Spent over $2,000 for airfare and hotel for my wife and myself but couldn't get a tic

[Shiveria]

lol y buy the stuff first?

[Sepix]

Flights don't double in price in 2 weeks time. Especially not that far in advance.
What people never do is delete their cookies when revisiting the sites that sell airplane tickets. The more often you visit the higher the prices go. Delete your cookies and save a fortune. Its amazing how little people know this.

[Chiffre]

I plan to go to London and hope to get tickets but i will only buy Train and Hotel if I know I got the tickets.
Now u know for next time to wait a while.

[16bitBounty]

It's Vegas, stumble in drunk with no pants on and just go with it.

[Punkin]

@Talimore Did you get tickets yesterday? I hope you did. I got our tickets yesterday.

[Eijii]

make the best of it, go on the trip anyway... lots of things to do in Vegas lol

[SeekerScorpio]

Yup, i got my tickets this past Tuesday, NOW I'm getting hotel stuff started (driving up).

[n1MB1s]

Spent over $2,000 for airfair and hotel for my wife and myself but couldn't get a ticket because of all the lag..... I live in the upper east cost so airfare was expensive. How many more tickets are going to be available? As a paid subscriber of FFXIV since buying the original FFXIV collectors edition (1.0) and paying even since, I feel the tickets should all be reserved for loyal subscribers. Why would someone not playing this game want to go anyway?

Just needed a place to rant, anyone's opinions are welcome. Thank you.

You end up finding tickets to Fan Fest?

[Kos_Mos]

We booked our hotel in advance before getting the tickets as well. The month before the tickets went on sale, the Rio Hotels site had a 50% rooms booked for October sale. (Figured this was a sign!) Best tip is if you're going to book your hotel and travel for convention before getting the tickets is to make sure that what you book can be canceled with no penalty after the point of when the tickets go on sale so you know you're going or not. Both my husband and I are going, we were lucky enough to get 2 of the advanced sale tickets.

Trip cost:
Round-trip Travel from Midwest area to Vegas - $440
Rio Hotel for 3 nights - $470
FanFest Tickets - $240
Total - $1,150 for 2 people

[Frisque]

Since you guys are gonna be in Vegas anyway, you may as well bum around the Rio. I mean, only the event-specific stuff will be ticket holder locked (Assumption based on prior events like SOE Fan Faire), and most of the folks who are going aren't just gonna stay cooped up in their rooms (we certainly won't!) So you'll probably still be able to see some costumes, meet some great people, moan about Coils/Hunts/Sands/Primals over drinks with other people, and maybe even see knee socks with Soken!