Season Tickets - 2025/26 | Changes to ticket transfer this season (p101)

You can have a bad year when you can't attend much, and then go back to normal.

The last thing you are bothered about is your ST utilisation until you get well, and you don't want to have to beg or share details with children working at the club.

I'm sure a lot of older people don't know if they can attend until they wake up that day and see how they feel, and shouldn't be forced out.
 
bluebanana83 said:
I hope they are still going to do the value gold season ticket at £330
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I heard it's going away completely ... but that was the same rumour last season or the season before as initially it was introduced when extended South Stand opened and was said to be there for only the first few years. This might be the end of it finally, given they have not mentioned it anywhere so far. Have mentioned every other type of ST be it Gold, Platinum, or 93:20 ... and even Flexi ... but no mention of Value Gold at all.
 
I’m edging closer to fucking it off altogether. I’m not there yet but that’s the direction of travel. I genuinely don’t know if I can make the 10 games anymore, with work commitments and the ever changing kick off times. Night games are difficult for me now, and I see we’ve got a fucking Friday night game coming up, and fucking 7pm on a bastard Sunday. Unfortunately, my work takes me all over the place and quite often things just don’t go my way to allow me to get to night games, Play the matches on a weekend afternoon and I’ll be there 100% of the time.
 
PistonBlue said:
I’m edging closer to fucking it off altogether. I’m not there yet but that’s the direction of travel. I genuinely don’t know if I can make the 10 games anymore, with work commitments and the ever changing kick off times. Night games are difficult for me now, and I see we’ve got a fucking Friday night game coming up, and fucking 7pm on a bastard Sunday. Unfortunately, my work takes me all over the place and quite often things just don’t go my way to allow me to get to night games, Play the matches on a weekend afternoon and I’ll be there 100% of the time.
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The KO times are starting to be a problem. Sat, Sun whatever time doesn't affect me but Friday evening, and even Thursday is ridiculous.

I think there is a good argument for flexi cards without a fee. The era of 9-5, Mon-Fri is over just as Sat 3pm is over.
 
I think City has thrown this out to gauge some sort of reaction (and I bet someone from the team responsible is reading this thread right now) ... I mean what's the pre-info a week earlier with all these loosely structured rules when the info says oh yeah the actual renewal info will come next week when you can renew from there on, and a lot of it is going to be individual to you ...

What City really want is that all unused tickets are given back to them so they can do whatever with it, be it a £75 sale directly or a £250 sale via the likes of viagogo, or a £400 packaged with an off-site dinner (that 90% of those who buy that package don't even bother with that pre-game meal) ... what City doesn't like is fans passing their ticket around for FV, or below FV. It 'diminishes' the value of their 'product' as per the data analytics and spreadsheet guys ... City wants all facebook face value pages closed, and for you to return any unused tickets to them (on their Ticket Exchange) ... you, the fan, aren't allowed to re-sell a ticket on a resale site (be it a face value page or even a for profit site), but only they should should be able to do that ... with one single aim of maximizing the revenue.

I think if City was given the option (I'm not privy to the City Matters negotiations or discussions with them) that if they could stop all sort of Ticket Transfers and if all tickets could only either be used by the named account holder OR returned to City (via exchange), they'd take that ... and if that was the option, they'd even take a season ticket holder not attending any game all season (let alone 10) as long as all those un-used games were going back to them and not passed on or sold on by the ST holder.

What we are overlooking, by focusing too much on that 10 game attendance requirement, is how they've tightened the ticket transfers ... you can't transfer as freely as before, whom you transfer to needs to be a paid up Cityzen matchday member (except the three you nominate - still to be clarified if it's three you pick at the start of the season) from your F&F list and so on ... all of that points to them wanting the transfers reduced and instead the seats be given back to them on exchange ... and yes, overall reduce the ST nos. so they have the most seats available to sell individually to begin with.
 
MAG said:
I think City has thrown this out to gauge some sort of reaction (and I bet someone from the team responsible is reading this thread right now) ... I mean what's the pre-info a week earlier with all these loosely structured rules when the info says oh yeah the actual renewal info will come next week when you can renew from there on, and a lot of it is going to be individual to you ...

What City really want is that all unused tickets are given back to them so they can do whatever with it, be it a £75 sale directly or a £250 sale via the likes of viagogo, or a £400 packaged with an off-site dinner (that 90% of those who buy that package don't even bother with that pre-game meal) ... what City doesn't like is fans passing their ticket around for FV, or below FV. It 'diminishes' the value of their 'product' as per the data analytics and spreadsheet guys ... City wants all facebook face value pages closed, and for you to return any unused tickets to them (on their Ticket Exchange) ... you, the fan, aren't allowed to re-sell a ticket on a resale site (be it a face value page or even a for profit site), but only they should should be able to do that ... with one single aim of maximizing the revenue.

I think if City was given the option (I'm not privy to the City Matters negotiations or discussions with them) that if they could stop all sort of Ticket Transfers and if all tickets could only either be used by the named account holder OR returned to City (via exchange), they'd take that ... and if that was the option, they'd even take a season ticket holder not attending any game all season (let alone 10) as long as all those un-used games were going back to them and not passed on or sold on by the ST holder.

