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Unable to add Apple Wallet Pass at this time

I have purchased movie tickets in the past from AMC and have always been able to add it to my wallet. Today when I try, I am getting the error message of "Unable to add Apple Wallet Pass at this time" and I do not know how to resolve.


iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Jul 16, 2023 6:50 AM

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Posted on Oct 11, 2023 1:02 PM

Ok found out the issue with Ticketmaster. On the ticket app and online site if you click your barcode it is a rotating ticket meaning it refreshes every 3 seconds. By the time you try and download to Apple wallet it has already rotated to a different barcode. Because of this you are unable to download to wallet. Ticketmaster assured me that you can use the rotating ticket from the Ticketmaster app itself. Went to U2 concert over the weekend and they took barcode no problem, even though the venue requested tickets be downloaded to wallet. So on Ticketmaster, pull up your barcode and if you see the line going across it won’t be able to be downloaded. Hope that makes sense.

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Oct 11, 2023 1:02 PM in response to fredboltz

Ok found out the issue with Ticketmaster. On the ticket app and online site if you click your barcode it is a rotating ticket meaning it refreshes every 3 seconds. By the time you try and download to Apple wallet it has already rotated to a different barcode. Because of this you are unable to download to wallet. Ticketmaster assured me that you can use the rotating ticket from the Ticketmaster app itself. Went to U2 concert over the weekend and they took barcode no problem, even though the venue requested tickets be downloaded to wallet. So on Ticketmaster, pull up your barcode and if you see the line going across it won’t be able to be downloaded. Hope that makes sense.

Aug 5, 2023 7:51 AM in response to fredboltz

I’m having the same issues with livenation /Ticketmaster. It won’t let me add concert tickets even though I have in the past. Keep getting the unable to add pass message. It’s frustrating. Yes..my software is up to date and I have tried every thing under the sun to fix it. Weird thing is…I can transfer the tickets to my daughter (we share a plan) and on her phone she can save them to her wallet no problem.

Sep 25, 2023 8:45 AM in response to fredboltz

I figured out how to fix mine. Go into your settings and resolve all the red dot notifications near the top of your settings. There should be a red dot with a number 1 for example and it might something simple such as agreeing to new terms of service or updating IOS. That's what fixed it for me and I can now add my ticketmaster tickets to my wallet.

Aug 30, 2023 11:35 AM in response to Jeff Donald

I’m having difficulty adding Penn State Football tickets to my wallet for the first time ever. I updated my iOS to 16.6.


no one else in my group is having issues with the tickets. I reached out to the university and they don’t know of anyone else having an issue.


I’ve force restarted my phone multiple times, I’ve logged out of my apple account, but I don’t know what else to try.


seems to be an issue with my wallet

Sep 2, 2023 4:52 PM in response to _e__

I also got the "Sorry, pass cannot be added at this time" message when I tried to add a ticket. None of the fixes described earlier in this thread (remove expired passes, sign out of Apple ID and reboot) worked. In the end, the problem seemed to be that I was working from my Outlook mobile app, which in turn opened the link to the ticket in the Edge browser. When I worked from the email in the Apple mail app, everything worked fine.

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