Cheap Movie Tickets with Fandango

Awhile ago I saw a post on Just Another Money Blog (which never updates anymore) about buying Fandango movie tickets online for cheap. I decided to try this out and picked up 2 movie codes worth $24 total ($12 each code) on eBay for $6.50. That’s $3.25 per movie ticket. I then redeemed the codes for 2 tickets for a showing of Borat at an AMC theater in Manhattan that would’ve normally cost me $10.50/ticket.

Normal cost $10.50/ticket
Cost with buying through eBay $3.25/ticket
Savings = $7.25/ticket

Here’s my take if you’re looking to purchase fandango tickets through eBay. Depending on supply and demand, prices fluctuate. If you do a search right now on eBay, you’ll see that prices are a little higher than the $6.50 I paid for 2 movie codes. However, at $10 for 2 codes, that’s still $5/ticket, considerably cheaper than what I would pay for tickets at my local theaters.

Here’s a workaround for some of the codes that are redeemable for rated-R movies only. I wanted to see Stranger Than Fiction which is rated pg-13. So I instead purchased tickets for Babel (R). When I arrived at the theaters, the customer service counter had no problem with exchanging my tickets.

Plan ahead and snap up fandango codes when they’re plentiful in supply to get them cheaper. Just remember that they do expire so make sure you actually have time to watch a movie.