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Away tickets
- Thread starter GortonBlue62
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Presumably once you have randomly been picked to collect your ticket and you fulfill this task your name will be taken out of the hat for future random picks.
Or will some of us be put to the trouble 5 or 6 times a season. I’m still drying out from Celtic!
Or will some of us be put to the trouble 5 or 6 times a season. I’m still drying out from Celtic!
Ardwick Green Blue
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I'm not affected by these changes as my going to all away games phase was in the 70s & 80s and as I still do lots of driving in my job in my mid sixties I am not up for travelling even more. I also stopped any attempt to keep my loyalty points moving up by never buying Platinum.
However, I have posted before saying that I believe the club are actively looking to dislodge the stubbornly hardcore long term support in favour of corporate, tourists and younger supporters generally. From a marketing perspective why would the club want me hogging a seat after paying over 65 price from the coming season onwards whilst spending nothing else? I don't buy any food or drink in the stadium, nothing from the City Store and not even a programme. I'm not the slightest bit interested in any of the 'exciting' new initiatives they launch and I plan to keep going to games until I'm physically unable to. High points holders are almost all older supporters and in terms of additional spend they are probably similar to me. There is no money to be made by selling them away tickets but if they can be replaced by higher spending, new supporters of the profiles I listed earlier then it's an entirely different matter.
Welcome to the new world of US style ticketing / marketing.
However, I have posted before saying that I believe the club are actively looking to dislodge the stubbornly hardcore long term support in favour of corporate, tourists and younger supporters generally. From a marketing perspective why would the club want me hogging a seat after paying over 65 price from the coming season onwards whilst spending nothing else? I don't buy any food or drink in the stadium, nothing from the City Store and not even a programme. I'm not the slightest bit interested in any of the 'exciting' new initiatives they launch and I plan to keep going to games until I'm physically unable to. High points holders are almost all older supporters and in terms of additional spend they are probably similar to me. There is no money to be made by selling them away tickets but if they can be replaced by higher spending, new supporters of the profiles I listed earlier then it's an entirely different matter.
Welcome to the new world of US style ticketing / marketing.
squirtyflower
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If it is indeed random, then statistically you have much chance being pulled out for the next game as you did for the other games.Presumably once you have randomly been picked to collect your ticket and you fulfill this task your name will be taken out of the hat for future random picks.
Or will some of us be put to the trouble 5 or 6 times a season. I’m still drying out from Celtic!
Although change in the allocation, and the higher the number of points you have will increase your chances of being selected.
Might get abit I’d stick , but there Seems such an overreaction from this new rule , it’s 5% which is 150 fans from 3000 people , Hardly going to make a difference.
Means 10% of those who got via points can't go now, but it will end up 20/25% as points criteria has gone up 3k with points for fans going up less than 1k. Just a cover for slashing allocation to points.
Last season i mentioned on here that i knew exactly where i stood in regards to pecking order in the England supporters club as they have a table available to all members on what your points(caps) are and where you sit in it.This is a rolling period of 2yrs.I know as of now i will qualify for tickets initially due to home fan allocation of i believe 16% going to England fan members for the group games at wembley for Euro 2020.The remaining tickets for these games are balloted along with your usual hospitality & Uefa/players etc allocation.The table shows i am in the top 6000 attendees as per table along with my lad.This helps us book accommodation etc in advance. I have also queried why we can't have something similar at City, as like others i like & need sometimes to book accommodation/travel for aways in advance.I am happy to see how the new system goes and do hope this allows some genuine blues to get tickets for aways that couldn't previously.
Just
Just seems to be a lot of fuss for 5% of fans aged 18-25 being able to get 150 tickets which is nothing , nobody kicks off about how many tickets supporters clubs get or for corporate
Means 10% of those who got via points can't go now, but it will end up 20/25% as points criteria has gone up 3k with points for fans going up less than 1k. Just a cover for slashing allocation to points.
Just seems to be a lot of fuss for 5% of fans aged 18-25 being able to get 150 tickets which is nothing , nobody kicks off about how many tickets supporters clubs get or for corporate
That works for the England home games,no chance for away games when small allocation. Many tickets mysteriously disappear the higher the importance of the gameLast season i mentioned on here that i knew exactly where i stood in regards to pecking order in the England supporters club as they have a table available to all members on what your points(caps) are and where you sit in it.This is a rolling period of 2yrs.I know as of now i will qualify for tickets initially due to home fan allocation of i believe 16% going to England fan members for the group games at wembley for Euro 2020.The remaining tickets for these games are balloted along with your usual hospitality & Uefa/players etc allocation.The table shows i am in the top 6000 attendees as per table along with my lad.This helps us book accommodation etc in advance. I have also queried why we can't have something similar at City, as like others i like & need sometimes to book accommodation/travel for aways in advance.I am happy to see how the new system goes and do hope this allows some genuine blues to get tickets for aways that couldn't previously.
AkanjisAfro
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Correct, take an extreme example Plzen away. 600ish tickets available, 350 lost to 18/25s and Thomas cook, 250 left for players, staff, corporates, supporters club and... Nope none left.
When was 5% of 600 150?