KieraAnne said:
That's my worry too...I don't want to camp out and then wait in line...and then find out that someone online snagged my tickets just before I get to the front...I wish I had a wireless PC or something...then I could do both.
If you go brick and mortar
Find the most remote, desolate location if you want to buy tickets from a physical location. A place with a small population, some Dallas locations are far out, but with a large population (Plano, Fort Worth). Find the list, call Ticketmaster, think obscrure. Verify they are selling. Even if there is a "lottery" system, find the smallest line.
Using the phone:
You can also call the Ticketmaster # for any city, find a city that is not selling anything major Saturday morning. The line in Dallas will be packed.
Back during ZooTV, I went to rural grocery store in Marble Fallas, an hour west of Austin and got decent seats. The Erwin Center line was 500 people, the line at Marble Falls was 40 and I was in the top 10.
Using the phone and internet is the luck of the draw.
The odds of getting good seats during the general sales are slim. You game will be to get the best you can.
I would buy whatever you could, and try again during the inevitable second show.
My best advice is to join U2.com and stay a member (renew on the off years when there or no tours), eventually you will earn some level of seniority. In spite of the trouble, they have shown the "intent" to take care of veteran fan club members.