QUOTE(guest @ Nov 17 2009, 11:49 PM)

Not strictly true. If you call the Royal Albert Hall, they will explain that the charity, running this event, have hired the hall for the evening and, in doing so, have appeared to have snaffled hundreds of the best seats. At no time did the hall have those seats to sell.
All very charitable, in my opinion.
If only Leukaemia Research could make money for every single unnecessary comma in this post...
It appears that you don't know for sure whether these "snaffled" seats are being used in some other way to raise money - and if a charity is organising the whole evening and has hired the venue then surely it is their perogative? After all the idea isn't to be charitable to snidey so-and-so's like the above poster, it's to raise money for said charity!