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I think (hope) I’ve got my hands on an additional SC for the home leg so should be able to get the two tickets I need - still think it royally stinks the way they are dealing with this match for Cityzen members.

If you see us getting mocked when we score a late winner and the cameras are on some happy clapping tourists snapping players on their iPhones and politely applauding you know why this is - they’ll have bought their membership the night before while there are other members sat at home with thousands of points.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the club are trying to make back some of the revenue they lost by being pressured by City Matters to keep the prices down for SC holders via new “Cityzen” match day members - abysmal from the club IMO.
 
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I think (hope) I’ve got my hands on an additional SC for the home leg so should be able to get the two tickets I need - still think it royally stinks the way they are dealing with this match for Cityzen members.

If you see us getting mocked when we score a late winner and the cameras are on some happy clapping tourists snapping players on their iPhones and politely applauding you know why this is - they’ll have bought their membership the night before while there are other members sat at home with thousands of points.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the club are trying to make back some of the revenue they lost by being pressured by City Matters to keep the prices down for SC holders via new “Cityzen” match day members - abysmal from the club IMO.
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SC prices went up too, just not the Cup Scheme. The City Matters rep implied the club didn't respond to them, but we have been told things like pricing can't be influenced by CM reps in the past several times too, which negates making the statement at all.

City have been careful not to piss-off Cup Scheme members since the Arsenal game in 2004 when they charged too much. The next game they went to FA arbitration with Scunthorpe, who set £18 and City discounted ours to £15 themselves. Then the £15 cap came in soon after which is now £25. It greatly benefits them retaining a hardcore on the Cup Schemes, so we have had decent prices for most games in the last 17 years.
 
Ballosteve said:
Is it unreasonable to suggest it should go to a points system with memberships like season card holders ?
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It used to for early derbies etc, dropped by 10 points an hour, as the system was new. Dunno why they scrapped it.
 
Corky said:
SC prices went up too, just not the Cup Scheme. The City Matters rep implied the club didn't respond to them, but we have been told things like pricing can't be influenced by CM reps in the past several times too, which negates making the statement at all.

City have been careful not to piss-off Cup Scheme members since the Arsenal game in 2004 when they charged too much. The next game they went to FA arbitration with Scunthorpe, who set £18 and City discounted ours to £15 themselves. Then the £15 cap came in soon after which is now £25. It greatly benefits them retaining a hardcore on the Cup Schemes, so we have had decent prices for most games in the last 17 years.
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I’d love to know some of the details of the ticketing strategy, there must be reasons why they give prime tickets away for big games home and away.

In fairness it works in the early stages of the CL and the ground has been 99% full this season. When you’re missing out it’s hard to swallow though isn’t it
 
Has anyone actually called the club and asked for an explanation? Asked to speak to someone higher up regarding ticket sales and they operate?
 
We’ve got a 65+ season ticket holder in our F&F group. If he buys a ticket tomorrow for this, but it turns out he can’t make it for various possible reasons, can he transfer it to one of the other adults in the group (paying the price difference)?
It’s not something we’ve ever had to consider before, but it might crop up this time.
 
Ballosteve said:
Is it unreasonable to suggest it should go to a points system with memberships like season card holders ?
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Not unreasonable at all and they should implement this.

Unfortunately the club will make no commercial gain from staggering sales using points as there's tourists who will happily pay £60+ straight away for a matchday ticket.

It's pretty toss as points from previous seasons count for nothing so loyalty is worthless.
 
chesterbells said:
We’ve got a 65+ season ticket holder in our F&F group. If he buys a ticket tomorrow for this, but it turns out he can’t make it for various possible reasons, can he transfer it to one of the other adults in the group (paying the price difference)?
It’s not something we’ve ever had to consider before, but it might crop up this time.
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Should be able to transfer or if not he can always just forward the email to a friend/family member
 
BlueMoonday said:
Not unreasonable at all and they should implement this.

Unfortunately the club will make no commercial gain from staggering sales using points as there's tourists who will happily pay £60+ straight away for a matchday ticket.

It's pretty toss as points from previous seasons count for nothing so loyalty is worthless.
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It is a fair point. But when the club do put conditions on previous attendance, you get hundreds of diehards who didn’t miss a game for 30 years but haven’t managed to get to any games this season, who are crying that’s not fair either. You can never please everyone.
 
Stephen230 said:
It is a fair point. But when the club do put conditions on previous attendance, you get hundreds of diehards who didn’t miss a game for 30 years but haven’t managed to get to any games this season, who are crying that’s not fair either. You can never please everyone.
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They could just use points instead of the daft rule which is only based on last season's attendance. The points system has been in place for donkeys years so surely that would be the fairest way?
 
Corky said:
SC prices went up too, just not the Cup Scheme. The City Matters rep implied the club didn't respond to them, but we have been told things like pricing can't be influenced by CM reps in the past several times too, which negates making the statement at all.
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I don’t think that’s an entirely fair characterisation.

You’re correct that the club didn’t respond directly to City Matters, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t take our request into account either.

Likewise, I think (and I may be wrong) that previous members of the group felt that we were unlikely to make change to ticketing strategies that had long been set in stone by the highest echelons of the club’s management - but don’t mistake that belief for an unwillingness to challenge the club in private. That said, we have become a bit more bullish recently and, personally, I don’t think it can hurt to make the request anyway, particularly in public. For me, we owe that to the fans. The early evidence is that it may have helped against Madrid, although I am very cognisant of the points raised around non cup scheme prices, concessions and the member free for all.
 
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