The club would have discretionary powers and given the difficult time you've had, you wouldn't have a problem.
There is a clear correlation between the glamour/importance of the opponent we're playing and the number of empty seats. I couldn't give a flying fuck about supporters of other clubs and the media bashing us (although the club might), but there are supporters who want to go to games and often cant physically buy one despite thousands of seats not being used.
This is a problem which needs to be addressed. I think its a reasonable suggestion but I'm all ears if you've got a better solution.
If people can't go because of work, or the inconvenient kick off time, they need to pass their ticket on either to a mate or put it on the ticket exchange. They will generally know if they can't attend well in advance. Once or twice if its late notice and you cant pass it on or sell it, then there is no problem. But when people are only turning up half the time or less because they can't be arsed, they shouldn't have a season ticket in my opinion.