European away games ticketing policy

jrb said:
Just out of interest.

Does anyone know if something similar happens with visiting fans at our ground? Or do they just turn up with a ticket after spending the day in the city centre?
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Celtic, Barca, and Arsenal do not have to queue for tickets abroad !
 
If the Barca game (or any other Euro away) goes to general sale, then there will be no need for checks as anyone who wanted a ticket will have got one.
 
grimmcfc said:
It is that simple, for the tickets distributed to supporters via loyalty points. I disagree that people can't catch up, I was at or around the top a few years ago, but as has been mentioned already, circumstances change, priorities change. I've missed a few over the last three/four years and if someone catches up/overtakes me, good on them.
I don't have a problem with the ticket collection on the basis of points going to people attending, no one else. I agree it's a pain in the arse to collect the tickets, I've got flights booked for Barcelona, but as my flight lands at 17:40 I'm dithering on buying a ticket through the club, or get one in their end because I'm not sure I will have time to get from the airport to the ground via a ticket collection queue.
Loyalty points aren't the problem - people who think they are forget that those on the top points are those who where at Maine Road every other Saturday morning at 3 to 5am queuing for away tickets in the old second / third division. Every other week. And have been going since. I still see/say hello to people who's name I don't know, but spent hours queuing with, week after week, for years as we produced "XX" number of away stubs from last season (most of which you would only have got at the time having produced "XX" number of stubs from the season before). The day they introduced points, everyone in that queue got their Saturday mornings back - more than once I drove home with tickets, fell asleep in the car on the drive at home, woke up and drove back to Maine Road for the match. I've dropped off, as others have/inevitably will, but whilst they are still doing every game, why shouldn't they get priority?

The problem isn't just those with points passing them on (although the way the away European games have opened up recently it is a problem) it's the what seems to be an ever increasing % of the allocation going elsewhere which just raises the debate on the distribution method we know the most about - ie what is available to normal supporters.
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another good post.
 
2700 tickets to distribute in Glasgow = chaos
4900 tickets to distribute in Barcelona = Utter chaos
Perhaps its a good job, that it wont sell out, due to the crass ticket arrangements from the club.
2 weeks before a match, that they had known about since August 26th
Tickets for all 3 away match's should have been onsale from early September, to allow people to make plans for travel.
Its not rocket science, little Leicester did it .
 
Chappie said:
2700 tickets to distribute in Glasgow = chaos
4900 tickets to distribute in Barcelona = Utter chaos
Perhaps its a good job, that it wont sell out, due to the crass ticket arrangements from the club.
2 weeks before a match, that they had known about since August 26th
Tickets for all 3 away match's should have been onsale from early September, to allow people to make plans for travel.
Its not rocket science, little Leicester did it .
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Maybe little Leicester care about the independent travelling supporter?
 
Whilst there are pros and cons on a few fronts and invariably everyone favour's the solution that benefits them we have to accept that its here to stay but we have to make it a more streamlined process.
Personally I fall into the category of qualifying for the games, attending the games and ultimately being inconvenienced in collecting it.
Everyone I know and see overseas is the same faces who like me go to every game though clearly there are a few who abuse the system but is it fair to penalise 95% of people for the actions of 5%?
My own personal solution would be you should have a prove yourself period, once you have been to say 5 aways where you are confirmed as being the person who travelled it would seem pretty clear that you are a regular away goer and therefore wouldn't need to fall under the same scrutiny as others. This would then leave less people needing to collect tickets which would benefit them too as smaller queues.
wouldn't even mind if those who had qualified via the 5 game rule then had to provide proof of travel to city prior to leaving by emailing your flight/ferry confirmation to city as ultimately no one is going to fork out the cost of travel just to gain 40 points then pass ticket on and sack off the travel. Just want my ticket in hand on leaving the UK so European trips can again become free without the stress of wasting a large chunk of your time collecting what you have paid for and is rightfully yours
 
didsburyblu said:
Whilst there are pros and cons on a few fronts and invariably everyone favour's the solution that benefits them we have to accept that its here to stay but we have to make it a more streamlined process.
Personally I fall into the category of qualifying for the games, attending the games and ultimately being inconvenienced in collecting it.
Everyone I know and see overseas is the same faces who like me go to every game though clearly there are a few who abuse the system but is it fair to penalise 95% of people for the actions of 5%?
My own personal solution would be you should have a prove yourself period, once you have been to say 5 aways where you are confirmed as being the person who travelled it would seem pretty clear that you are a regular away goer and therefore wouldn't need to fall under the same scrutiny as others. This would then leave less people needing to collect tickets which would benefit them too as smaller queues.
wouldn't even mind if those who had qualified via the 5 game rule then had to provide proof of travel to city prior to leaving by emailing your flight/ferry confirmation to city as ultimately no one is going to fork out the cost of travel just to gain 40 points then pass ticket on and sack off the travel. Just want my ticket in hand on leaving the UK so European trips can again become free without the stress of wasting a large chunk of your time collecting what you have paid for and is rightfully yours
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reckon that would work.
 
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