Good choice of discount from the club

I guess City Marketing in London will do their best to invite potential clients and may run one of those City in the Capital corporate events
 
oldtraffordblue said:
Bobbins I forgot to mention the FB site (don't use FB) will send them another email mentioning it, whats the url?
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Why would you do that? Just because you missed out on one game you feel the need to shit on hundreds of other fans? Those FB groups generate many acts of kindness - I've lost track of the amount of times blues have offered up their tickets for free to allow a sick fan or someone whose fallen on hard times to go to a match. They're also great for the local lads who might not be able to afford to go to every game, those who have had to relocate and are visiting, those who can't get away tickets next to their mates so swap tiers, etc.

If you're going to report the Facebook groups, you may as well report BM too.

You'll be shitting on fans because you didn't get your own way.
 
I don't mind missing out on tickets for games, not had enough points for old trafford for years and I accept what you say about acts of kindness (I too have helped blues out with tickets when I have been fortunate to get a ticket from elsewhere) what I object to and others I have seen on here and through talking with people are the ones who do it as a "regular act"! Like someone said before, do the club look at this site and think fair enough or should they look at people who seem to be making a career out of it like people on here have suggested.
 
oldtraffordblue said:
Not sure if this is the right place but..,
Having missed out on a Seville ticket I decided like many to buy a ticket in the home end, I then thought I would contact City to see if they would let me have the points for attending the game as how else am I to catch up. Following a couple of emails and cc'ing Danny Wilson in I got a call from a c/s manager, she explained you get the points only from buying a ticket from City not attending the game and wasn't having adding the points to my account as they don't want to encourage fans to buy in the home end despite City selling hospitality tickets to away fans. She stated that the vast majority of tickets do and always will be allocated to normal supporters but wouldn't comment on City being more transparent by stating how many tickets each group get. She acknowledged that some fans may buy tickets and sell on but without details they couldn't do anything to stop this. She wouldn't explain how some games seem to have such a high points requirement other than to say they publish which groups get tickets but as we all know some of those groups are now bigger than they were a few years ago.
Although I didn't get my way she did go out of her way to ring me after 6 on a Friday night and here my case for 20 minutes until I said we would have to agree to disagree. She said she would bring up the concerns I raised in any discussions on how to improve the system.
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I also missed out on Seville and, if the points criteria are accurate, will miss out on Arsenal. What surprised me in Seville was how many people had either got tickets in the home end or had got their away tickets via a 'third party'. I shared the train journey from Malaga with a smashing bloke who, despite no longer having a season ticket, had obtained tickets for him and his daughter through the Ballymena Supporters Club. Whilst I don't exactly begrudge him a ticket (because when he does come to The Etihad it's a hell of a commitment which I admire) it's a bit of a pisser when you've paid €100 for a seat and then that happens.
 
Blue Smarties said:
Why would you do that? Just because you missed out on one game you feel the need to shit on hundreds of other fans? Those FB groups generate many acts of kindness - I've lost track of the amount of times blues have offered up their tickets for free to allow a sick fan or someone whose fallen on hard times to go to a match. They're also great for the local lads who might not be able to afford to go to every game, those who have had to relocate and are visiting, those who can't get away tickets next to their mates so swap tiers, etc.

If you're going to report the Facebook groups, you may as well report BM too.

You'll be shitting on fans because you didn't get your own way.
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The FB sire is 95% good. However, there are points whores who use it for no other reason than maintaining their points. They shouldn't be allowed to post points before tickets are on sale.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
The FB sire is 95% good. However, there are points whores who use it for no other reason than maintaining their points. They shouldn't be allowed to post points before tickets are on sale.
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I do agree with this and I can understand @oldtraffordblue's view (and agree that it should not be a continued act). I do however think there's a fine line between reporting the point whores and the club introducing a blanket ban on ticket selling.
 
So about a third only is sold via points?

You shouldn't almost a 4,000 point leap compared to last year. What will the theme be? Possibly a Jurrasic tube trip buffet featuring Gunnersaurus?

