How Tao Meo got 16 A-Lin Kuala Lumpur tickets on Fantopia on sale day

What happened on 6 October

• The queue opened close to the hour. There was little time between the queue opening and the sale starting, so nothing could be set up after getting in.
• In the first seconds after 12 noon, almost every category already showed no seats.
• Tickets came only by keeping at it: pressing Add to cart again and again, not stopping at the first "no seats".
• By 1:30 PM, every category on Fantopia, CAT 1 to CAT 5, showed Sold Out.
• The result: Tao Meo bought 16 tickets, in 8 orders, in that general sale: every booking confirmation.

Why trying again still works

Seats that vanish in the first seconds are not all sold. Many sit in other people’s carts, not yet paid for; when a payment fails or runs out of time, those seats come back to whoever is still trying. That is our reading of why repeated Add to cart worked when everything looked gone. Fantopia does not publish how long a cart holds seats.

For the next Fantopia sale

• Log in and pre-fill your details well before the sale: the queue may open only minutes ahead. Pre-fill guarantees nothing, but it saves time at checkout.
• Settle a first and a second category before the sale. Fantopia’s own notice suggests an alternative, and in a few seconds there is no time to decide.
• When it says no seats, press Add to cart again. Do not leave or reload the queue page.
• Have a tested way to pay ready, so a seat already in your cart is not lost at checkout.
• Up to 10 tickets per transaction.

How Fantopia works from the start: our Fantopia guide.

Missed the sale?

Fantopia has added a second show, Sunday 20 December at 5 PM, on general sale Tuesday 13 October at 12 noon; the tips above are for that sale: details.

For 19 December, Fantopia has only a waitlist. Tao Meo still has CAT 4 tickets (RM600 each); our CAT 1 tickets have sold: the details are here, or message Tao Meo right on this page.

For the next concert sale in Malaysia, we can queue for you: our concert ticket queue service. We do not promise tickets; nobody can.