I know people with high points who sell on regularly. Maybe not for profit but for the points and in general they go to blues. But let's not be naive and accept that some do if they get the chance. Help pay for Wembley or their season ticket.
And maybe these are club tickets but where they've received a request from a foreign group who want to attend a game. Or the OSC could have granted them to a group travelling over. As long as they've come out of the OSC's or club's own allocation then, whatever you think of the current system, there's no problem as these wouldn't have gone to seasoncard holders anyway.
Which is exactly what you're doing. You've said no one on high points sells on for a profit. Where's your proof for that?Let's not make things up you have no proof of.
The rules on tickets are that they aren't transferable. Not only that but it's a criminal offence to do so unfortunately. If you want to stop people using other people's tickets then ID checks are the answer. No one cares about home tickets, as long as the seat is used but people selling on away tickets are potentially depriving people who would be rightfully entitled to them.For the many fans who do share season tickets ID collection just kills it for them. If ID is needed for aways then do it for homes to, and every ticket not just the ones earned on points.
You shouldn’t then.
club employees must be behind it to be on the scale last night and collections won't apply to them or the rest that go out the back door. Never heard of anyone on high points selling on for profit, they are normally mad keen city fans who want to be at the big games.
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Which is exactly what you're doing. You've said no one on high points sells on for a profit. Where's your proof for that?
The rules on tickets are that they aren't transferable. Not only that but it's a criminal offence to do so unfortunately. If you want to stop people using other people's tickets then ID checks are the answer. No one cares about home tickets, as long as the seat is used but people selling on away tickets are potentially depriving people who would be rightfully entitled to them.
You can't moan about people selling on and then moan about ID checks. Unless you just like moaning of course.
If you've bought 6 tickets and the club has allowed you then they've implicitly authorised you. So you're not breaing the law or the ticket conditions. We're not talking about that. And I'll repeat that if the club has given out these tickets from its own allocation of 150 or whatever then that's no skin of your or anyone else's nose.The ownership isn't transferred, another family member goes and they are not even being sold. Contact the club if you want to transfer a home ticket, they say you don't need to . it is fine. You can buy six tickets, how can you not transfer them, they are your guests.
No problem with tickets being sold on, just 70% of an away block being tourists, which is surely down to the club and not people with high points in some coordinated action.
It seems a very right wing agenda hitting fans on loyalty point but not the rich or privileged supporters clubs.
First away game of the season? How did you get yours?Away days aren't what they used to be. First time I've been away this season so maybe it was a one off given the prestige of the fixture. In front of my seat were a middle eastern couple, the burka clad lady spent a fair proportion of the match sat down looking at her phone. Next to them was a south east asian bloke in a £1000 suit who seemed equally excited when utd attacked as when we did. Next to me was a French lad who told me he'd never been to a City game before but fair play to him he joined in as best he could. How do they get tickets.
I'm not saying it's right, but if you have 18,000+ points and know for a fact you can sell the tickets on with ease online, you can't blame them really. If some foreign lads wanted to pay me hundreds of pounds for a match ticket, then I'd be happy to oblige.
However, I don't think as much of this is going on as is made out. I think bad eggs in the ticket office or the club itself are dispatching stuff to mates or online at highly inflated rates.
If you've bought 6 tickets and the club has allowed you then they've implicitly authorised you. So you're not breaing the law or the ticket conditions. We're not talking about that. And I'll repeat that if the club has given out these tickets from its own allocation of 150 or whatever then that's no skin of your or anyone else's nose.
I'm not saying it's right, but if you have 18,000+ points and know for a fact you can sell the tickets on with ease online, you can't blame them really. If some foreign lads wanted to pay me hundreds of pounds for a match ticket, then I'd be happy to oblige.
However, I don't think as much of this is going on as is made out. I think bad eggs in the ticket office or the club itself are dispatching stuff to mates or online at highly inflated rates.
Did you not ask them how they bought tickets as they were next to you?Away days aren't what they used to be. First time I've been away this season so maybe it was a one off given the prestige of the fixture. In front of my seat were a middle eastern couple, the burka clad lady spent a fair proportion of the match sat down looking at her phone. Next to them was a south east asian bloke in a £1000 suit who seemed equally excited when utd attacked as when we did. Next to me was a French lad who told me he'd never been to a City game before but fair play to him he joined in as best he could. How do they get tickets.
French lad did thru work. Oriental bloke didn’t speak much English and didn’t speak to the couple.Did you not ask them how they bought tickets as they were next to you?