AMC’s introducing a new tiered pricing structure.
about the new program, Eliot Hamlisch, AMC’s chief marketing officer, described Sightline as an effort to get consumers thinking about buying movie tickets the same way they might events at “many other entertainment venues.” Hamlisch also said that the new pricing structure is meant to give people who have particular seats they like a better shot at securing them and noted that some seats will become less expensive.
“While every seat at AMC delivers an amazing moviegoing experience, we know there are some moviegoers who prioritize their specific seat and others who prioritize value moviegoing,” Hamlisch said. “Sightline at AMC accommodates both sentiments to help ensure that our guests have more control over their experience, so that every trip to an AMC is a great one.”
Sightline’s three tiers — Value Sightline, Standard Sightline, and Preferred Sightline — each come with their own benefits at different price points. Value Sightline, which will consist of seats “in the front row of the auditorium, as well as select ADA seats” will be the cheapest option and will only be made available to members of AMC’s Stubs rewards program. Standard Sightline, “the most common” seats in theaters, will be available to everyone and cost the same price as regular tickets.
Assigned seating in movie theaters has become fairly commonplace in recent years, but the same is less true of tiered pricing for screenings that aren’t exactly offering up all that much of a different experience at those different price points.
Especially at screenings that aren’t full, it’s difficult to imagine how AMC plans to make sure that Value Sightline folks don’t end up sitting in Preferred seats. But it won’t be too long to see how the program shakes out, as AMC
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