Ticket Pricing for Inter (H)

[Tim of the Oak]

As well as excessive pricing from the Club, the Inter game may have marked the return of the “Points whores” on an industrial scale. Many thousands buying onto the Cup Scheme and reselling their tickets. Presumably, wanting to make sure they get tickets for the semi finals and finals.

I realise they there are many fans who miss the first CL group game because of holidays, shift working etc. Travel to games can also be expensive and time consuming, of course.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Football fans should be way more united when it comes to this but we're all way too tribal trying to point score on each other.

Even in our own support, there seems to be a genuine split between fans who feel really flat about being priced out of an exciting time & those who are so grateful to our owners they believe they have the right to charge whatever they like. Usually these folk are alright jack types who feel they can afford it and it doesn't matter, despite not obviously seeing the club are pulling up the ladder on young kids and families who don't have a prayer in paying these prices.

Then you have the nerve of media types to start commentating on the atmosphere. It's unbelievable these clowns can't spot the correlation between pricing a certain football fan out of going to the game and the negative impact that has on the atmosphere.

Has anyone suggested they give up cigs ?

Used to be a regular bit of advice on here that years ago! Give up Cigs and booze so you can go and watch City! Even though most people who can’t afford to go probably don’t smoke!

 

[I'm not really here]

They don't want fans like you and me anymore pal, they want people who are gonna spend a load on tat in the club shop, buy a matchday program, and have a meal in the ground!

I have sympathy with you lot though mate, I know how long you've waited for this moment and to see them take the piss like they have done is really sad.

It's so wrong, IIRC our first game in the champions league against Napoli was only £15 Adults and £5 for U18s (correct me if I'm wrong) but it was peanuts compared to what's being charged nowadays

 

[East Level 2]

They are classed as ‘premium’ seats? City have to allocate a number of what UEFA refer to as ‘premium’ seats. These are in East & Colin Bell stand. It’s ridiculous, what happens if we play a club with hooliganism problems?

I believe it's 250 seats and to be described as "Premium" they have to be on the side of the pitch, between the two penalty areas. I think we only do this in the Colin Bell stand. UEFA partner seats in the East Stand are not for fans of the away team, but that doesn't mean they don't get their hands on them.
This has been the case for at least ten years, but some fans have been slow to notice.
I was told the allocation often goes to club officials and players' families, and could have been why they were seen as soft targets when West Ham played somewhere in Holland a couple of years back. Alkmaar, perhaps.

 

[levets]

I believe it's 250 seats and to be described as "Premium" they have to be on the side of the pitch, between the two penalty areas. I think we only do this in the Colin Bell stand. UEFA partner seats in the East Stand are not for fans of the away team, but that doesn't mean they don't get their hands on them.
This has been the case for at least ten years, but some fans have been slow to notice.
I was told the allocation often goes to club officials and players' families, and could have been why they were seen as soft targets when West Ham played somewhere in Holland a couple of years back. Alkmaar, perhaps.

UEFA definitely have ‘Premium’ sears in East Stand. They describe it as ‘Champions Club’. I sit in East Stand and there’s always away fans there. They must be easy to obtain.

 

[mr t]

As well as excessive pricing from the Club, the Inter game may have marked the return of the “Points whores” on an industrial scale. Many thousands buying onto the Cup Scheme and reselling their tickets. Presumably, wanting to make sure they get tickets for the semi finals and finals.

I realise they there are many fans who miss the first CL group game because of holidays, shift working etc. Travel to games can also be expensive and time consuming, of course.

Points whores lol.

Will the club buy back tickets for any cup games like they do for league games or is the demand for cup games not high enough for the club to be interested in looking for extra profit?

 

[paulchapo]

Points whores lol.

Will the club buy back tickets for any cup games like they do for league games or is the demand for cup games not high enough for the club to be interested in looking for extra profit?

The club don't give you the opportunity to resell cup tickets to put on the ticket exchange system. I have no idea why not.

 

[Alfie Budd]

Points whores lol.

Will the club buy back tickets for any cup games like they do for league games or is the demand for cup games not high enough for the club to be interested in looking for extra profit?

Ticket Exchange has never been available for cup games.
I suspect it's down to the ticketing IT not being sophisticated enough to be able to deal with it. The software can be set up in advance to pay you 1/19 of the cost of your season ticket for any PL game but it probably can't cope with the varying prices of tickets for cup games.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Points whores lol.

Will the club buy back tickets for any cup games like they do for league games or is the demand for cup games not high enough for the club to be interested in looking for extra profit?

Just don’t join the Cup Schemes if you are looking to sell your tickets back to the Club. I guess you would want to keep your ticket points too lol!

Anyway, Watford should be a sell out because the tickets are much cheaper.

 

[mr t]

Ticket Exchange has never been available for cup games.
I suspect it's down to the ticketing IT not being sophisticated enough to be able to deal with it. The software can be set up in advance to pay you 1/19 of the cost of your season ticket for any PL game but it probably can't cope with the varying prices of tickets for cup games.

Good point about the possible IT issues with pricing.

That may indeed be why the club won’t buy back and resell cup game tickets.

