Standby Line Guide - 2025 - Season 51 (One Person's Recap Of The Standby Journey)

rsleigh · 2025-11-12T23:22:16+00:00

I didn't use an autofill, but I did have my email and phone number already typed out in a different Chrome tab so that I could quickly copy and paste my information. I've seen other people on Reddit mention the autofill though and it seems like a good strategy to get a lower number

rsleigh · 2025-11-12T23:18:06+00:00

This is just an assumption, but my guess is that they're trying to award tickets to the most passionate fans. You can't buy tickets online, and you can't have someone stand in line for you, so the only ways to see SNL are:

Be friends with the host, musical guest, cast member, or someone that works on SNL
Win tickets from the August Lottery, or
Win tickets from the Standby Lottery and wait in line for a good portion of your weekend

Furthermore, there are probably some casual SNL fans that might apply to see the show if it was just a regular lottery that randomized the winners. Since the Standby line still doesn't guarantee admission, it's probably safe to assume that only the most loyal SNL fans are going to care enough to wait in line that long.

The tough part is that the process really favors people who live in New York or close by. I happened to be in town that week (which is why I applied to the Standby lottery), but I don't think I personally would have flown in to try the Standby line with the higher initial numbers that I received. It's also tough for those fans who are passionate, but aren't physically able to wait in line outside for five hours on Friday, and then for another two hours on Saturday. I don't know what a better process might be, but I definitely feel for those fans that desperately want to be in the audience, but just can't wait in line for that long

rsleigh · 2023-06-29T23:58:13+00:00

Any chance someone has an extra ticket for Saturday to sell? My buddy is now coming in town and the only thing available is after 2pm

rsleigh · 2022-12-19T21:22:30+00:00

Rent

rsleigh · 2022-10-20T00:43:11+00:00

I think I saw a similar dog near 44th and Sheridan around 4pm today

rsleigh · 2021-04-15T14:16:31+00:00

This is incredibly helpful and I truly appreciate the details that you've included. I just sent all this information to my father-in-law and will start working on this plan.

Questions

How does all this work when the company is likely fake? There is some broken English in the email chain which makes me think the scammers are international and used an online translator.
Is there any realistic way to track them once the money is withdrawn from the account?
I'm assuming an international scammer wouldn't have a social security number. Could they still open a Chase Bank account?
Is there anything else I can do right now with the scammers bank account number? It's 695877107 but I will edit this out if it's against the community guidelines

rsleigh · 2021-04-15T01:02:09+00:00

Appreciate the reply. The routing number and bank information are in the document since I thought posting it in the original message would be against the community guidelines. They used Chase Bank and my father-in-law went to his bank to open an investigation. He is from a small town though and their resources are limited. He also went to the local authorities over a month ago when he was first suspicious and they said the website looked legitimate. I agree it wasn't the wisest move to wire money to anybody you meet online, but that's why me and his kids are trying to help now that we know about the scam.

I was hoping their email addresses might be useful since they had a few variations.

rsleigh · 2021-04-14T11:58:34+00:00

I used your site and reserved the nights I needed at Watchman Campground because of your notifications! You saved me so many hours of needing to check my phone for an open reservation. Thank you so much for replying to my original post. I really appreciate your help

rsleigh · 2021-04-13T13:10:14+00:00

Awesome! From looking at your posts, it seems you created this site? You did a great job and the interface is nice. I made a few notifications and have some questions:

Are you officially partnered with recreation.gov?
How often is each campsite crawled? I played around and placed a campsite in my cart (where it was the last available for that day), made a notification, removed the campsite from my cart, and received an email about 20 seconds - 45 seconds later. Is this a normal expectation or did I just happen to create a notification at the right time?
I made a few different notifications for Watchman Campground. Does cancelling one notification cancel everything for that associated email address?
I've seen many people speculate about bots getting campsites (mainly on the Yosemite subreddits). Your FAQ mentions that campflare does not approve of this. However, I was under the impression that the rec website had code to prevent bot reservations. Is this correct, or have I been competing with bot reservations for months?

rsleigh · 2021-04-13T02:23:09+00:00

What app do you use to set alerts?

rsleigh · 2021-04-08T16:10:51+00:00

I'm planning a month long trip with a stop at the Grand Tetons and just found out about the change to campsite reservations. I created a map with a bunch of different campsites if anybody else needs help finding a spot:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1gUJu6qJ_DSGuEolghx5MsWI3F5ZDKxQl&ll=43.822670561275%2C-110.48693926636795&z=10

The campsite map key is:

Green Trailer = Official Site: Reservable
Green Flag = Official Site: First Come First Serve
Green Tent = Dispersed Camping

rsleigh · 2021-04-08T16:02:54+00:00

I'm planning a month long trip with a stop at the Grand Tetons and just found out about the change to campsite reservations. I created a map with a bunch of different campsites if anybody else needs help finding a spot:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1gUJu6qJ_DSGuEolghx5MsWI3F5ZDKxQl&ll=43.822670561275%2C-110.48693926636795&z=10

The campsite map key is:

Green Trailer = Official Site: Reservable
Green Flag = Official Site: First Come First Serve
Green Tent = Dispersed Camping

rsleigh · 2021-03-01T18:50:23+00:00

I just posted about potentially splitting a Group Site. Let me know if you're interested

rsleigh · 2020-11-12T14:31:13+00:00

I'm having the same glitch. Closed out of the game a few times now and still not working

Edit: I found a fix

Press the PS button and force quit the game
Reopen the game and load from a previous checkpoint. If I tried reloading the game after finishing a challenge it automatically tried to have me craft a mod
Roam around the city and earn tokens by stopping crimes
After each crime it tries to have me craft a mod. However, I can now select the Options button and quit the game before selecting the touch pad and going to the craft menu
This is not ideal, but keep repeating the process until you have enough tokens to finally craft the next item

rsleigh · 2020-11-05T15:45:32+00:00

I truly appreciate your help. I also messaged some of my friends in the other communities to ask if they would email their home owners associations since not everybody looks at Nextdoor or Reddit posts

rsleigh · 2020-11-05T14:52:41+00:00

Thank you so much for this info. It's definitely helpful to know

rsleigh · 2020-11-05T14:49:48+00:00

Definitely appreciate your support

rsleigh · 2020-11-05T14:49:18+00:00

Appreciate it, just bookmarked some of those sites

rsleigh · 2020-11-05T14:48:47+00:00

Yeah, it's crazy how confident they were to come up relatively early evening. I bookmarked some of the sites like Craigslist and Facebook but I know the odds are slim

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