Ticketmaster SMS VERIFICATION Receive the Ticketmaster code on a rented number.

Ticketmaster asks for a mobile number when you create an account, and it sends a code to that number to confirm it before the account can buy. It also texts the same number when you sign in from a new device, and some events deliver tickets or transfer notices through it. A rented number covers the confirmation step and keeps your personal line off a ticketing account that fills with marketing texts.

Ticketmaster runs separate sites for different countries, such as ticketmaster.co.uk, ticketmaster.de and ticketmaster.com.mx, and an account on one does not always work on another. Fans who buy for a show abroad often need an account on that country's site, and that site may expect a local number. A rented Mexican number for a concert in Mexico City is a typical case.

What Ticketmaster does with the number

The code at signup proves the number reaches a phone. After that, Ticketmaster uses the number for sign-in checks on new devices, for alerts about your orders, and on many events for mobile ticket delivery through the app. Tickets themselves live in the account, so the app shows them after you sign in with your email and password, whichever number the account holds.

Ticketmaster refuses many VoIP numbers and the shared numbers on free SMS sites, and the code never arrives on some of them. The numbers rented here come from real mobile carrier ranges. If one does not receive the code within the window, the activation cancels and the price returns to your balance.

Ticket limits apply to the person

Most events on Ticketmaster set a ticket limit, and the purchase policy applies it per customer. Ticketmaster matches orders by name, payment card, billing address and device as well as by account, and can cancel orders that go over the limit. A second number does nothing to change that, and using several accounts to buy past a limit breaks the terms you agree to at checkout.

So the reasons that work are the ordinary ones. An account on a UK or German site for a tour stop you travel to. A separate account for a small venue or promoter who tests how their event pages look to buyers. A personal account kept on a number that does not receive promotional texts from every show you ever looked at.

Keeping access after the number is gone

Once the account exists, check the email address on it and turn on any sign-in verification Ticketmaster offers by email. When you later sign in on a new phone, the code can then go to the email. If the account still insists on SMS, update the phone number to one you keep before the event, because a sign-in check on the day of a show is the worst time to lose access.

Mobile tickets are tied to the app on the phone that is signed in. Sign in on the phone you will carry to the venue a few days before the event, and confirm the tickets show up while you still have time to contact Ticketmaster support if they do not.