Uber Blues
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 17 Sep 2009
- Messages
- 1,110
Mod's i hope you will let this thread run a little just to gain some thought's from other's, and in the hope the club may latch on to this idea.
This thread is not about "loyalty points" as such and the why's and wherefores of the point's system and it's fairness, but more about leaving fan's high and dry having committed to time off work, booking and paying for travel, flight's, Ferry's and hotels, with no chance of a match ticket.
The Ajax away game is a good example of what ammounts to Hundreds, if not thousands of fan's committing and paying for travel and accommodation to travel thinking as per the City website they will have enough points for a ticket, ie 6000 point's as from 1pm Friday 12th October.
The reality as we all know was somewhat different, with i think anyone under 8000 point's missing out ? I will stand corrected on that if i'm wrong. I don't want this to be about the point's system, although i do have thought's on that, this is just about putting something in place that allows information re ticket's to be, A) more accurate, and, B) with a bigger time frame prior to the date of the game in question.
My thought was to see if City could introduce some sort of Pre purchase intent 30 day's in advance of any fixture away, ie Ajax. That way City will be aware of just how many supporters intend to travel to this game and have the required points, ie 8500 to purchase a match ticket. A short window of intent for all purchase groups that are entitled to buy ticket's and thus making a commitment to do so would therefore save other's, (me) buying up flight's, and booking hotels knowing that they will not have the point's to gain a ticket due to the demand lodged by those on higher points.
If 2600 apply for tickets with 8500 points then that's fair, as long as the names on the card's are the names that travel to the game, although that's maybe another can of worm's for another day.
My story was i did'nt book flights on spikes day trip for Madrid because i did'nt think i would get a ticket, guess what...i got the ticket but all the flights i wanted were gone, now i book the flight for Amsterdam with spike and i can't get a ticket on my point's through the proper channels, so i will beg, borrow etc etc to try and get one (which i have thankfully) but that's luck and i could, like other's be out of pocket in term's of my time and money. I've booked and paid for flight's for me and my lad to Dortmund, will i get match tickets ?? Have'nt got a clue and wont know til were right on top of the fixture.
All i'm asking is that City insist on getting pre purchase intention and commitment from high points supporters so the information they release when the ticket allocation is obtained (from Ajax in this case) is accurate. It would simply save a lot of false hope and huge expense for our loyal fan's a lot of whom will be travelling to watch the live game in a bar in Amsterdam on TV!!
Just my two penny's worth guy's.
This thread is not about "loyalty points" as such and the why's and wherefores of the point's system and it's fairness, but more about leaving fan's high and dry having committed to time off work, booking and paying for travel, flight's, Ferry's and hotels, with no chance of a match ticket.
The Ajax away game is a good example of what ammounts to Hundreds, if not thousands of fan's committing and paying for travel and accommodation to travel thinking as per the City website they will have enough points for a ticket, ie 6000 point's as from 1pm Friday 12th October.
The reality as we all know was somewhat different, with i think anyone under 8000 point's missing out ? I will stand corrected on that if i'm wrong. I don't want this to be about the point's system, although i do have thought's on that, this is just about putting something in place that allows information re ticket's to be, A) more accurate, and, B) with a bigger time frame prior to the date of the game in question.
My thought was to see if City could introduce some sort of Pre purchase intent 30 day's in advance of any fixture away, ie Ajax. That way City will be aware of just how many supporters intend to travel to this game and have the required points, ie 8500 to purchase a match ticket. A short window of intent for all purchase groups that are entitled to buy ticket's and thus making a commitment to do so would therefore save other's, (me) buying up flight's, and booking hotels knowing that they will not have the point's to gain a ticket due to the demand lodged by those on higher points.
If 2600 apply for tickets with 8500 points then that's fair, as long as the names on the card's are the names that travel to the game, although that's maybe another can of worm's for another day.
My story was i did'nt book flights on spikes day trip for Madrid because i did'nt think i would get a ticket, guess what...i got the ticket but all the flights i wanted were gone, now i book the flight for Amsterdam with spike and i can't get a ticket on my point's through the proper channels, so i will beg, borrow etc etc to try and get one (which i have thankfully) but that's luck and i could, like other's be out of pocket in term's of my time and money. I've booked and paid for flight's for me and my lad to Dortmund, will i get match tickets ?? Have'nt got a clue and wont know til were right on top of the fixture.
All i'm asking is that City insist on getting pre purchase intention and commitment from high points supporters so the information they release when the ticket allocation is obtained (from Ajax in this case) is accurate. It would simply save a lot of false hope and huge expense for our loyal fan's a lot of whom will be travelling to watch the live game in a bar in Amsterdam on TV!!
Just my two penny's worth guy's.