Allocating Semi-Final Tickets (moving on)

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I think we all agree the club has made a pigs ear of allocating tickets for the Hamburg game. Credit to the club for the ticket prices though.

Anyway, I'm sure the club are monitoring the forum's and taking note of the anger and frustration felt by those fans who have missed out or may miss out on Hamburg tickets. I'm sure we won't witness a similar cock-up for semi final tickets.

We've all got our own ideas of how tickets for the semi-final should be sold/allocated. Here's my idea. Please post your idea's as the club may take any idea's onboard, as they apparently monitor BM and the other City forums.

Initially Tickets should only to be made available to season ticket holders and match cards holders(or what ever there called) who attended the previous UEFA Cup rounds.(not Hamburg) This will give those fans that missed out on a Hamburg ticket, but attended earlier UEFA Cup games a chance to see the semi final.

Next should come Season ticket holders and match card holders with with Hamburg loyalty points.

Next should come season ticket holders with no UEFA Cup loyalty points.(They are season ticket holders after all)

Next should come match card holders with no loyalty points.(they probably have loyalty points for attending domestic home and away games)

Finally. Match tickets should go on general sale with a limit of 2 or 4 per person until sold out.

It's imperative that the club recognizes the loyalty of the fans who attended the earlier home UEFA Cup games and also reward similar fans who missed out on Hamburg tickets.

Queue the abuse. :-)
 
Too complicated.

Just do it the same as Hamburg are doing for their home game:

1-3 days: season ticket holders only
4-5 days: City Card holders only
6-7 days: Access Card holders only

Then any left can go on open sale. The whole UEFA Loyalty points idea is a nice one, but you can't implement it right at the end of the competition. People have to be made aware right at the start of the season that that is how tickets will be allocated.

As unfair as it may be to Access Card holders who've been to all the UEFA games, season tickets and city cards must take priority; that's what they paid the extra for at the start of the season.
 
Jock the blue said:
Get your point but i think we are jumping the gun a little here, like getting past Hamburg!
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True. Just discussing the possibilities.
 
Dubai Blue said:
Too complicated.

Just do it the same as Hamburg are doing for their home game:

1-3 days: season ticket holders only
4-5 days: City Card holders only
6-7 days: Access Card holders only

Then any left can go on open sale. The whole UEFA Loyalty points idea is a nice one, but you can't implement it right at the end of the competition. People have to be made aware right at the start of the season that that is how tickets will be allocated.

As unfair as it may be to Access Card holders who've been to all the UEFA games, season tickets and city cards must take priority; that's what they paid the extra for at the start of the season.
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I'll settle for that. Still think those that attended the earlier rounds should get a semi-final ticket if we beat Hamburg.
 
Nice idea but don't see how separating UEFA Cup loyalty points from general loyalty points would work. The system only recognises your total points and to do otherwise would presumably require a manual effort.

And there are lots of people who can't make midweek games but go to most away games; why should they be penalised?

The solution is quite simple as it should have been for this game. Give ST holders five days to claim their own seats while letting City/Access card holders have first crack at the other available seats, giving higher number of loyalty points priority. Then throw it open to City Card holders with fewer loyalty points then Access Card holders, then general sale.
 
firstly im delighted the way the club have made sure the hamburg home leg is a sell out at all cost.this support will help the club achieve its first semi-final in nearly 30years.if we do get through,ticket prices should be adjusted back to what this match will demand.it would be an AA+ game so prices should reflect this.£50 cheapest seat that will make sure the real fans get a ticket.(not missed a home uefa match,just got 5 tickets before they closed yesterday).i will still be surprised if season card holder take all there seats.
 
Dubai Blue said:
Too complicated.

Just do it the same as Hamburg are doing for their home game:

1-3 days: season ticket holders only
4-5 days: City Card holders only
6-7 days: Access Card holders only

Then any left can go on open sale. The whole UEFA Loyalty points idea is a nice one, but you can't implement it right at the end of the competition. People have to be made aware right at the start of the season that that is how tickets will be allocated.

As unfair as it may be to Access Card holders who've been to all the UEFA games, season tickets and city cards must take priority; that's what they paid the extra for at the start of the season.
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That is definitely the right way to do.

Can't see the prices being as low as the Hamburg game but who knows after the buzz that has been created for the quarter final.
 
don't hurry. you'll have little more than a year to solve the semi-final ticketing matter.... ;)

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Uwes Grandad said:
Dubai Blue said:
Too complicated.

