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Buying home ticket without 10 points



somerset

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Jul 14, 2003
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But they could allow sths to purchase more than one ticket. I could then have got them for her. Problem solved

But of course the club doesn't know that you won't fire the five extra tickets in the direction of a tout or away fans does it?....... I think it is a sensible approach for a high demand game.
 




bhanutz

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Aug 23, 2005
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But of course the club doesn't know that you won't fire the five extra tickets in the direction of a tout or away fans does it?....... I think it is a sensible approach for a high demand game.

Will you think that if it doesnt sell out?
 


somerset

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Jul 14, 2003
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A few hundred empties....?....... Meh!
 


Papa Lazarou

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Jul 7, 2003
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Just called and restrictions set, 1 per fan number, shame as I wanted another 1 but cant buy them.

Wasn't that the deal anyway? You could purchase up to 6, but you needed to associate an existing fan number (with 10+ points) to each one.
 






upthealbion1970

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But they could allow sths to purchase more than one ticket. I could then have got them for her. Problem solved

Why should the club do that?

Why should someone who's never attended an Amex game get a ticket when there are PLENTY who have been before who want to go this time?
 


Steveapps71

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May 9, 2011
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so i'm guessing the answer to my original question after a little bit of confusion is that my mate is watching it on sky....shame
 


skipper734

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Aug 9, 2008
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There appears to be loads of seats available, and lots of multiples in every stand.
 




mmidd7

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Nov 22, 2013
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I managed to get one for me and Dad on the same customer number on Monday. On Monday I could have brought up to 6 on the same customer number...

Now Friends have asked if i can get some for them, so checked this morning after hearing loads were avaliable again but coudn't purchase any more using the customer number used on Monday as have got two already?!
Why change the restrictions when the club now need to sell the remaining tickets? With 2 days to go aswell.....
 


Goldstone1976

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Wasn't that the deal anyway? You could purchase up to 6, but you needed to associate an existing fan number (with 10+ points) to each one.

Not originally. I bought an extra three seats just using my fan number when the booking originally opened. I then went back yesterday evening to try to buy another pair for some more friends and the system wouldn't allow me to, saying that it was now 1 per fan number.

The club must have changed the rule at some point between me buying the original extra three and yesterday night.
 


Bozza

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Jul 4, 2003
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I managed to get one for me and Dad on the same customer number on Monday. On Monday I could have brought up to 6 on the same customer number...

Now Friends have asked if i can get some for them, so checked this morning after hearing loads were avaliable again but coudn't purchase any more using the customer number used on Monday as have got two already?!
Why change the restrictions when the club now need to sell the remaining tickets? With 2 days to go aswell.....

I don't know, but I'd take a pretty good guess that there will be some intelligence that Derby will sell out completely and some Derby fans will try, or have been trying, to buy tickets in the Albion section.
 




Steveapps71

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Why should the club do that?

Why should someone who's never attended an Amex game get a ticket when there are PLENTY who have been before who want to go this time?

Because if there are tickets available (which there is hundreds/couple thousand as of this morning) surely its better going to casual Brighton fans rather than being empty or Derby being handed more tickets.
 


Simster

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Jul 7, 2003
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Interestingly, as of this morning, Derby have "only" sold 23,000 themselves for their home game on Sunday. So even accounting for 3,000 Albion, they've still got 6,000 seats to sell.

We will sell out, Derby will sell out - for a combined attendance of 62,000.
 


mmidd7

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Nov 22, 2013
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I don't know, but I'd take a pretty good guess that there will be some intelligence that Derby will sell out completely and some Derby fans will try, or have been trying, to buy tickets in the Albion section.

Yeah I understand the reasoning behind the 10+ points put in place now to stop Derby fans, but dont understand why I could have brought 6 on Monday on the same number... but am now unable to buy anymore as have brought two already... seems odd
 




Steveapps71

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I don't know, but I'd take a pretty good guess that there will be some intelligence that Derby will sell out completely and some Derby fans will try, or have been trying, to buy tickets in the Albion section.

That's fine but if someone was registered months ago but just didn't have 10 points (as there friends always booked for them) its a little harsh to deny a ticket I think.
 


Bozza

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Because if there are tickets available (which there is hundreds/couple thousand as of this morning) surely its better going to casual Brighton fans rather than being empty or Derby being handed more tickets.

Derby have been given a very small half-block (or less) that is directly next to the existing allocated section. I would guess this has been done after police/both clubs/safety officer discussions that have resulted in mutual agreement that the segregation zones can be minimised.

No one will want numbers of Derby fans sprinkled amongst the home sections if it can be helped.

The club will have a lot of information to hand, based on previous games, about how quickly tickets sell and should be able to forecast with reasonable accuracy how many tickets will sell and, indeed, if a game is going to sell out completely.

I'm happy to trust the club - they have a lot more information to hand than you or I.
 


Goldstone1976

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I don't know, but I'd take a pretty good guess that there will be some intelligence that Derby will sell out completely and some Derby fans will try, or have been trying, to buy tickets in the Albion section.

Sounds eminently plausible. Given there was a window of at least a few hours when you could buy up to 6 on one fan number, perhaps some Derby fans managed to get tickets in our end, unless there was also an unwritten rule along the lines of having to have bought tickets before this game, or having been a "fan" and having a fan number for more than just a few hours?
 


Bozza

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That's fine but if someone was registered months ago but just didn't have 10 points (as there friends always booked for them) its a little harsh to deny a ticket I think.

Even when you book on behalf of someone else, you allocate the ticket purchase to a named fan. If you (or whoever) had done this only once for this fan then he'd have at least 20 points and be able to get a ticket. I'm not sure why anyone would NOT want the loyalty points...
 




upthealbion1970

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Because if there are tickets available (which there is hundreds/couple thousand as of this morning) surely its better going to casual Brighton fans rather than being empty or Derby being handed more tickets.

It will sell out and be the highest attendance. Couple of thousand tickets left after they've been in sale for 48 hours. Anyone who wants a ticket will get one, they just have to do what all of us have done and not use the biggest game of the season as a first visit.

Not difficult or hard, or even complicated. There is a 10 point restriction to stop derby buying in the home stands.
 


Goldstone1976

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Even when you book on behalf of someone else, you allocate the ticket purchase to a named fan. If you (or whoever) had done this only once for this fan then he'd have at least 20 points and be able to get a ticket. I'm not sure why anyone would NOT want the loyalty points...

When I bought the three extra tickets on my fan number, I didn't have to give a name for them; they're all in my name. I only got the LP for my normal seat purchase though; no LP were given for the extra three.
 


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