If you leave your concert and game tickets to the last possible moment, Gametime is the app that quietly rewards that habit. The mobile-first marketplace specializes in same-day and last-minute seats across sports, music and theater, and for September 2026 there’s a handful of promo codes and credits worth pocketing before you check out.
The headline offer targets first-time buyers. Enter the code SAVE20 at checkout — or drop it into your user profile beforehand — and you’ll get $20 off a first purchase of $200 or more. It works across categories, so it applies equally to MLB, NBA and NFL games, live theater and major concerts. Just note the minimum spend: fall short of $200 and the code simply won’t apply.
There’s also a referral angle. Once you’ve created an account in the app, Gametime hands you a unique share code. When a friend uses it for their first purchase of $10 or more, they save $5 and you bank $5 in Gametime credits. Each code is good for one redemption per user, and you can spread it via email, social media or your own blog. What you can’t do is post it on sites where you’re merely a contributor — think Wikipedia or coupon aggregators. Break that rule and you risk losing your credits or your account.
The price guarantee is the sleeper feature. Find the identical tickets cheaper elsewhere and Gametime says it’ll credit you 110% of the difference. The catch is in the fine print: you need timestamped screenshots of both prices captured within two hours of your purchase, the lower price has to still be live when you file the claim, and it must be the final checkout price. It also has to match exactly — same event, date, section, row and ticket count.
A few price sources are explicitly off the table:
- Discounted rates for AARP, AAA, military members and corporate customers
- Prices locked behind loyalty programs, contests or travel packages
- Mystery-booking apps that hide the event until after you pay
- Name-your-own-price sites and any offer that requires calling for a quote
Beyond the codes, Gametime leans on push notifications and email to serve up personalized offers based on your city, and it drops flash promo codes to its social media followers — the usual spot to catch seasonal pushes like holiday and Black Friday sales.
If a code refuses to work, run through the basics first. Make sure you’re logged in, since guest checkout doesn’t always support discount codes. Confirm you’ve hit any minimum spend, and watch for stray spaces when pasting. If it still fails, the promotion may simply be dead — Gametime reserves the right to pull codes at any time, so deals you saw advertised yesterday can vanish without warning.
