This is dead right. The loyalty points system doesn’t have 100% integrity because in the days when points were awarded for away games, the high points hoarders would buy tickets for every game and sell them on if they couldn’t go. If you’re in the top 5-10% of loyalty points I imagine you’ll stay there for generations.
As I’ve said before, there’s two ticket offices at city, the official one (direct from club and OSC) and unofficial one (Twitter, Facebook, pubs in Gorton etc). If you don’t have the points you have plenty of options, which is why I’ve never missed a final with my 600 points…