Swansea

Notters said:

Shame it's on bonfire night. Would have gone to this one.

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chimneys said:

Its not. Its the day before.

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Notters said:

Lewes doesn't happen on Sundays.

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chimneys said:

Bonfire Night is always November 5th, no matter when Lewes marks it.

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Herr Tubthumper said:

This is possible but I do not believe every single game will sell out on the 2nd and/or 3rd tiers. And this is all that is needed for someone to bump up their pointed.

As an aside, beyond checking ID and/or having ticket collection points at away games and also checking ID, I cannot see what else the club can do.

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I remember the good times said:

WTF
I'm on 305 LP's. ST holder for years. All away games this season, not for points but to follow my team. Two thirds of away for last 4 seasons or so. If the points keep going up higher than the points awarded I'm in trouble and may miss out on Old Trafford or Anfield despite going to the minor games.
PS Flying out on holiday Tuesday (well planned, eh) so I'm the guy on my laptop at 9:00 and it's my name being called for my plane at 10:00

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Joe Gatting's Dad said:

Some people seem to want an away season ticket.

The club tried this and I became a Platinum Member which guaranteed me an away ticket for every game and charged my credit card accordingly and I was automatically sent a ticket. You had to guarantee you would buy for every game.

However, only 30 (thirty) fans did this, so the club dropped the idea, although I still get post free tickets, but I have to apply online like everyone else as soon as they go on sale. Not too much of a problem for me as I have 400+ points.

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Blue Valkyrie said:

This is why the system needs a massive overhaul.

It encourages top tier to buy every game and then to sell on to randoms if they don't go, after harvesting the points.

Any concept of 'loyalty' is dead. The points should be renamed 'harvest points'.

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sully said:

Not a chance of closing the gap. They're giving an additional 15 points to those ahead of me basically for already being at the front of the queue. The maximum I can get from 1 game will be that same 15 points, but 3,000 others ahead of me will get 15 points for Arsenal and West Ham, too. It's just fatally flawed and they are again incentivising people to purchase tickets they don't want because there will be plenty who will take them off their hands, so there's not even a financial loss in keeping their place in the queue.

It's almost like the club have no idea how to make the thing work!

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I remember the good times said:

WTF
I'm on 305 LP's. ST holder for years. All away games this season, not for points but to follow my team. Two thirds of away for last 4 seasons or so. If the points keep going up higher than the points awarded I'm in trouble and may miss out on Old Trafford or Anfield despite going to the minor games.
PS Flying out on holiday Tuesday (well planned, eh) so I'm the guy on my laptop at 9:00 and it's my name being called for my plane at 10:00

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Munkfish said:

As someone who knows people in the third tiers, they arent getting close to the second tier bracket. One was 2 points away, they are now something like 17 behind the cut off.

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sully said:

The points awarded bit is what's broken.

At the start of the season, I was just outside the tier 2 level but couldn't go to Leicester and Watford. I have been to both Carabao cup games and scraped up to 235 points. This was the second tier level for Arsenal, but they were sold out before I got the points. West Ham was 237, so I just miss out by 2 points. The top 2 levels are now, most likely, unachievable having been so close.

So that's it for this season. No League away games (Newcastle the only remote chance I reckon) and I'll be comfortably 100 points or more away from the second tier by Christmas.

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Munkfish said:

As you are in the Top tier, you are GUARANTEED a ticket. so you have the whole of the first day to choose.

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Alfie22 said:

This is definitely a hike in points. I started this season in tier 2 but after Leicester have been in tier 1 ever since (having been to all games). Now I'm suddenly 14 points off tier 1 for Swansea. Is that purely down to capacity because I had assumed if I got in tier 1 and continued to go to all the always I'd remain in tier 1?

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Bozza said:

I have a feeling there will, very shortly, be an update from the club on the loyalty point system and abuse.

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I remember the good times said:

Yes, but up to this game I was always well within the top tier with plenty of points to spare.
Now I'm only 4 points up. If for Liecester away I was 20 points above (which I think I was), and I've been to every game I should, in theory, still be 20 points above the top tier cut off.

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maglers said:

So if you really want to go to Swansea, buy one of these. Or do you just want to go to United, Chelsea, Spurs etc...?

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sully said:

I really want to go to Swansea, but I won't support touts.

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