Sentences with phrase «of more tickets»

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«If you are selling something lots of people want — whether it's a ride home or a ticket to a concert — you have every right to charge more for it.

Several years ago, tickets were snapped up at more than $ 1,500 apiece to spend a weekend with him (in the company of 125 other attendees).

Jamie Allen of the Asian Corporate Governance Association says the effort to get more big - ticket listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange by allowing dual - class shares has more cons than pros and could set a standard for other countries.

In addition to ticket prices and schedules, airlines compete for customers with promises of more comfortable seats, gourmet food, the latest in - flight movies, lots of legroom and other cabin amenities.

This means more than 571 plane tickets could be purchased for the price of operating Air Force One for an hour.

(The MegaDo also raised more than $ 65,000 for charity, auctioning off items like a Qantas deck of cards, British Airways pajamas, model airplanes, fluorescent yellow rain suits worn by American's ground crew, two free tickets to Europe and 60,000 American miles.)

People who can't afford traffic tickets should be required to do community service instead of having to pay fines, and we need more programs to help people deal with debt.

According to Chris Matcovich, vice president of data and communications at TiqIQ, the average ticket price for a Yankees» home game during the 2014 season increased to more than $ 217 from $ 206 within just a couple hours of the retirement news.

A new touring production and a bestselling cast album have helped sate demand, but the eye - watering prices of the rare Broadway tickets that come up suggest that, in 2016, there are few consumer drivers more potent than FOMO.

Within two hours of Jeter's announcement that 2014 will be his last season, the average ticket price for the Yankees» last regular - season game — scheduled for Sept. 28 against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park — jumped more than 160 percent to $ 803.

According to TiqIQ, the average ticket price for Jeter's last regular - season home game has already reached more than 2 1/2 times the peak average price for the final home game of all - star pitcher Mariano Rivera, who debuted with the Yankees in 1995, the same year as Jeter, and retired last year after 19 seasons with the team.

The price of a one - way plane ticket can be more than an average family's monthly food budget.

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Facebook launched its Bot Engine, full of chatbots willing to help users shop, book tickets, and much more.

As the Department of Transportation (DOT) says, «Almost any planeload of airline passengers includes some people with urgent travel needs and others who may be more concerned about the cost of their tickets than about getting to their destination on time.

If resorts no longer have the money to upgrade their lift capacity every year the way some people buy cars, they may have to improve the customer experience in other ways — for example, by limiting the number of tickets sold on any one day and steering more skiers to make mid-week reservations when the slopes are wide open.

Lin - Manuel Miranda, the creator of the smash - hit musical «Hamilton,» announced on Friday the release of the «HamApp» for iPhone and Android, which will allow users to enter the lottery for $ 10 tickets to the show more easily than ever.

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As the first generation of digital natives becomes a more important consumer group, the need for seamless online ticketing experiences has become critical for venues and event organizers.

Live Nation Entertainment, which merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, is in a great position to capitalize on this trend as it owns or controls more than 100 of the most popular music venues in the country and gets a cut of ticketing fees to boot.

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening - weekend box - office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.

More than half of VIP moviegoers reserve seats hours before they get to the theatre and simply pick tickets up from automated kiosks.

cheers Gates, who notes, «I hope in 2018 there will be even more of them because a college degree is a proven ticket to a life of higher income and better opportunity.»

The tickets cost more, there's lots of waiting and inconvenience and the films usually aren't shown in venues built to actually screen movies.

It's worth noting that another Fox Searchlight film, Birdman, was among the lowest - grossing Best Picture Oscar winners of all - time, but it went on to gross more than $ 100 million worldwide, while 12 Years a Slave (another slavery - themed period drama) grossed $ 187 million in global ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo.

While her significant other has the CEO role, it's Hartz who has become the internal and external face of the online ticketing platform, now said to be worth more than $ 1 billion.

A $ 2 lottery ticket saps more of the income of someone in poverty than it does someone who makes $ 250,000 a year.

More than half the tickets cost $ 17 or less, about half the price of London 2012 tickets.

This news comes as no surprise: Fortune earlier reported that by mid-day FridayThe Force Awakens had already sold more tickets than any other movie of 2015.

Fast - forward to the first half of 2014, and Next Big Sound was following more than 1 million acts and tracking 3.3 billion fan - to - band connections, slicing and dicing the data to help labels determine which social interactions are leading indicators for ticket, merchandise and download sales.

The one winning Powerball ticket that was sold in New Hampshire is good for a $ 570 million jackpot, capping a weekend lottery jackpot haul of more than $ 1 billion.

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As the economics of the music business has undergone tectonic change, sponsorships have come to trump traditionally more important revenue streams like ticket sales and merchandise for many artists.

PeoplePerHour has a community of more than 500,000 users, but one of the main delights for customers is getting support tickets answered by myself — the CEO and founder.

Just this month, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the Harper government is giving serious thought to more lenient pot laws that would allow cops to ticket anyone caught with small amounts of pot instead of laying charges.

Yes, it's more expensive than MoviePass, but the key differentiator is the fact that you can buy movie tickets online, ahead of time.

Three such examples are Aimsio, a digital ticketing software that streamlines field operations by enabling users to file reports, dispatch resources and track project progress all from one central location; DarkVision, which developed a new ultrasound technology that allows companies to create 3D images of the inside of oil wells, enabling them to make more informed and cost - effective production decisions; and Unsist, which uses artificial intelligence to help oil and gas companies make better production and operational choices.

«Not only is the consumer going to be paying more for their gasoline but for airline tickets... The price of both jet fuel and diesel fuel continue to rise.»

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Armed with better information about flight attributes at the point of sale, consumers purchased more frequently and, with a better understanding of the value of a ticket, they were more apt to buy the pricier tickets.

You will also gain access to over 15 free Greater Vancouver Board of Trade events, as well as over $ 200 in complimentary tickets to more events.

However, cardholders who frequently shop at luxury retail chains like Saks Fifth Avenue are more likely to purchase high - ticket items regularly; therefore, it will be extremely difficult to distinguish fraudulent transactions from those of a legitimate nature, allowing criminals to abuse stolen payment cards and remain undetected for a longer period of time.

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Haircuts, restaurant meals, grass - cutting, dry cleaning, movie tickets, hotel stays, car repair — the list goes on, with services representing more than two - thirds of total spending.

These types of reward cards usually give more points when you use it for travel expenses such as plane tickets, car rentals, and fuel.

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WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife during a European trip last summer that cost taxpayers more than $ 122,000, according to a VA inspector general report released Wednesday.

For Domestic Carriage Liability for loss, delay or damage to checked baggage, or any baggage or personal item which is taken into custody by Cape Air, is limited to the fair market value at the time of the loss, damage or delay and will not exceed (except for wheelchair and other assistive devices)(1) for on - line travel solely on Cape Air with no connecting service, $ 500 per passenger; (2) for interline travel where the Cape Air flight segment is included on the same ticket as a connecting flight segment of another airline with an aircraft of more than 60 seats, $ 3400 per passenger ($ 3500 per passenger effective August 25, 2015) as per federal rules; and (3) for interline travel where the Cape Air flight segment is included on the same ticket as a connecting flight segment of another airline with an aircraft of 60 seats or less, $ 500 per passenger.

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