Ticket Prices

The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Isn’t that true for us when we go away though?
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that may be the case but ordinary fans can’t get away tickets.

Ive has my season ticket for four years (I actually bought it a year before I moved back to the UK) and have less than three thousand points despite being on all the Cup Schemes. I have never been to an away Premier League games because tickets are sold out long before they get down to 3000 points. The points scheme is no longer fit for purpose.
 
I think price rises are inevitable unfortunately.

I missed out on getting my season ticket back last year due to it being a bit of a shit-show, so I've been to nearly every home game and had to buy each ticket individually, also done the odd away game.

I reckon my average for a ticket this season has been £50 and that's sitting in SSL3 which is the cheapest.

Nearly every game since Christmas has been £53 minimum.

It was a welcome relief to only pay £30 for Southampton (A) but then of course you have all the other costs.

No ticket has gone to general sale, the club know the support is there to push it a bit higher. It would be a great gesture if they didn't but inflation has affected nearly everything unfortunately.
 
OntarioBlue said:
that may be the case but ordinary fans can’t get away tickets.

Ive has my season ticket for four years (I actually bought it a year before I moved back to the UK) and have less than three thousand points despite being on all the Cup Schemes. I have never been to an away Premier League games because tickets are sold out long before they get down to 3000 points. The points scheme is no longer fit for purpose.
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Why weren't you at Southampton on Saturday?
 
Corky said:
It doesn't help that City do things like Value Gold and people sell on here at more than double the cost. It is daft having a £300 ticket in an £800 area, just make them all £700 to stop the profiteering.
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I think they're a great option and wouldn't mind one myself but as you say they shouldn't be able to be abused like that. Perhaps limit the amount of times they can be transferred and exchanged compared to the normal season ticket? Maybe make them ineligible to transfer a ticket for the top 6 teams and only allow the use of the exchange etc for those fixtures. There are ways to make it fairer. Ensuring genuine blues that actually want to go are the only ones that can secure one.
 
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OntarioBlue said:
Tbh I didnt even bother looking if tickets were available. I’ve given up trying after trying and failing to get them so many times.
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Rather than moan you cant get tickets, maybe be proactive and try and get them?
I reckon in your 4 years as a seasont ticket holder at least twenty would have been available to you
 
OntarioBlue said:
Tbh I didnt even bother looking if tickets were available. I’ve given up trying after trying and failing to get them so many times.
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Lol. So what your original post should actually read is… I’ve not been to a single away game because I’ve so little interest, I never bother checking if I am eligible.
 
Stephen230 said:
Lol. So what your original post should actually read is… I’ve not been to a single away game because I’ve so little interest, I never bother checking if I am eligible.
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How many times do you think the eligibility criteria goes down as low as 3000 points ? Maybe it did for Southampton but I suspect that was the only time this season.
 
OntarioBlue said:
How many times do you think the eligibility criteria goes down as low as 3000 points ? Maybe it did for Southampton but I suspect that was the only time this season.
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Well the other guy has guessed about 20 times over the last four years. Which seems a reasonable guess to me.
 
Edghill OG said:
I think they're a great option and wouldn't mind one myself but as you say they shouldn't be able to be abused like that. Perhaps limit the amount of times they can be transferred and exchanged compared to the normal season ticket? Maybe make them ineligible to transfer a ticket for the top 6 teams and only allow the use of the exchange etc for those fixtures. There are ways to make it fairer. Ensuring genuine blues that actually want to go are the only ones that can secure one.
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He was talking about people selling them on here for £70 not getting a few pennies back from the club for listing them.
 
OntarioBlue said:
How many times do you think the eligibility criteria goes down as low as 3000 points ? Maybe it did for Southampton but I suspect that was the only time this season.
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The criteria went down to 2k for Chelsea away, but it is never that low when first published, when sales are slow new criteria is published. Probably went to 18k first draft.

I'm not sure what Chelsea away sold out at though:

www.mancity.com

Chelsea v Man City Ticket Information

www.mancity.com www.mancity.com
 
Stephen230 said:
He was talking about people selling them on here for £70 not getting a few pennies back from the club for listing them.
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Yes, I know.

Stop them being able to use the ticket transfer system like the normal season tickets. Only allowing to exchange the ticket back to the club for cost price. Seems like a fair compromise to me when you're getting each game at a much reduced rate of £16?
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
Should be £30 for both home and away fans.

Away fans don't realise for them to have these £30 tickets its the home support paying the additional tariff.
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3,000 tickets @ £30 instead of, say, £50, so a total of £60,000 subsidy. 60,000 divided by 50,000 home fans = £1.20 each, hardly a massive blow to our pockets. The £30 away ticket policy is one of the best things the PL has done (admittedly it's a short list, but still...).
 
Corky said:
The criteria went down to 2k for Chelsea away, but it is never that low when first published, when sales are slow new criteria is published. Probably went to 18k first draft.

I'm not sure what Chelsea away sold out at though:

www.mancity.com

Chelsea v Man City Ticket Information

www.mancity.com www.mancity.com
The point I was try
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Corky said:
The criteria went down to 2k for Chelsea away, but it is never that low when first published, when sales are slow new criteria is published. Probably went to 18k first draft.

I'm not sure what Chelsea away sold out at though:

www.mancity.com

Chelsea v Man City Ticket Information

www.mancity.com www.mancity.com
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The point I was trying to make is that all away tickets are sold out long before they get down to 2000 points. I know that website shows a point at which tickets theoretically would be available to people with 2000 points but it rarely, if ever, happens.

I have been to every home game this season, including all the Cup games and so far I have acquired 390 points. At this rate it will take me about seven more years to get 10,000 points at which time I might be able to get my hands on an away ticket (for a “lesser game”)
 
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