and fro delivering food and drinks without being right in your way. And theres no pencil-and-paper or electronic system for making your order, so youd also have to be talking to the server during the film.
I ended up going to one of those dine-in auditoriums last night that I mentioned on the last page, and fortunately I was the only person in the showing, but I can definitely see how a full screening would be really distracting. Theres no way for servers to move to and fro delivering food and drinks without being right in your way. And theres no pencil-and-paper or electronic system for making your order, so youd also have to be talking to the server during the film.
#sorrynotsorry
Member
This is just baffling. Were these designed by complete morons? How do you copy a super successful dine-in movie theater and then miss everything about it that makes it work? Like...surely there's some kind of explanation for this?
demosthenes
Member
To the people using this, how has it been working with friends Or reserved seats? That's what I'm most worried about.
xKilltheMx
Member
You do it at the kiosk in separate transactions. How I've done it
1) Buy my ticket with moviepass, select a seat and enter my amc stubs info. Done.
2) Buy my friends ticket,(or they can buy it at the kiosk ) , select a seat next to it and enter my stubs info.
3) Movie timeeee
The other option is to buy their ticket using the amc app when we get there so we can pick seats next to each other. It's not as quick or smooth as buying them online earlier but it works.
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
Cool, thanks!
You're just buying a ticket from the theater so sure
The Iron Yuppie
Member
Just got my card yesterday and I signed up on the 17th of August. Now I can finally go see IT!
Dr. Zombutler
Member
except buy the ticket online...
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I mean, technically it's possible if you check in first. Just against TOS I think.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
MJR still shows up for me. Sometimes the app glitches and stuff disappears.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Watching American Made and the card worked perfectly fine at the kiosk! Movie #7. Seeing movie #8 tonight (Flatliners) with a friend.
Rapscallion
Member
Coming up on 45 days (signed up on the 15th) and still no card.
It'll be 30 days since they ignored my first chat request as well.
It'll be 30 days since they ignored my first chat request as well.
jediyoshi
Member
.Second time in about a week with a MoviePass pricing error. Got a ticket to American Made and the card covered $13.19, required me to pay $1.97 out of pocket.
Not mad or anything, just makes me really curious where MoviePass is getting their (faulty) ticket price info from since theres only two showings at this theater tonight and they both cost $15.16. Weird.
Not mad or anything, just makes me really curious where MoviePass is getting their (faulty) ticket price info from since theres only two showings at this theater tonight and they both cost $15.16. Weird.
I signed up for Stubs Premier for $15 a year to earn 10x points. Went to the theatre twice and already have a $5 certificate. That is without even going and buying tickets and not going to the showing lol
MJR has had a ton of problems recently. Earlier this week I tried to reserve a seat and got an error every time through eticket.
I'll probably just start going out of my way to emagine then.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Another three days of nothing. A month since they first told me they'd fix it the same day, three messages to support... Nothing.
This all went from pretty exciting to me probably cancelling my and my wife's accounts pretty quick. If I can't use it at my preferred theater due to an app issue they aren't fixing, like they said they would, it becomes pretty worthless to me.
so for people that took 1.5 months to get their card... you basically paid for that first month of service ($9.99) and weren't actually able to go to any movies?
I still want to do this with my GF but it sounds like this company still is overwhelmed/can't actually keep up with demand.
I still want to do this with my GF but it sounds like this company still is overwhelmed/can't actually keep up with demand.
Your first month doesn't start until your receive and activate the card by using it.
It has issues last week with e-tickets all over, it's been working since Tuesday / Wednesday of this week though.
They would need to be logged in to your account on their phone (or have your phone), and it is against TOS, but otherwise there is nothing technically stopping you from doing this?
old manatee
Banned
I just checked in for Flatliners, and right after I realized that the poster in the app is from the original Julia Roberts one. I'm not actually about to see that movie in the theater am I?
please say yes.
Neither, it's a documentary about drawing
The movie pass app just doesn't have a great database/api for movie posters. It almost seems like it scrapes them from a Google image search.
Agent_Carnage
Member
Finally I got it.
Where do I go to activate the card?
Where do I go to activate the card?
