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Buying tickets: your rights

Buying tickets: your rights

  • Which? explains how to avoid getting ripped off by ticket sellers
  • What to do if you get the wrong tickets or your tickets don't arrive
  • Your rights to a refund on your ticket if an event is cancelled or postponed
  • What extra fees ticket sellers charge you

What's in this guide

Your ticket buying rights

Which? advice on your rights when buying tickets from official sellers, resellers and touts

Ticket service charges

The extra fees ticket sellers charge when you buy tickets, and how to avoid paying them

Refunds for tickets

Getting all your money back for tickets to cancelled events may not be easy

How to complain

How to deal with common ticket-buying problems such as tickets not arriving on time

Sample letters

Two useful templates you can adapt to complain to ticket sellers about ticket problems

Ticket buying FAQs

We answer some of your frequently asked questions about ticket sellers