Netizens Suggest Skipping India For Abu Dhabi Coldplay Concert As Scalpers Sell Tickets For Lakhs

Trying to book tickets for Coldplay concerts in Navi Mumbai was nothing less than an Adventure of a Lifetime. While waiting in queues and seeing lakhs of people ahead of us on the official BookMyShow website and mobile app, we felt Lost! Most fans could not purchase tickets from the platform. Unfortunately, black marketers are selling these highly-anticipated tickets at exorbitant prices. We are shhoketh seeing the surged costs.

Scalpers Are Selling Coldplay Concert Tickets For Lakhs

An Instagram post by AWSP (@andheriwestshitposting) highlighted what can be done instead of buying tickets in black.

 

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According to BookMyShow, tickets started at ₹2,500. The highest-priced tickets were for ₹35,000. Scalpers are playing the real game selling these Coldplay concert tickets for lakhs. According to several posts on social media, each ticket is priced at more than ₹2 lakhs and ₹3 lakhs by black marketers. Imagine spending these hefty amounts to attend a concert in your own country. If you are ready to spend lakhs on your ticket, we have a better plan to recommend.

According to the Instagram post, an individual can conveniently travel to Abu Dhabi from India, stay in comfortable hotels, indulge in gastronomic culinary experiences, attend the Coldplay concert, explore touristy destinations, and still save money. Pheewwww! Now that’s a lot of fun activities to add to the itinerary, right?

For each traveller, return flight tickets between Abu Dhabi and Mumbai cost around ₹22,000. ₹5,000 is needed for airport transfers. For a 72-hour stay, visa costs ₹3,000. The most important expenditure, each ticket is about ₹50,000 (assumptions for mid-tier tickets). Spending 2 nights at 3-star premium hotels requires around ₹35,000. Indulge in lavish feasts and relish gourmet meals at premium places for ₹20,000. You can splurge around ₹15,000 on alcohol and smoking. Tourists likely spend ₹10,000 for Abu Dhabi city travel. Expect another cost of ₹10,000 for sightseeing. Lastly, it can cost about ₹800 to travel to the Mumbai airport from your home and return. All these can be done comfortably under ₹170,000.

Also read: Coldplay Ticket Chaos: Fans Frustrated As BookMyShow Crashes, No Ticket Updates Post 12 PM

Disheartened To Not Getting To Hear Fix You Live

It has been a series of sad events. What began with a miserable crash on the platform continued to waiting in queues for a long time and seeing tickets getting sold out in minutes.

Sunday did not Sunday-ed the way we expected.

Also read: It’s Going To Be A Sky Full Of Stars As Coldplay Is Heading To Abu Dhabi With ‘Music of the Spheres’ World Tour

Did you manage to book tickets on BookMyShow?

Cover Image Courtesy: Instagram/ Coldplay (@coldplay)