Admission modes
Single entry, re-entry, and daily passes — how each ticket type behaves at the door, and the rules that make re-admission trustworthy.
How often may one ticket pass the door? That's the admission mode, set per ticket type — so a festival can sell single-entry day tickets, re-entry VIP passes, and multi-day passes side by side, and the door treats each correctly without anyone thinking.
The three modes
| Mode | Door behaviour | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Single entry | Admitted once, ever. The second scan is a duplicate. | Concerts, balls, one-off shows. |
| Re-entry | Unlimited passes — after the first admit, every further scan is a friendly readmit. | Smokers' courtyards, festival wristband equivalents, VIP. |
| Daily pass | One admission per calendar day; the next day it's fresh again. | Multi-day conferences and fairs. |
The default is single entry — the safe choice unless the event's format says otherwise.
The rules underneath
Two invariants make re-admission auditable instead of mushy:
- The first admit is forever. A ticket's scanned at timestamp is set by its first admission and never overwritten — reports always know when each guest truly arrived. Later passes of re-entry and daily tickets are recorded as readmits, derived from the mode, not edits to history.
- "Day" means the event's day. Daily passes roll over at midnight in the event's timezone — a Prague conference flips at Prague midnight no matter where the scanner device thinks it is.
Re-admission leniency applies to human scanners — a person sees the readmit verdict and waves the guest through. Machine gates add their own anti-passback timer on top, so a wristband passed back through a fence can't open an unattended turnstile twice in a minute.
Choosing well
- Mixed formats are normal: sell the main hall single entry and the afterparty re-entry — each type carries its own mode.
- Changing a type's mode mid-event applies to the next scan — tickets don't need reissuing.
- Attendance analytics counts unique arrivals by first admit, so re-entry traffic doesn't inflate your attendance numbers.