M18CTID
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They've probably been told by opposing clubs that they can fuck off with the idea of collecting from their ticket office as they have their own fans to staff!
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They've probably been told by opposing clubs that they can fuck off with the idea of collecting from their ticket office as they have their own fans to staff!
mrtwiceaseason
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Why would they surely this is a game that the so called points whores will have whored their tickets out to get the pointsto be able to attend.I’m surprised that there isn’t as it’s a low allocation with the game on a bank holiday weekend, makes you wonder just what games they are going to do it on.
blue_jess
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They've probably been told by opposing clrsubs that they can fuck off with the idea of collecting from their ticket office as they have their own fans to staff!
Good point. If the collection is from the home team''s box office they will have to get agreement from them to expect the extra people. Was surprised they didn't choose this game as a collection one but that could be why! Unless city are planning on sending staff to the chosen fixtures to handle it themselves but they would still need somewhere to do that.
Only away game I can think of where I had to collect was Swansea and pretty sure they only had 2 windows at the away box office which was fine then but if there are 200 or so needing to collect that's a very different matter
GortonBlue62
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Why would they surely this is a game that the so called points whores will have whored their tickets out to get the pointsto be able to attend.
The 4 times we have played Bournemouth I have only qualified once with my own points (the Monday night game in Feb 2017).
I had hoped that this time, with no points being awarded, I'd have a chance.
The fact that your helping out a mate means someone who just missed out on getting a ticket due to lack of points missed out. That's what pisses people off.I'd say that while that's generally correct it's not quite as simple as that, and the definition of a points whore for me would be someone who does what you've described all the time for pretty much every away match. I don't think it's fair to group someone in the points whore category who goes to the vast majority of away games they apply for but every now and then helps a mate out for a game that they themselves are missing. I remember there was outrage on here from certain posters when a hugely in-demand European away game sold out at high points. I think it was Barcelona first time round in 2014. I couldn't afford to go to that one but a lot of my ticketless mates were on it. I let one of them get a ticket on my seasoncard and there were posters saying that anyone helping their mates out was out of order (because of course none of those posters would ever accept a ticket off a mate would they?). Personally, I think anyone refusing to help a mate out in that situation is a bigger c*nt!
M18CTID
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The fact that your helping out a mate means someone who just missed out on getting a ticket due to lack of points missed out. That's what pisses people off.
Yeah, and those same pissed off people would never ever do such a thing would they?
If you think that's the equivalent of points whoring then you need to wind your neck in.
Oh, and while I'm on the topic of loyalty points, perhaps you can explain who ended up with my points when I applied for a Liverpool away ticket several years back through a supporters club branch and wasn't allocated the points, despite the fact I got allocated a ticket by said branch and that I'd qualified easily on my points
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The point system came in around 2002/2003 therefore no one got points . every season card holder started on equal footingIf they are struggling to get tickets for away games they must have stopped going to home and away games when the points system came in surely???
squirtyflower
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I’ve got tickets for this game twice, but not qualified when it was the two bank holiday fixtures.The 4 times we have played Bournemouth I have only qualified once with my own points (the Monday night game in Feb 2017).
I had hoped that this time, with no points being awarded, I'd have a chance.
Although I’m well aware of others that went with less than half the points I had at the time
Wrong on both accounts.Yeah, and those same pissed off people would never ever do such a thing would they?
If you think that's the equivalent of points whoring then you need to wind your neck in.
Oh, and while I'm on the topic of loyalty points, perhaps you can explain who ended up with my points when I applied for a Liverpool away ticket several years back through a supporters club branch and wasn't allocated the points, despite the fact I got allocated a ticket by said branch and that I'd qualified easily on my points
M18CTID
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The point system came in around 2002/2003 therefore no one got points . every season card holder started on equal footing
Not quite an even footing. I think you got allocated 10 points for each away game attended the previous season that the points system came in. Which would've been the Keegan promotion season IIRC. I think I had points for about 12-14 games added. Astonishingly, while I had enough points in the 2002-03 season for both United and Liverpool away, Bolton away sold out before it got to my points
M18CTID
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Wrong on both accounts.
Ok Mr Morally Fucking Perfect
OB1
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If they are struggling to get tickets for away games they must have stopped going to home and away games when the points system came in surely???
I've had a season ticket for 47 straight seasons and went to loads of away games in 70's, especially the 80's, and 90's. I've never stopped going to away games but circumstances - primarily having a family - have meant I have not been able to attend away games anything like as much as I would have liked to since 2000.
Home games for me have been a 360 mile round trip since 1990.
My loyalty points do not reflect my loyalty to my team and I can now rarely get tickets for away games from City. I'll be at West Ham because I have bought a ticket from WHU.
That's my situation and you can tell me that it's fair that I struggle to get tickets but I won't agree: it pisses me of royally. I don't know where I'd rank if loyalty points had been going since 1972 but I'm pretty sure I'd be a hell of a lot higher in the rankings than I am now. I'm sure I'm not alone.
You'll have to take my word for it that if I was on mega points, I'd have no problem with a system that allowed other supporters with less points more of a shot at tickets than they currently get because I happen to think that would be fair.
