[Albion] Your Semi-Final ticket buying strategy

[Live by the sea]

My brother and I are both STHs and our tickets are "linked". So one of us will buy for both as and when they are available.

He's already booked a coach. We have a motorhome and have booked a campsite nearish to Wembley for the three nights of the weekend. Mrs DiS is not an STH but is a member. Her best friend is an STH, so they will be looking to sit together. The Friend also has a motorhome and is booked on the same campsite.

Hello campers ! ( excuse my humour )

 

[Bod]

Id agree with all of that....and no dig at those who are, but not sure a 1901 club member in tier 1 is more loyal, they're probably just a bit better off and are worth more to the club financially.

The general tier 1 riff raff, are the in the main the most attending/loyal.

1901 members in priority 1 are there on merit with the relevant loyalty points. They have to accrue their points just like everyone else. You do not automatically get priority 1 just because you are a 1901 member.

 

[dazzer6666]

You posted this:
"OK, so let's say that you and I want to go together. Perhaps we also want to sit with a friend who is an Albion+ member and their son, who has been to 7 or 8 games this season, home an away but never bother to get an A+ membership. We're all going to get tickets and we can probably get four together if we wait until the first guest windows open, assuming one of us in STH Window 1. But why have all the uncertainty in the first place?"

I see now that it was hypothetical, but you were saying that someone who didn't bother to get a MA+ membership should be able to get their ticket on day 1 because they're a mate of a STH in priority 1.

I'm still unclear what "uncertainty" you keep on about. You've said yourself you're confident you'd all get tickets, so just wait until you are all eligible, like everyone else.

As far as I can see, you haven't identified any "uncertainty" apart from where there might be tickets available. That's always the case, as we don't know who will also want the same ones or the same block that we want and they might all be gone when we get there. It's why there are priorities in the first place and they all seem pretty fair to me (apart from guests ahead of purchase history).

Availability is actually better than a lot of away games - at least this time I got to choose from the whole of our total allocation, not just from the crappier seats being available first with better ones coming on line as later blocks !

 

[sully]

Availability is actually better than a lot of away games - at least this time I got to choose from the whole of our total allocation, not just from the crappier seats being available first with better ones coming on line as later blocks !

Indeed.
It actually benefits those that have to wait for others in lower groups for some aways, which is daft, really.
I'm sure many just wait for the better blocks to open without needing to wait for friends in lower groups, too.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Hello campers ! ( excuse my humour )

It’s not humour. It’s true.
you missed out the Hi-de-Hi.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Hello campers ! ( excuse my humour )

I've been whooshed by that (I think), people do go camping & enjoy it. I love it!

 

[Hamilton]

Our strategy failed. We bought 7 in STH tier 3 as that was the lowest tier one of our group were in however hoping to get a ticket in that area for an Albion+ member on Monday at 9. We deliberately left a gap in the 7 seats hoping that would still be there Monday but alas it's gone as has every other ticket in that block. Will hope to get a ticket in neighbouring block and see if some will swap. Slim hopes I feel.

I’m assuming that the 8 of you just wanted to sit together and that as you were all either STH or A+ members you knew you were guaranteed a ticket. However, with the uncertainty of how buying would pan out you decided to buy early and put into play the clever ‘single seat’ strategy.

If only there had been some way for you to register as a group of 8 and then be assigned the tickets accordingly. This could have allowed you to also select preferences on blocks you’d like to sit in on advance. That would have taken away the uncertainty for you A+ friend on whether he’d be sat with you.

But, to suggest uncertainty, or the very idea that there might be a better way that ticket distribution could work for fans who are more or less guaranteed a ticket, that’s madness.

After all, technology can now produce ChatGPT but it can’t improve ticket distribution.

 

[sully]

I’m assuming that the 8 of you just wanted to sit together and that as you were all either STH or A+ members you knew you were guaranteed a ticket. However, with the uncertainty of how buying would pan out you decided to buy early and put into play the clever ‘single seat’ strategy.

If only there had been some way for you to register as a group of 8 and then be assigned the tickets accordingly. This could have allowed you to also select preferences on blocks you’d like to sit in on advance. That would have taken away the uncertainty for you A+ friend on whether he’d be sat with you.

But, to suggest uncertainty, or the very idea that there might be a better way that ticket distribution could work for fans who are more or less guaranteed a ticket, that’s madness.

After all, technology can now produce ChatGPT but it can’t improve ticket distribution.

