Buy a gift card for the theatre chain which you are wanting tickets from. When you go to buy your tickets, enter the gift card information as your form of payment, and your processing fees often disappear.
Previously, this trick worked at Cinemark. But in May, 2018, they decided to remove this capability and charge fees regardless of your payment method. The only way to avoid Cinemark fees now is to join Movie Club, which is possibly the worst customer program of any theatre out there. If you join Movie Club, there aren’t any fees. HOWEVER, in my opinion, Movie Club is not a good value – at all. Read more about Movie Club here.
Important tip: buying tickets through third party websites like Fandango means you will usually pay more fees than you would if you bought them from the theatre chain themselves.
Personally, I don’t like Fandango at all. If you ever need to exchange or return a movie ticket, theaters are much more willing and able to help you if you bought the ticket directly from them, and not from a third party. Sometimes they won’t even try if you’ve gone through a third party.
At the moment, Facebook will cover your fee’s through select sites. See the details here.