I do not see this being an issue, all it means is that all the tier lower bounds will be a bit higher and sales will be spread out across more tiers as uptake in each band will be less. That said, if you do believe it has a negative impact on supporters it's hardly the club's fault.
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Just to provide some balance, I have been dealing with supporter services regarding these European games. My previously good health took a serious nose dive towards the end of last year so I needed their help, assistance and guidance to get to these games. The level of support was, and still is...
I said it after Athens. The points needed for AEK is a lot lower than me, and many friends, anticipated. I was amazed I snuck into tier 1 for a game with only 1300 tickets. I imagine others felt they had little chance and didn’t register.
As I said a few weeks ago when the Athens tiers were announced and the points were a lot lower than expected….i imagined there would be quite a few who registered but mysteriously didn’t get a confirmation email and didn’t follow up at the time they “registered”. :wink:
Never done this BUT I did buy tickets for a band me and the wife really wanted to see, in a venue we really wanted to go to….only to get the date wrong and turn up the day after.
As someone pointed out earlier, if it became widely known and expected that it didn’t matter if you missed the deadline/made an error, and you could just call up and get it put right it would compromise the system. Dropping you down a tier is an incentive to apply on-time and/or correctly.
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I disagree. I think the club have been clear about the ticketing process and also flexible and fair with cases like the one here; flexible and fair whilst also upholding the integrity of the scheme. Let’s not forget the process is in place to reduce empty seats and in-turn ensure as many fans...