Program has now expired.
Fandago has launched their loyalty program called ‘Fandango VIP+‘. The program is pretty simple:
- Each ticket purchased earns 150 points
- 600 points is worth a $6 reward that can be used towards tickets, move streaming or merchandise
The downside to the program is that after you earn 600 points you have only 14 days to redeem the $6 reward otherwise it expires. That’s a ridiculous expiration policy. The loyalty program itself has an expiration date as it will end on August 31st, 2018 (although they might expand or change it, in which case points will roll over). This is more of a limited time promotion than a loyalty program really. To make matters even worse when you redeem your points towards a movie ticket you receive a ‘discount award’, this is really a promo code that can’t be combined with any other promo codes or discounts. Your $6 can’t be used towards gift cards either before you get any ideas.
Fandango is in a tight spot at the moment, they are facing competition cinema subscription options such as MoviePass & Sinemia and at the same time the studios are pouring money into AtomTickets as a direct competitor. I don’t think this loyalty program is going to do much to make Fandango a more attractive option.
