Two days haven’t been wasted mate. A few games each season the OSC allocations are finalised after the points sale commences or is completed. That’s happened for European games in the past too like Monaco Away.Dave, I hear what you are saying but stand by my claim that the selling criteria could have been announced immediately after the EOI period had elapsed, if the club had made it quite clear to OSC's that this is an individual applications process. Between both the club and the OSC's having this back and forth discussion, we have wasted another 2 days, and probably countless hours for staff at City and indeed OSC Chairman, and achieved nothing other than piss people off and cost people money.
Have you considered joining your local OSC?Every Tom, Dick & Harry equates to any members of an OSC. They've been told of their tickets before the rest (majority) of us. So although on the face of it, it might seem an over aggregation, it isn't in my opinion. Possibly inflammatory but not an over exaggeration.
With regard the pecking order and longer serving members of said OSC. You're right, most will have the necessary points and I've posted before that I've been a member of the OSC and seen the goings on at 3 different branches. I've met and know a lot of top blues through the OSC and have zero problem with the set up with regard a group of supporters wanting to travel together, sit together at games and the social aspect of being involved with an OSC. However the days of the OSC getting a % of the away tickets to me is outdated and supporters like myself are tired of hearing about supporters that are able to pick and choose what away games that they want to attend because the branch will source the tickets regardless of whether they're on a cup scheme, a platinum season ticket holder or even a season ticket holder at all. There are thousands of blues that are jumping through all the hoops thar are set out by the club to obtain tickets for away games that are getting shafted by a number of areas and the OSC allocation is just 1 of them.
Personally I've come to terns with the OSC being well in with the club. It's probably seen as the preferred method of going to away games from the clubs perspective and for domestic away games I'm not arsed one bit. I go to the games that my points allow me to, end of.
This game however has a little bit more riding on it, especially financially where supporters are trying to decide on whether it's viable or not. The OSC members getting sorted before the majority of our support has only made that decision more difficult as we have no idea how many of the reasonably priced tickets have been put aside to cater for the OSC. There are also the 18-25's, corporate and the City group family allocations to consider too.
Every supporter should have had to follow the same process and that's my only problem.
I agree that every supporter that wants to go will get a ticket but what price that ticket will cost is more difficult to predict. A season ticket holder on the cup scheme, with the points should be getting 1st dibs on tickets for this ahead of any of the other sets of our support.
That’s not the point mate, it’s about potentially having to pay for a higher priced ticket due to someone who isn’t even a season card holder getting a £156 ticket.People on this thread are acting like we've got 2000 tickets instead of 20,000.
You need to calm down mate. I'm guessing this is frustration because you are planning on going to the final and don't know where you stand yet in regards to a match ticket. Calling other City fans scum is bang out of order.
The club and its appropriate departments want to get everything in order so nobody misses out due to us having to buy through UEFA via a system that is alien to all of us.
All blues together, there will be plenty of tickets to go around. We've struggled to sell Wembley allocations out recently FFS, factor in the extortionate cost of flights and we'd be lucky if 30% of our SC holders are in the position to make the trip over.
It would be great to have some extra help with fund raising for special causes etcHave you considered joining your local OSC?
Personally, I think majority of us should belong to a local OSC.
There's a lot going on there and not just tickets applications.
If they have high points they will get a ticket how have they been priced out ?True Dave. I know lots of people with high points who have been priced out by exorbitant travel costs.
The club have kept the lower price tickets back for season ticket holders. I think that was a fair thing to do and the best way to deal with it.That’s not the point mate, it’s about potentially having to pay for a higher priced ticket due to someone who isn’t even a season card holder getting a £156 ticket.
Looking at his username it looks like he likes using that word.
For example, because the Club day trip is £995.If they have high points they will get a ticket hiw have they been priced out ?
Maybe they should’ve gambled and booked early like other people do ?
I have medium points circa 16/17k on cup schemes and that’s a decision I have to make for every game
Surely with high points they are virtually guaranteed a ticket from the 20k