This is the last season of these 'discounts', it is a very short term solution which helps keep prices high in the medium term. A pathetic token effort by the Premier League.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
The FB sire is 95% good. However, there are points whores who use it for no other reason than maintaining their points. They shouldn't be allowed to post points before tickets are on sale.
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Don't see how it will stop point whoring,they just advertise later
There' will always be point whores if demand outstrips supply,sadly I think the cause of it is the clubs distribution of far too many tickets to corporates and the like but we can point the finger at the point whores because they are more visible,but the cause is more of a concern
 
Paulpowersleftfoot said:
Don't see how it will stop point whoring,they just advertise later
There' will always be point whores if demand outstrips supply,sadly I think the cause of it is the clubs distribution of far too many tickets to corporates and the like but we can point the finger at the point whores because they are more visible,but the cause is more of a concern
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I agree it won't go away, but the club could stop it stone dead for those people using their own names and blatantly doing it before tickets are even on sale by taking all of their points off them.
 
I know plenty of people on here do well out of obtaining tickets from the 'points whores' as they are known on here but the club really need to look at the situation. If they are going to take extra money off season card holders to become platinum members and therefore get double points and then ask members to go on cup schemes to get extra points, they then have to look at what they are actually selling us. Last year I got a ticket for Arsenal. I get a platinum card and join every cup scheme. I go to a number of away games. Basically, I've jumped through every hoop the club have put up for me and this season I find that I am 3,000 points off getting an Arsenal ticket. Something isn't adding up.
With regards to the 'whores', the club must see that the problem stands out like a sore thumb. Both champs league games sell out on high points. Suddenly, you have to have your name on your ticket for the Juventus game and they are on general sale and in danger of not even selling out. It's high time the club made everyone pick up their tickets personally in the away city (not feasible for domestic games but easily doable for European aways, I've been doing it for years with England).
I'm sure many will disagree with me but it's pretty demoralising seeing yourself going backwards in the pecking order every season.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
I think the way the club do it is better than some others though. £2/£3 off every away game means nothing at all. I think this one directly rewards the fans who go to all/most games whatever the day and kick off time.
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I prefer it the way City do it on the face of it as it's more noticeable than a few quid every game but it's easier to abuse this way. Would never happen but i'd rather they gave the discount after the game.

Ticket criteria is a joke. I've been to Arsenal away for the past 4/5 years at least, i've only missed the derby in the league so far this season but i doubt i'll be getting a ticket for this as there's no way the criteria is going further down, everybody that can, will buy a ticket. for themselves or otherwise. Have no problem if there is 2900 people ahead of me, The problem lies with how many are genuinely being sold through the standard procedure and how many do corporate get.

I missed out on Chelsea last year for the first time ever, this year it looks like i'll miss out on Arsenal too for the first time ever. It's so obvious what is happening. I'd have more respect and acceptance of it if they came out and said how many they are giving to corporate and sponsors, it's the way they are doing it without coming clean about it that really irks me.
 
I said on here last season that tickets for away games were increasingly difficult to obtain. I went to four away games, Sunderland, Stoke, Palace and Swansea.

I'll be surprised if I get to more than one this season, Sunderland, which is, like last season, a mid week game, but I'm not holding my breath about it.

A few years ago you could pick and choose your away games apart from the swamp and Anfield, but as you say, it is demoralising that your points total, after years and years of watching City, doesn't count for much anymore.

I'm not disagreeing with you at all. I've seen my points total mean less and less each season over the last few years, and I'm not expecting that situation improve anytime soon.

If we get to Wembley for a cup final, it's going to be interesting, to say the least, how many points will be required to buy a ticket!
 
Really wish they hadn't reduced this one. They did it last year for Arsenal and may have even done it year before. Arsenal are allowed to get away with ripping fans off and if the club keeps subsidising this Arsenal are only going to put the price up. The media seems to refuse to attack Arsenal over the prices and only the other year were having ago at Hull for Charging Arsenal fans £62 for a Monday night game.

As for the allocation starting at 16,000 points that just shows it is starting to take the piss. I have missed 2 away games in the last 4 years but soon even my points aren't going to be enough.
 
This is what gives that fb site a bad name and should be cut out. Advertising 2 spares when they ain't even on sale yet!

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Stevieask
The c/s manager I spoke to wasn't having the name on the tickets as a reason these are not selling well, more the fact that we had qualified and it was close to Christmas!
 
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