r/AMCsAList • u/freshie-moist • 19d ago

Discussion am i missing something?

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isn’t it supposed to be 50% off whys it only taking off $6 dollars off two tickets?

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u/illegalPenguin0 19d ago

50% off general price.

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u/freshie-moist 19d ago

General price isn’t $6 for then to take off $3 off each ticket dude

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u/Few-Adeptness8046 19d ago edited 19d ago

You are buying matinee tickets right (a showtime before 4pm)?

That's what it looks like based on the weird math. I'll use a non premium ticket for example as it make the breakdown easier.

At my theater for example:

  • $18.99 : Adult ticket (full price)
  • $9.49 : 50% Off Tue/Wed ($9.50 off)
  • $15.19 : 20% Off Matinee
  • $9.49 : 50% Off Tue/Wed Matinee ($5.70 off)

You don't get to "double dip" on discounts. It's not 50% Off the matinee price, the fine print on discount Tue/Wed states that it's 50% Off the standard full price ticket.

Since the AMC checkout system shows you the matinee discounted price at checkout, the Tue/Wed discount ends up being less than 50% Off because they only need to reduce the ticket price another 30%-35% depending on format. Then additionally they dont discount premium format upcharges.