I guess that giving both sets of figures *could* allow the club to prioritise a match or two to non-STH ahead of STH with few points, although I can't see it happening.
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I guess that giving both sets of figures *could* allow the club to prioritise a match or two to non-STH ahead of STH with few points, although I can't see it happening.
Not just confuse, but ENRAGE many, many people who will skim read the ticket release info, and rush frantically to buy tickets they are never going to get.
This system is a ****ing JOKE. It says tickets available for United away, available 9.00am Wednesday, to people with 300+ points. I've got 310 member points and it wont let me. Sack the ****ing board.
The clubs PDF says "Number of consecutive seasons, prior to the current season" so I assume I don't get any for 17/18?
I've been a continuous season ticket holder since the first year at the AMEX, but because I upgraded a couple of years ago to 1901, my old membership got cancelled and I only have 125 points now
You would hope/expect that contacting supporter services would resolve cases such as these. The calculation has likely been programmatic and some human intervention would be required to correct anomalies. I'd pick the phone up and ask anyway...
Must admit I had not seen that, I went by the example on the pdf which includes 17/8 renewal points...surely the continuous renewal points are applied at the point of renewal?
That is really helpful of the club to explain the whole thing in layman's terms, thank you so much for putting my mind at rest....................................#barberin
afters
Well-known member
without having the read the whole of this thread, i've got two numbers. i'm a STH, which is the appropriate one? I guess the higher? are they added together maybe? thanks for any clarification!
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Not so sure. I would be surprised if we took 3,000 fans to Burnley (but you never know).
I've sent them an email.
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
I don't understand how making it "how many seasons you've had a season ticket at The Amex" is more complicated than "how many consecutive seasons you've had a season ticket at The Amex". As I said, the rule that means they have to be consecutive seasons just punishes people for reasons that were out of their control. It's not just that it's screwed me over, it's a broken system. I said as much about how points worked for last year, despite them working in my favour last year.
I go to as many away games as I can reasonably afford to go to. In our L1 winning season I ended up going pretty much everywhere because the money I got for going to college paid for the train and beers, so I went to everything I could. JPT away at Northampton, Plymouth on a Tuesday etc. Last year I was still finding my feet financially so regular away games had to take a backseat. I have no problem with my points being lower because of that, it's how it should be. I just think the consecutive season rule is absolute horseshit
Whoislloydy
Well-known member
Do we know how many points are gonna be required to buy tickets? (home games mainly)
i didn't renew my ST as moving to Vancouver in October but I really hope i can get a ticket for home games.
i didn't renew my ST as moving to Vancouver in October but I really hope i can get a ticket for home games.
3000 or 10% of stadium capacity - what ever is lower.
Won't be getting more than 1200 for Bournemouth for example.
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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Have the Season tickets loyalty points already been added to our totals? I ask because of this, on the Loyalty Points info the club released:
It is good to reward that loyalty though. Say we get relegated next year but then bounce straight back up, those who stick with the club in the championship will be at the front of the queue come promotion.
- Aug 8, 2005
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I guess the point is if you have had a season ticket for five out of the last six seasons but didn't in the fifth shouldn't you get more loyalty status than someone who first got one last season? Five seasons against one season suggests greater loyalty.
Only if they renege on this pledge, contained in the PDF: "STHs will always receive top priority"
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
That's a good point, but people who have a season ticket in both the Premiership and the Championship would still have more points if it was done purely on how many seasons non-concurrently, surely?
Exactly.
If this is how the club want to do the point system, then fine, it's up to them. It's just frustrating that somebody who jumped on the bandwagon after we finished 3rd will be on a par with me, just because I couldn't afford a season ticket one year. People who have had a ST for every season at the Amex deserve more than me, I won't challenge that. However the fact that my season ticket for the first four years at Falmer count for sweet F.A is ridiculous.
It's a problem that will only get worse as well. It'll be interesting to see how people on here think when it's 2020, their kid is off travelling or off to uni and they're left with the dilemma of pay for a season ticket that might not be used or sacrifice 300-400 loyalty points.
- Aug 8, 2005
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I'd add another set of fans who may not be too happy. If you were a regular away attendee for the last few seasons, but only committed to a season ticket in the last season or two you could have a lot of member points but quite low season ticket points.
Under the previous system you would have been near the top of the queue for away tickets, now you are potentially near the bottom. So someone who was an away regular may now find they can't go to any. Potentially they could have gone to every away game for five seasons but can't go to a single one this season.
Under the previous system you would have been near the top of the queue for away tickets, now you are potentially near the bottom. So someone who was an away regular may now find they can't go to any. Potentially they could have gone to every away game for five seasons but can't go to a single one this season.