So they never went on open sale.
The waiting list isnt open sale then is it ? And if they didnt go on open sale it's safe to assume not everyone on the list got one.
Don't see why you want to push the story we haven't sold all the available season tickets, what would the club get out of stopping selling them, now weeks before the start of the season and before our transfers are done, they have no reason to.
Anyone could join the 'waiting list' a get a season ticket straight away until yesterday (open sale), and everyone on the list was able to but for the last four weeks or so.
The wasn't even a 'waiting list' in effect, as that implied priority given the longer people had been longer, but it didn't work like that this year.
City do it to manage demand, if big stars are to come then they may be more confident of making more money on a match by match basis, however having a cut off of end of June at which a sell out would be announced regardless of tickets sold seems more likely to me. It is what is done on a lot of match days too, and it is used as a defence for high pricing.