[throwaway049]

Glastonbury Festival does non-transferable by having a long period to register interest and upload a photo of yourself, then if you snag a ticket your photo gets printed on it and checked at the entrance.

Their primary problem was resellers - it's still a scramble when the ticket sale begins.

[oh_sigh]

Good to fight against resellers but bad for normal users - some people might get sick, or have something else come up, and not being able to give a ticket to a friend is a bad experience.

[kwhitefoot]

Glastonbury will refund the ticket minus an administration fee if you genuinely can't go because of circumstances beyond your control.

https://glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/0...

[account42]

Why should your friend get to go rather than someone who has been waiting all that time?

[throwaway049]

True. But the scalper problem was so large before that they didn't have a better option.

[Thiez]

OTOH since this scheme eliminates scalpers tickets may be significantly cheaper, which is a good experience. I imagine it is a net positive.