If you are like me you have probably heard about Movie Pass. Movie Pass allows its subscribers to see anywhere between 3 and 30 movies a month for less than the cost of one ticket per month. Sounds too good to be true right? Oh well, Movie Pass is alive and well and there is no reason to not take advantage of the great subscription service. When you pay for your movie you use a Movie Pass card that is loaded after you select which movie you want to see using the app. A common question that has been asked by Movie Pass subscribers is “can I use my movie pass card to buy concessions?”
Using Your Movie Pass Card to Get Popcorn and Drinks
I recently purchased movie pass to see if it was legit. I mean it is a little unbelievable when you first hear about it. My girlfriend and I cruised up to our local theater unsure of how the whole thing would work. We checked in to see the movie I Feel Pretty. The app notified us that our cards were loaded. We walked in and being unsure of how the process worked we asked the girl at the kiosk how the movie pass worked. We swiped our cards, following her instructions, and to my amazement we were handed our tickets and sitting in the theater watching credits in less than five minutes.
As we worked our way through the night’s advertisement queue we talked about how awesome the movie pass was. Arguably one of the greatest decisions of our life thus far. We then started thinking of ways that the Movie Pass could be manipulated. My first thought was that you may be able to purchase concessions with the movie pass card.
How to Get Concessions With a Movie Pass Card
If you were to check into a movie but instead of asking the theater for a movie ticket, you could ask for popcorn and a drink. As long as the total was less than the price of a movie ticket, you should be able to use the card to cover that cost. The problem would be that you would still need to purchase the ticket and you would not be able to check into another movie that day. So it really is not beneficial to try to use your Movie Pass card to purchase popcorn or a soda in the first place.
Another problem would be that Movie Pass likely has an algorithm in place that would see that the balance on the card was not completely exhausted. Once it saw this your account would likely be terminated leaving you with no opportunity to see movies for dirt cheap. I thought about trying this method to see if the card would even allow you to buy concessions but I had second thoughts. I did not want to risk loosing my subscription and be forced to start another subscription and wait 2 weeks for a new card to show up.
Hopefully one day Movie Pass will offer a “premium” subscription that would allow unlimited movies as well as $5-$10 spending money on concessions. It is hard to pass on getting popcorn, drinks, ICEEs or Candy when you are going to see an awesome movie. I personally would definitely fork out an extra $10 per month for a “premium” subscription that offered concession money to go along with the movie ticket. Just an idea… Maybe movie pass will think about it, but probably not.
If anyone reading this has bought concessions with their Movie Pass card or has even thought about it, comment below and share your experience; I am interested!