bobmcfc said:
I suspect that if, by some miracle, we got to the Champions League final then you'd see a huge benefit to being on the cup scheme versus not being on it.
Hopefully you are right on both accounts!
The CL isn't like the domestic cups in that the ticket allocation is much smaller.
Last season the two Madrid clubs received 16,970 tickets. That figure included tickets for the club's sponsors and corporate sales etc.
Atletico put 14,000 on sale to club members with Real selling 13,134 that way. The stadium in Berlin is slightly larger than the one
in Lisbon so maybe we'd get 20,000 tickets. I'd imagine the demand from our sponsors would be huge given that it would be our
first final. Corporate sales would similarly be enormous. We would probably see 15,000(?) left for general sale. I don't know how
many are in the cup scheme but hopefully that would suffice. I do concede that if you're not on the scheme you would be very
lucky to get a ticket for the final off the club. I don't think however that justifies the BOGOF offer. The chances of us reaching the
final this season are slight given the start we've made, squad restrictions, etc, etc. That's essentially why ticket sales have been so
slow for the CSKA match. When you join the cup scheme you commit to going regardless of prior results or chances of qualifying.
The club does not commit to being able to sell you a ticket for the final if we get there merely that you have priority.