What we are overlooking, by focusing too much on that 10 game attendance requirement, is how they've tightened the ticket transfers ... you can't transfer as freely as before, whom you transfer to needs to be a paid up Cityzen matchday member (except the three you nominate - still to be clarified if it's three you pick at the start of the season) from your F&F list and so on ... all of that points to them wanting the transfers reduced and instead the seats be given back to them on exchange ... and yes, overall reduce the ST nos. so they have the most seats available to sell individually to begin with.
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Ths statement is also important. I missed it on my first reading...

We look forward to continuing our discussions throughout the coming weeks and close season around the evolution of the fan experience and the overall approach to ticketing within the expanded North Stand and redeveloped Etihad Stadium.

How many seasoncards are going to be released? That suggests that it's up for discussion. That's one area where City fan groups need to push although imo they already have a plan. You dont build a new stand, and not have a plan on how to finance it.
 
St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:
Can everyone just get burner phones
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That's what the touts will do I believe ... just one ticket on a phone and they'll just pass those around. City has thought about it btw, which is why they're replacing the ticket scanners on turnstiles for next season. The new ones include a camera, which will let you scan first, then take your picture and then open the gate to let you in. Later when Real Madrid or Liverpool fans are found in your seat, they'd know exactly who scanned them in or which ticket they scanned before issuing banning orders so a direct link with who actually scans the ticket. This is actually why they have said you have to personally attend 10 games next season, because now they have a way to verify it. Otherwise a phone that's scanned by ten different people with the same ticket won't trigger anything but I guess the whole camera setup is to catch that, and also if the same person is scanning multiple tickets on turnstiles and letting others in (which frankly a lot of supporter clubs branches I know do when they have to fill their coaches and bring large groups in and leading up to the games, it's only one or two people sorting the tickets for all etc.) so not sure how they'd manage now.
 
Little club said:
What about the blues who share a season ticket, my son does this because money reason's and when he have his kids never an empty seat. So if he's done 9 games will he lose his season ticket.
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There will be workarounds as other posters have advised.

This is arguably the weakest rule City could have implemented whilst having a modicum of consistency by with their policy on Flexi-gold. Ten matches for both.
 
Danny Hoekman said:
If you have a season ticket, surely you intend to go to every game, even if you end up not doing so for whatever reason? What's the point of having a season ticket if you don't??
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There were a couple who had SC's next to where I sit and they only came to a game when they felt like it or if it was one the big six
we maybe only saw them eight times a season
 
mayo31 said:
What City are looking to introduce should not stop anyone sending tickets on.

All everyone needs is one person who has a season card or a membership to be listed on their Friends and Family

If you cannot attend you transfer the ticket to them

The ticket goes to them in an email with a link. That can be sent to anyone then.

Also I am sure when you go to select the person on your F&F, it gives you a drop down option to choose their email or in fact your own email

You could send the ticket to your own email. Then you can send it to whoever you want to use the ticket
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Won't be long until this is ringfenced either. Like the Madrid tickets were forced onto the recipients phone instead of the option of an email that could be forwarded on.

I predicted the paid membership thing some time ago as knew that's what the rags were doing and I'm sure they're sharing ideas with one another. Next will be this I'm fairly confident.
 
MAG said:
That's what the touts will do I believe ... just one ticket on a phone and they'll just pass those around. City has thought about it btw, which is why they're replacing the ticket scanners on turnstiles for next season. The new ones include a camera, which will let you scan first, then take your picture and then open the gate to let you in. Later when Real Madrid or Liverpool fans are found in your seat, they'd know exactly who scanned them in or which ticket they scanned before issuing banning orders so a direct link with who actually scans the ticket. This is actually why they have said you have to personally attend 10 games next season, because now they have a way to verify it. Otherwise a phone that's scanned by ten different people with the same ticket won't trigger anything but I guess the whole camera setup is to catch that, and also if the same person is scanning multiple tickets on turnstiles and letting others in (which frankly a lot of supporter clubs branches I know do when they have to fill their coaches and bring large groups in and leading up to the games, it's only one or two people sorting the tickets for all etc.) so not sure how they'd manage now.
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Fucking cameras on the turnstiles?? What if you wear a covid mask, a balaclava on a cold day etcetera? Orders from the Gestapo to remove it so the camera can capture your image? This is getting ridiculous now.
 
Blue Since 76 said:
My lad's away at uni and has tried to time coming back around Saturday games, but generally misses mid-week or Sunday games (especially 7pm on a Sunday). When he can't attend, we've listed his ticket on the ticket exchange.

Whether he makes 10 games next season will depend when they are, and a Europa campaign could increase the number of Sunday games. If he doesn't make them, I assume he'll lose his season ticket for the following season. So in a couple of seasons, he'll be back from uni, (hopefully) with a good job and spare cash and will have lost the link to going to the football and will be unable to get a new season ticket. Great business decision.

And if he loses his season ticket, I won't be renewing mine out of principle and at £60+ a game, I doubt I'll be going again.

The only way I can see to game the system is to get his card loaded to my wallet rather than his, assuming you can have two cards, and then I occasionally use his ticket to enter 'by accident ' to make sure we both attend 10 games.
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You can put two cards on one phone
 
Be aware anybody suggesting ways to circumnavigate any new rules our dictatorship are imposing that they will have somebody on here monitoring them and reporting back.
 
paulchapo said:
Fucking cameras on the turnstiles?? What if you wear a covid mask, a balaclava on a cold day etcetera? Orders from the Gestapo to remove it so the camera can capture your image? This is getting ridiculous now.
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It’s iris reading tech just like a passport. They could have introduced it when we went to phone only entry. But realised the push back would been too much so it’s only a matter of time.
 
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