Folk can still transfer cup game tickets to friends and family on the Ticket Exchange but of course no financial dealings are required to do this.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Thousands of tickets were resold for the Inter game on the Facebook pages. Most of these tickets were being sold for less than face value. The sellers get the ticket points and the buyers got more affordable tickets.

 

[mr t]

Thousands of tickets were resold for the Inter game on the Facebook pages. Most of these tickets were being sold for less than face value. The sellers get the ticket points and the buyers got more affordable tickets.

So how does the recipient get the season ticket holders ticket?

Do they have to be a Citizen and transfer the ticket to ‘friends and family’ on the Ticket Exchange after being paid for the ticket or is there an easier way?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

So how does the recipient get the season ticket holders ticket?

Do they have to be a Citizen and transfer the ticket to ‘friends and family’ on the Ticket Exchange after being paid for the ticket or is there an easier way?

They have to be on the Cup Scheme to transfer the ticket via F&F (after they’ve been paid for it).

 

[mr t]

They have to be on the Cup Scheme to transfer the ticket via F&F (after they’ve been paid for it).

So Facebook is acting as the Ticket Exchange but you still have to use the exchange to transfer the ticket.

And the seller can ask any price or give it away.

So if I didn’t want to go to a game I couldn’t just send a photo of my season ticket for that game to my mate - they would have to become a Citizen and it would have to be done by the Ticket Exchange? Is that right - there’s no other way of getting in on somebody else’s ticket unless I give them my phone?

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Yes as a club we have fucked up ??? Are you real ?

I think it's very clear at the club that we've got a bunch of people in suits who are tasked with meeting short term targets, and unfortunately some of the decisions being made will have a negative impact on the club in the long run. That's a fact unfortunately.

And the truth is that most of the people making these crucial decisions, will probably have moved on by the time it has any significant impact on us

 

[Tim of the Oak]

So Facebook is acting as the Ticket Exchange but you still have to use the exchange to transfer the ticket.

And the seller can ask any price or give it away.

So if I didn’t want to go to a game I couldn’t just send a photo of my season ticket for that game to my mate - they would have to become a Citizen and it would have to be done by the Ticket Exchange? Is that right - there’s no other way of getting in on somebody else’s ticket unless I give them my phone?

These ticket forums have a policy of face value or less for ticket prices. Sending pics of bar codes / QR codes is hit and miss so it’s always safer to to transfer the ticket through F&F. My advice is don’t buy a ticket if you’ve got no
Intention of going. The amount of people who do that might artificially inflate the ticket prices as the club has left tickets to shift.

 

[Manchester1894]

Feels like this is breaking the average fan. Successive season ticket hikes, expensive cup matches + cost of living. City need to read the room here. Group stages and early cup games are an excellent opportunity to get families through the door. But Inter would have cost a typical family of 4 £200 plus about £50 in travel/membership/drinks snacks.
That's my concern. The club probably has the biggest family stand in the league. Front and centre in the north stand. It's going to shrink through business decisions of something isn't done soon. I honestly would suggest reverse dynamic pricing. If a ticket isn't sold 48 hrs before a game amend the booking to pay what you can afford as long as the buyer is a citizen with an M postcode.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Feels like this is breaking the average fan. Successive season ticket hikes, expensive cup matches + cost of living. City need to read the room here. Group stages and early cup games are an excellent opportunity to get families through the door. But Inter would have cost a typical family of 4 £200 plus about £50 in travel/membership/drinks snacks.
That's my concern. The club probably has the biggest family stand in the league. Front and centre in the north stand. It's going to shrink through business decisions of something isn't done soon. I honestly would suggest reverse dynamic pricing. If a ticket isn't sold 48 hrs before a game amend the booking to pay what you can afford as long as the buyer is a citizen with an M postcode.

Not a bad idea although why just an M postcode? People with some OL and SK postcodes will live a lot nearer than some M codes.
Thousands of blues have been priced out of the club and football in general is on the brink of losing a generation of kids whose parents can’t afford to take themselves let alone the kids. We need them in the ground on a regular basis not just on the odd occasion. Pretty sure under 16 were just £99 when we first moved to the Etihad! What’s the cheapest ticket now for that age group? Ijudt don’t think the club cares anymore as they are intent in squeezing every last drop out of people. I think if they could fill the ground with 52k corporates they would.

 

[East Level 2]

UEFA definitely have ‘Premium’ sears in East Stand. They describe it as ‘Champions Club’. I sit in East Stand and there’s always away fans there. They must be easy to obtain.

These are two different things. The 250 tickets in CB2 are allocated to the visiting club by City, but the Champions Club in the East Stand are UEFA tickets and go to various UEFA hangers-on and their sponsors/partners. Away fans get them through contacts at the sponsors rather than direct from the away club.
It used to piss me off when I sat in 206 as I was moved for CL games but my seat would have a City fan in it who had bought from the club after UEFA had returned the ticket. I guess that rarely happens these days as we are more attractive to neutral fans.
As an aside, I'm sure the rags (not this season) and dippers will also have to give up 250 prime position seats and I'm surprised their fans haven't kicked off about it.

 

[kippax_blueboy]

My son bought a ticket off X an hour before the game in Colin Bell Level 2 for £15.