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Got a letter in the post as a block booker about the FAI's proposal for a season ticket system swipe card. You get a discount on the price of a ticket but bdo not receive any ticket but swipe in at the gate. You would want to be pretty sure that you can attend all games otherwise you are giving your swipe card to friends to use at matches you cant make.
what do people think.
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Good idea to me. Saves on admin/postage for them which soon adds up for 50,000 people.
Only arrived this morning in work, deadline is Monday. The FAI like to keep the timeframe easy for fans anyway ............
Good idea as far as I'm concerned, but deadline is tight alright. I spoke with ticket office this morning & told them I'm in, just in case the post is late.
Sounds about right, as in their ridiculous timeframe, and of course consulatation with the hapless punters.
A good idea in principle, but adminstered in the usual half-arsed way.....
they are usually accommodating for returns that are late but not too late. fai ticket office is generally very well run and very reasonable in my experience
Agreed. If there is one area where the FAI are superior than other sporting organisations in this country, its ticketing. Better pricing, better allocation and run better overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
Sounds like a good scheme for ye BBers; of course it will affect those BBers that tend to only go to the bigger games. Not so easy to give a swipe card for a game and get it back. A good development imo.
Still no word on what will happen with the excess Vantage club tickets. Hopefully some good news to come for us WLers.
i had 4 block booked tickets for croke park but have now been told there is no room at the inn in the new landsowne. very disappointing
the season ticket arrangement seems to be imitating the big premiership clubs. my brother has 2 man united season tickets and they are like credit cards. you swipe over a scanner to get admittance.
i know liverpool operate the same system for their season ticket holders and it works well.
given the fact you need to get the card back from the person who uses it (assuming you dont use it personally) it significantly narrows the scope for profiteering/touting compared with paper ticket arrangements
Is the season ticket (swipe card) transferable?
I know Man U clamped down on it last season and only allowed the card holder entry with photo id.
I don't think I'm going to go with the Season Ticket option. I have a similar Fancard with Liverpool and it's a right pain in the arse having to post it and wait to receive it back when you sell games on that you cannot attend. I'll be going to all the competitive games but friendlies for me are mainly a waste of time and money. I want to be able to have the option of selling my friendly tickets, so I won't be choosing the Season Ticket for that reason. I'd advise anyone in a similar position to do the same.
It may surprise your average Ireland fan, but Shamrock Rovers also operate this credit card system for season tickets.Quote:
Originally Posted by ofjames
Is it optional then? i.e. you can choose to still receive paper tickets?
As do Cork (from a Cork Company too; http://www.ticketscan.org/)Quote:
Originally Posted by Arnold Layne
And of course its been common in Europe for nearly a decade now
Yeah, you can still get your tickets by the old system as well if you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Only got mine today for some reason - gotta post it straight off as a result!
Seems that the East stands - upper and lower are reserved for season ticket holders. This would suggest that the rest of the BB-ers are to be given the less desirable seats behind the goal.
And what about the West Stand? Aren't they for BB's too?Quote:
Originally Posted by footballplease
Yeah sorry - i meant south and west stands. Might be worthwhile requesting a West Stand seat if possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by harps1954
United certainly didn't do thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Alf Honn
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Originally Posted by ofjames
presumably you were a BB Waiting list member like lots of the rest of us in which case we were never expecting seats in lansdowne.
There will also be an allocation of season tickets in the South terrace for the Singing section.
Applications open to all so gety on it asap
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