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title: "Comment by Sarthak Agarwal on \"How does BookMyShow handle concurrent bookings\" | Hashnode"
description: "Why are we using distributed locking since we are already taking care that same seats cannot be booked by different users using transaction isolation level ?"
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Comment [How does BookMyShow handle concurrent bookings](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-does-bookmyshow-handle-concurrent-bookings/6252ca4275dccb6f3431f7d4)

[Sarthak Agarwal](https://hashnode.com/@saagarwal)

[Jun 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-does-bookmyshow-handle-concurrent-bookings/6252ca4275dccb6f3431f7d4/comment/648c22f7968372cf676d8a60)

Why are we using distributed locking since we are already taking care that same seats cannot be booked by different users using transaction isolation level ?