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[Albion] Ticket exchange
- Thread starter ken tiler
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Every time I’ve listed a ticket it has appeared for sale immediately.
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- #4
Its a long story but basically i pay for two season tickets on a standing order and have full control of both accounts but neither is in my name. Seems I`d have to shell out £35.00 for a new myalbion account and a further £20 to enable sharing - paying a £1.00 admin fee seems cheaper if I can guarantee I can buy my own ticket.
Exchange tickets are sold at the full, adult, matchday price aren’t they ? How could you get your ST seat back for a quid ?
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I assumed Id get the money for the exchange and have to pay a £1.00 admin fee perhaps I didn`t red the small print - oh well bang goes another idea!
you get the pro rata season ticket rate. they sell at full match day rate
nwgull
Well-known member
If you have full control over both, then why not just put one of the tickets on your phone to use every other week?
B-right-on
Living the dream
This. The club makes a few extra quid on selling your ticket for the higher price
If you cant attend a sold out game and want to give your ticket away far cheaper to buy back your own seat and than give it away. All it is costing is difference between ST price. and matchday price
In some cases that difference in price can be huge though (Category A matches). Would seem better value to use that money to buy a MyAlbion+ membership for someone and allocate the ticket to them to generate a print at home ticket that can be used by anyone.
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According to the club web site the club will only get £1.00 surely:-
" f the seat sells, you will receive the amount paid for the ticket minus a £1 administration fee. The refund will be processed by bank transfer after the match and may take 5 working days to appear in your account. If your ticket has sold you will receive an email notification within a few days of the game.
Supporters are advised that they will NOT be notified if the ticket does not sell.
Tickets listed on the ticket exchange will be sold at adult ticket price. Disabled supporters seated with a personal assistant should note both tickets must be listed together for sale."
which is what I thought originally. So on this one off occasion its going to be far cheaper for me to buy back my own seat than pay £20 for ticket sharing and a furhter £35 Abion + membership. This is provided that I can get my own ticket before someone else does.
Or have I missed something?
Yes. You get back the season ticket individual game cost less £1. The club sells the ticket at full matchday, price so about £10 more than you'll get back
There are two different prices in play here...
1. The price you paid for your season ticket seat for each match (ie 1/19th of the price of your ST)
2. The price the club re-sell the seat for.
I sold my seat for the Newcastle game. My WSU ST is £650, making each game £34.22. I received £33.22 into my bank account for the re-sale of the seat.
The club will have sold the seat for £42 as a Category B game.
So, of the £42 re-sale, the club took £8.78.
They'll do better for a Category A fixture when the re-sale price will be £52, meaning they get £18.78, and I'll get the same £33.22.
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It doesnt seem to say that in their wording which I quoted it states "you will receive the amount paid for the ticket minus a £1 administration fee" or have I misunderstood? Does the"the amount paid for the ticket" refer to the amount the buyer of the ticket put on sale pays or the amount the original season ticket holder paid pro rata for a game. I think that it would be reasonable to assume the former and that only a £1.00 admin fee is charged.
My example is not hypothetical, it is actually what happened for the Newcastle game, which matches what has happened when I've listed my ticket on previous occasions.
"The amount paid for the ticket" is how much you, as a season ticket holder, pays for each game, ie 1/19th of your season ticket price.
What the ticket sells for has nothing to do with what you receive.
That would be most peoples understanding of the words, but sadly, the truth is it means the price you paid for the season ticket, not the price paid by the new ticket holder.
They’re talking about the amount paid by the season ticket holder to attend that one match. Once the club has refunded that pro-rata cost then the amount they get from resale has nothing to do with the season ticket holder.