darkwolf666
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No, but they do have a quite simple first come first served process which seems to work quite well...
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[Albion] LoyaltyPointGate - discussion with the club
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No, but they do have a quite simple first come first served process which seems to work quite well...
Geestar
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Scrap points...first come first serve
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darkwolf666
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All understood, but on this occasion the cold hard cash to get extra loyalty points has over-ridden real loyalty and I am sure the club wouldn't have given a rats ass if a stink hadn't been kicked up about the no shows...
Charlies Shinpad
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As I said on another thread that if the club hadn't stepped in now the scenario could have been even worse as if we had drawn a non league side in the FA Cup and we were chosen as the live game and given 600 tickets and the club offered 15 points and on the day of the game only 200 turned up
Surely the problem is only that the club got the loyalty point allocation wrong for this tie. Consensus seems to be that both Leicester and Watford were sold out and well attended (despite one individual seemingly sitting on his own in an entire row at both games!!). In hindsight, the club should possibly have only offered a couple of points for this game. I don't know but I suspect the 650 that did go would still have gone. I also suspect the seemingly zillions of die hard fans that couldn't get a ticket would still not have gone (apart from the odd few). It was after all a reserve team fixture in the unwanted cup in which the club are obliged to enter and, at the second attempt, succeeded in getting knocked out.
The club know how many points fans have and over how long they have accrued them. I suspect there are very few that have only had a season for a couple of years as to be in the top bracket they would probably have had to have gone to most of the away games during those two years!
The club know how many points fans have and over how long they have accrued them. I suspect there are very few that have only had a season for a couple of years as to be in the top bracket they would probably have had to have gone to most of the away games during those two years!
Away Tickets - Fair?
ST holder for ages, been to a few away games but lacking enough loyalty points to get into the higher brackets when away tickets come on sale. So, the question is, how can I get away tickets (and therefore loyalty points) when they come on sale. Bit of a closed shop really, isn't it?
ST holder for ages, been to a few away games but lacking enough loyalty points to get into the higher brackets when away tickets come on sale. So, the question is, how can I get away tickets (and therefore loyalty points) when they come on sale. Bit of a closed shop really, isn't it?
I suspect you're right about the reason for the club's reaction. The club had the data for the Barnet cup game, where there were far more no-shows, and said & did the square root of F all about it. A cynic might suggest that the fact that the extra cash went into our coffers rather than an away team's may have played some part in this discrepancy in approach.
It works well because they rarely sell out of any line.
Supply and demand.
The loyalty scheme isn't perfect but it rewards those that have been going regularly for a number of years over those that all of a sudden have a desire to attend fixtures at the Emirates, Stamford Bridge, Wembley etc!!!
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Both games were League Cup games where ticket revenues (less certain permissible expenses) are split between each club.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Possibly, and only possibly, it might be due to the fact that it was highlighted many times on NSC and elsewhere this time, whereas for Barnet it was merely a few throwaway comments.
Additionally nobody complained post match about being unable to purchase a ticket.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I don't think Barnet sold out did it ?
So everyone who wanted a ticket was able to get one officially without buying off twitter touts.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Yes, it is a closed shop unless you get very lucky, or buy off other fans touting tickets on twitter.
Think you will find that, after expenses and the leagues cut, the income is shared equally.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Not the scenario with me, but do you think that fans who went to say, Rotherham/Huddersfield on Tuesday nights or a freezing Millwall when we barely avoided relegation a few terms back should get ANY preference?
Just started a thread on the closed shop of away tickets...
ROSM
Well-known member
Correct.
However i think the difference was that Barnet didnt sell out so while people may have bagged extra points, they didnt also prevent others from getting them
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It was inevitable......'The Gay Team'....
I stand corrected. It remains a fact that the club were silent after the Barnet game, and are only now reacting, when the number of no-shows is materially smaller.
el punal
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So what do you suggest? Most fans agree that the system is as fair as it can be. Those people with highest number of loyalty points - guess what? They were the ones who went to the far outposts of Preston, Blackburn etc when the Premier League was still a dream, they, above all others, deserve to be first in the pecking order.
I don't dispute that. Fair play to them. But maybe they should have an allocation of tickets for each bracket of STH. At least everyone would have a chance of getting one then, albeit slim...