Just do it the same as Hamburg are doing for their home game:

1-3 days: season ticket holders only
4-5 days: City Card holders only
6-7 days: Access Card holders only

Then any left can go on open sale. The whole UEFA Loyalty points idea is a nice one, but you can't implement it right at the end of the competition. People have to be made aware right at the start of the season that that is how tickets will be allocated.

As unfair as it may be to Access Card holders who've been to all the UEFA games, season tickets and city cards must take priority; that's what they paid the extra for at the start of the season.
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That is definitely the right way to do.
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Disagree. It should be solely based upon whether you have attended previous rounds. And the comment "Thats what they paid extra for at the start of the season" is utter bull. Season Ticket holders paid extra to secure their seat for Home Premier League matches, and I presume a vast percentage of them have been 'missing' in the previous rounds but now want a sniff since its a quarter final.
 
Jnr Kisby said:
Disagree. It should be solely based upon whether you have attended previous rounds. And the comment "Thats what they paid extra for at the start of the season" is utter bull. Season Ticket holders paid extra to secure their seat for Home Premier League matches, and I presume a vast percentage of them have been 'missing' in the previous rounds but now want a sniff since its a quarter final.
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My point, if you'd cared to read it, was that you can't introduce new loyalty systems at this stage of the season.

I'm all for putting a UEFA Cup loyalty system in place for future seasons, but people weren't told at the start of the season that they needed to go to earlier rounds to qualify for the latter rounds so you simply can't introduce it now.

And anyway, a season ticket holder who goes to all the home league games and, say, 5 or 6 aways a season is surely more loyal than an access card holder who doesn't bother with league games but goes to 5 cheap UEFA Cup games. It is the team we support afterall, not the competition.

And my point about City Cards isn't utter bull. They paid extra at the start of the season in order to have second priority on tickets. This was denied to them yesterday
 
End of the day, its a cock up. But it's also a bitter pill to swallow, when a Guy on here was so happy to have bought 5 adult tickets and 4 kids tickets tor £29. Do you think he will buy the same amount for Fulham & West Brom He won't and that is the annoying thing. I have spent a lot of money this season and in the past, and when a game that comes round once every Bluemoon pardon the pun appears, it gets full of Day trippers, that had enough time to queue for 3 hours on one day
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Nice idea but don't see how separating UEFA Cup loyalty points from general loyalty points would work. The system only recognises your total points and to do otherwise would presumably require a manual effort.

And there are lots of people who can't make midweek games but go to most away games; why should they be penalised?

The solution is quite simple as it should have been for this game. Give ST holders five days to claim their own seats while letting City/Access card holders have first crack at the other available seats, giving higher number of loyalty points priority. Then throw it open to City Card holders with fewer loyalty points then Access Card holders, then general sale.
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This^^^^ thats just how I would do it.
 
They obviousley wanted to create an early buzz and make tickets cheap for 5 days to sell them fast. They also stated this was to "Reward our loyal fans" so on days 1-3 tickets are only on sale to fans who have attended games in the past i.e season ticket holders and those with access cards with loyalty points on them. Even at £5 I doubt that would have sold out. This would then have allowed general sale to start on Saturday. The queues then would be entertained by street performers and encouraged to visit the city store with a voucher offering 5% off the already discounted prices. Then all these kids with their dads who are going to their first ever game will already be kitted up with scarfs, shirts etc and will in a few years time have their "First City Game" experience on the walls of the stadium having been bitten by the bug..
 
I can't see a cup loyalty scheme working; you'll get a scenario where fans who turn up to all of one, perhaps two cups then are available to get a QF/SF ticket for the cup they didn't attend; cue abuse.

ST holders should ahve thier seat held for 3-5 days whilst tickets go on sale to CityCard Holders to 2 days the Access Card holders for 2 days then general sale, imo. Simple yet effective; even without a ST, a CC holder can get a ticket the day it opens, if demand is really so high then long term loyalty should be respected over short term... which means i need to bump up my own amount of points over some on here!
 
Never mind the semi's what about the final were only getting 11500 theres going to be carnage!

The UEFA Cup final takes place at the Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on Wednesday 20 May, kicking off at 20.45CET. Stadium capacity for the final will be about 42,000, with more than 50 per cent of the seats reserved for supporters of the two teams. Each finalist will have up to 11,500 tickets for distribution to fans, with the remaining tickets being allocated to the general public or to the European football family, comprising UEFA, the local organising committee, national associations and commercial partners.
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Nomally hold 58k don't know why it's down to 42k H&S bullshit probably!
 
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