And how exactly would that have got them in the block they wanted? It would have been sold out.
They took a gamble and it failed. Plenty hoovering up the single seats, it seems.

 

[WhingForPresident]

My window opens at 9am tomorrow and my wife has just dropped that I am meant to be taking my 5 year old to swimming lessons at 9am... Puts a bit of a spanner in my plan to log in on 5 devices.

Looking to get two tickets together about half way back behind the goal in Cat 2 seats (block 135/136 or 131/132) anyone able to tell me what availability is looking like there?

 

[blockhseagull]

My window opens at 9am tomorrow and my wife has just dropped that I am meant to be taking my 5 year old to swimming lessons at 9am... Puts a bit of a spanner in my plan to log in on 5 devices.

Looking to get two tickets together about half way back behind the goal in Cat 2 seats (block 135/136 or 131/132) anyone able to tell me what availability is looking like there?

Just single seats available in those blocks

 

[dazzer6666]

My window opens at 9am tomorrow and my wife has just dropped that I am meant to be taking my 5 year old to swimming lessons at 9am... Puts a bit of a spanner in my plan to log in on 5 devices.

Looking to get two tickets together about half way back behind the goal in Cat 2 seats (block 135/136 or 131/132) anyone able to tell me what availability is looking like there?

Can’t see any pairs available in the lower tier at all.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

For those of us who are MyAlbion + Priority One and eagerly waiting/panicking about what will be available at 9am tomorrow, is there anyone who can provide an up to date list of how many tickets are list in each area? @Bozza brilliant spreadsheet has not been updated since Friday evening. Just wondering how many more have been sold, and how many left. TIA

 

[Bozza]

For those of us who are MyAlbion + Priority One and eagerly waiting/panicking about what will be available at 9am tomorrow, is there anyone who can provide an up to date list of how many tickets are list in each area? @Bozza brilliant spreadsheet has not been updated since Friday evening. Just wondering how many more have been sold, and how many left. TIA

I'm going to update it this evening ahead of tomorrow's A+ window opening.

From a quick glance, not many more have sold, which is what I expected. Probably a few under 12,000 remaining.

 

[Bozza]

For those of us who are MyAlbion + Priority One and eagerly waiting/panicking about what will be available at 9am tomorrow, is there anyone who can provide an up to date list of how many tickets are list in each area? @Bozza brilliant spreadsheet has not been updated since Friday evening. Just wondering how many more have been sold, and how many left. TIA

I've just updated it.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

So, do I take our two MyAlbion+ tickets straight away, or wait in hope for 10 days for the MyAlbion+ guest window? Shall we expect the STH guest window to hoover up huge numbers?

 

[Seaview Seagull]

I’m assuming that the 8 of you just wanted to sit together and that as you were all either STH or A+ members you knew you were guaranteed a ticket. However, with the uncertainty of how buying would pan out you decided to buy early and put into play the clever ‘single seat’ strategy.

If only there had been some way for you to register as a group of 8 and then be assigned the tickets accordingly. This could have allowed you to also select preferences on blocks you’d like to sit in on advance. That would have taken away the uncertainty for you A+ friend on whether he’d be sat with you.

But, to suggest uncertainty, or the very idea that there might be a better way that ticket distribution could work for fans who are more or less guaranteed a ticket, that’s madness.

After all, technology can now produce ChatGPT but it can’t improve ticket distribution.

Are you suggesting that a group of mixed priorities should get an advantage just because they are a group? Otherwise your example doesn't work.

 

[pastafarian]

So, do I take our two MyAlbion+ tickets straight away, or wait in hope for 10 days for the MyAlbion+ guest window? Shall we expect the STH guest window to hoover up huge numbers?

Every man ( or woman) for himself (or herself)
sort yourself out first
if guest tickets remain, guests will have to sit amongst themselves.
Good chance that if you wait for guests tickets to open they will be dotted about everywhere, and you and guests will be seperated in any case.

not worth the risk of missing out (imo)

 

[dazzer6666]

So, do I take our two MyAlbion+ tickets straight away, or wait in hope for 10 days for the MyAlbion+ guest window? Shall we expect the STH guest window to hoover up huge numbers?

Personally don’t think it’ll make the A+ guest windows, but I’m guessing Interesting to see how many get sold to members this week

 

[Bodian]

Just single seats available in those blocks

Can’t see any pairs available in the lower tier at all.

Excellent. I only want one!

 

[dazzer6666]

Excellent. I only want one!

‘9am club’