[Football] Season Ticket Downloaded!!

[el punal]

Spoke to somebody yesterday who for first time has bought 3 STs. After speaking to club he paid £25 extra on each in case him or son/daughter cant attend a game. He was not aware that if he cant go person he passes ticket to also has to pay £25 He is not a happy bunny. I think people on here disagree but I can see many empty seats on games that are not sold out.

I must admit I was not happy with the club’s stance on this. Mrs.Punal has an ST but won’t be able to attend various games this season. For her (us) to enable a “friend and family” member to attend there is a charge of £20+ for administration costs. On top of that the friend and family member has to stump up £28 to be an “Albion + member” to allow them to share Mrs. P’s season ticket. That’s £50 in the club’s coffers before a ball’s been kicked. If another friend or family member wants to go the same rules apply - another £28 handed over.

Now I realise the club have lost an awful lot of revenue over the last 18 months but I do think that this policy is a bit extortionate. After all Mrs.Punal and I have already purchased our season tickets (and have done since the Amex was opened) - loyal supporters and all that. To then penalise us by having to pay more so that there won’t be an empty seat does seem excessive. After all, as my daughter stated, you’ve paid for the ticket therefore you can take who you want - of course that’s another story and different argument entirely.

 

[Mr deez]

Hypothetically speaking, and asking for a friend.
If you download your ST(s) to an old smartphone, for example an unused iPhone 5. Could you just use this, and then if you couldn’t go to a game just hand this phone to a friend who perhaps could go?

Don't see why not. Or you could screenshot the bar code thing and send it to them.

 

[Wozza]

After all, as my daughter stated, you’ve paid for the ticket therefore you can take who you want - of course that’s another story and different argument entirely.

It's an argument, yes, but wrong.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It was a "got there in the end" experience for me as well, being as I've never used Google Pay. Some moderate faffage, but its doable !

The crusties are going to struggle though. My dad would not cope with this.

This old crusty hasn’t had a problem, although I have an iPhone.

 

[worthingseagull]

Don't see why not. Or you could screenshot the bar code thing and send it to them.

can't do this as its a live qr code (updates every 15/20mins)

 

[Mr deez]

can't do this as its a live qr code (updates every 15/20mins)

Ah ok, cheers.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Hypothetically speaking, and asking for a friend.
If you download your ST(s) to an old smartphone, for example an unused iPhone 5. Could you just use this, and then if you couldn’t go to a game just hand this phone to a friend who perhaps could go?

I thought production of photo ID was mentioned somewhere.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but it states you can only download to one phone - if I change my phone at some point does my Google Pay just transfer to my new phone and the season ticket will still be on there? So it can only be on one phone at a time rather than only on one specific phone?

 

[banjo]

All done. Nicely sitting in my wallet. So excited.

 

[amexer]

Don't see why not. Or you could screenshot the bar code thing and send it to them.

Helpful Now I know what to do

 

[dazzer6666]

Hypothetically speaking, and asking for a friend.
If you download your ST(s) to an old smartphone, for example an unused iPhone 5. Could you just use this, and then if you couldn’t go to a game just hand this phone to a friend who perhaps could go?

Technically could work, although there may well be ID checks, at least initially. Would imagine any STH found to have done this would have their ST cancelled and a long ban to follow.

Don't see why not. Or you could screenshot the bar code thing and send it to them.

I understand the QRC changes in the app regularly (to prevent this happening) so this won’t work ?

I was initially a bit pissed off about the £20 admin charge and the need to be an A+ member to transfer a ticket (like others me and junior attend virtually all games so it’s going to be an infrequent thing) but even for one game the total cost (excluding what has already been paid for the ST) is around what a general sale ticket would cost - do it 2-3 times a season and it’s reasonable value. It’s a great idea for those wanting to share tickets much more frequently of course.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Helpful Now I know what to do

Good luck with that. I’m sure your friend will thank you for their pointless round trip to Falmer.

 

[nwgull]

Hypothetically speaking, and asking for a friend.
If you download your ST(s) to an old smartphone, for example an unused iPhone 5. Could you just use this, and then if you couldn’t go to a game just hand this phone to a friend who perhaps could go?

I've got a friend who was asking the same question. Presumably the tickets can be transferred to a different phone over the season anyway. There'll be several thousand fans who'll lose, damage or upgrade their phones over the course of a 9 month season!

I thought production of photo ID was mentioned somewhere.

I'm sceptical that there is going to be anything other than a few spot checks. Imagine the queues that full ID cross check would create at 2-45 with 30K in attendance.

 

[banjo]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but it states you can only download to one phone - if I change my phone at some point does my Google Pay just transfer to my new phone and the season ticket will still be on there? So it can only be on one phone at a time rather than only on one specific phone?

Not entirely sure, but if it’s an iPhone as long as your cloud is updated it should just copy everything over.

 

[el punal]

It's an argument, yes, but wrong.

Of course. Dem’s is the rules.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Not entirely sure, but if it’s an iPhone as long as your cloud is updated it should just copy everything over.

Thanks for your reply. It's Samsung so I would hope Google Pay does the same but God knows.

 

[Originunknown]

Thanks for your reply. It's Samsung so I would hope Google Pay does the same but God knows.

Google pay is linked to your Google account. If you open the app you can see the account being used in the top right of the screen.

 

[Gabbafella]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but it states you can only download to one phone - if I change my phone at some point does my Google Pay just transfer to my new phone and the season ticket will still be on there? So it can only be on one phone at a time rather than only on one specific phone?

Why don't you try singing in to your Google pay on someone else's phone to see if it works?
There must be a way to transfer the ticket to a different phone, my contract is up before the season ends so it will need to allow me to use it on whatever new phone I get.

 

[amexer]

Good luck with that. I’m sure your friend will thank you for their pointless round trip to Falmer.

Of course wont do this unless it worked.. What I wont do if I miss one game is to pay £45 on top of £40 I have paid for ticket

 

[August West]

In case anyone else has a problem with the link.

I couldn't make the link work on my iPhone SE using Firefox, I tried multiple times and just got error messages.

I changed my default browser from Firefox to Safari and it worked immediately!