I've had a season ticket for 47 straight seasons and went to loads of away games in 70's, especially the 80's, and 90's. I've never stopped going to away games but circumstances - primarily having a family - have meant I have not been able to attend away games anything like as much as I would have liked to since 2000.
Home games for me have been a 360 mile round trip since 1990.
My loyalty points do not reflect my loyalty to my team and I can now rarely get tickets for away games from City. I'll be at West Ham because I have bought a ticket from WHU.
That's my situation and you can tell me that it's fair that I struggle to get tickets but I won't agree: it pisses me of royally. I don't know where I'd rank if loyalty points had been going since 1972 but I'm pretty sure I'd be a hell of a lot higher in the rankings than I am now. I'm sure I'm not alone.
You'll have to take my word for it that if I was on mega points, I'd have no problem with a system that allowed other supporters with less points more of a shot at tickets than they currently get because I happen to think that would be fair.
It's unfortunate that some fans had other commitments as the points system came into play. I myself couldn't start to build up my away points until I retired in 2008. It's just a matter of plodding on until we old buggers can't go any more!
Doubt it united do it and that’s what we war trying to copy unfortunatelyThey've probably been told by opposing clubs that they can fuck off with the idea of collecting from their ticket office as they have their own fans to staff!
Not trueThe point system came in around 2002/2003 therefore no one got points . every season card holder started on equal footing
liamctid
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I've had a season ticket for 47 straight seasons and went to loads of away games in 70's, especially the 80's, and 90's. I've never stopped going to away games but circumstances - primarily having a family - have meant I have not been able to attend away games anything like as much as I would have liked to since 2000.
Home games for me have been a 360 mile round trip since 1990.
My loyalty points do not reflect my loyalty to my team and I can now rarely get tickets for away games from City. I'll be at West Ham because I have bought a ticket from WHU.
That's my situation and you can tell me that it's fair that I struggle to get tickets but I won't agree: it pisses me of royally. I don't know where I'd rank if loyalty points had been going since 1972 but I'm pretty sure I'd be a hell of a lot higher in the rankings than I am now. I'm sure I'm not alone.
You'll have to take my word for it that if I was on mega points, I'd have no problem with a system that allowed other supporters with less points more of a shot at tickets than they currently get because I happen to think that would be fair.
Which is why they've stopped calling them loyalty points and they're now just ticket points.
This thread will keep going round and round in circles but it will always come back to the following:
We have had a system in place for almost 20 years
There are around 700 people who are top of the tree
Most seasons we have at least 7 or 8 league games that go to general sale
The only time people with lesser points feel that "the system doesn't work" is when they cannot get a ticket for Old Trafford/Anfield/cup game with small allocation.
M18CTID
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Doubt it united do it and that’s what we war trying to copy unfortunately
Did United have their fans collecting from the opposing team's ticket office though, or was it from a location nearby?
OB1
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Which is why they've stopped calling them loyalty points and they're now just ticket points.
This thread will keep going round and round in circles but it will always come back to the following:
We have had a system in place for almost 20 years
There are around 700 people who are top of the tree
Most seasons we have at least 7 or 8 league games that go to general sale
The only time people with lesser points feel that "the system doesn't work" is when they cannot get a ticket for Old Trafford/Anfield/cup game with small allocation.
Wrong.
I have no problem not going to Anfield: my car would get wrecked if I parked it near there, given my number plate.
I'd like to be able to go to the odd league game at the Swamp as I've not been to one for many years; having once been someone who never missed a Derby.
However, it's games like West Ham and Bournemouth that trouble me. WHU will be third year in a row I've had to sit with the Hammers' fans. Bournemouth is an absolute no hoper yet it's a decent journey for me.
Watford is probably nearest away ground to me but I've had to sit with home supporters in last two seasons. Last two league games at WBA, I've sat with their supporters.
Thank goodness Our Kid knows some Brighton season ticket holders.
GortonBlue62
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I've had a season ticket for 47 straight seasons and went to loads of away games in 70's, especially the 80's, and 90's. I've never stopped going to away games but circumstances - primarily having a family - have meant I have not been able to attend away games anything like as much as I would have liked to since 2000.
Home games for me have been a 360 mile round trip since 1990.
My loyalty points do not reflect my loyalty to my team and I can now rarely get tickets for away games from City. I'll be at West Ham because I have bought a ticket from WHU.
That's my situation and you can tell me that it's fair that I struggle to get tickets but I won't agree: it pisses me of royally. I don't know where I'd rank if loyalty points had been going since 1972 but I'm pretty sure I'd be a hell of a lot higher in the rankings than I am now. I'm sure I'm not alone.
You'll have to take my word for it that if I was on mega points, I'd have no problem with a system that allowed other supporters with less points more of a shot at tickets than they currently get because I happen to think that would be fair.
Nobody got credit for aways they did in the 70s and 80s and plenty of people on high points now, also went to lots of aways before the points system came in.
Nobody is questioning your loyalty to City, or the choices you made with respect to (I'm assuming here) earning a living and raising a family, but fact is the points system has been in operation for nearly 20 years and as such it reflects long term loyalty. The people at the top of that system deserve to be there and deserve to be at Bournemouth next month. You and I don't.
People on low points have ample opportunity to get to 12 - 15 away games a season. What they don't have is a cat in hell's chance of getting to Anfield or Old Trafford on their own points. That's fair.