[justinlkarr]

As other commenters have shared, there are big disincentives for restaurants to turn people away at the door - they don't get paid, and it is negative experience for both sides (with commensurate brand effects).

Bulk-generating accounts -- email addresses, phone numbers and even credit card numbers -- is a solved problem for resellers.

In New York State, it is illegal to restrict transfer of tickets. Expect the same for reservations as this battle advances.

[lxgr]

Wow, TIL. Do you know why that's the case?

It sucks being able to not resell a ticket when plans change, but I'd assume that these days, the convenience of being able to do that is more than offset by the amount lost to scalpers.

[justinlkarr]

From the National Association of Ticket Brokers (the lobbying arm of the ticket reseller industry): https://www.protectticketrights.com/news/86/PRESS+RELEASE+NY...

(This is not my personal perspective.)

[rhizome]

Bulk generating credit card numbers that can be charged a reservation fee?

[justinlkarr]

Yes. Either through simply carrying many cards (see the binders of credit cards in documentaries on ticket resellers) or getting many numbers issued against a single account by a friendly bank. These were popular in the 00's and 10's. I expect both techniques are no longer state-of-the-art.