Official Site : October And November Match Ticket Categories Confirmed.

On the day or not, it makes for problems if the game is potentially a sell out.

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It's the 11 lads on the pitch that I support. When people at the club aren't getting things right they need to be told so.

 

No it doesn't. When you buy a flexi-ticket, it's for ANY 5 games you can get a ticket for. Are you suggesting we put exclusions in for the Leeds and Wednesday games as well?

 

Personally, I'm not bothered if I can't see the Newcastle/ Villa games on the flex. I'd like a flex that allows me to pick and chose say five games for say £100, that's all.

I have a thing about 20's plenty and also not wanting to commit to a full season ticket.

I'm not demanding it and if the club chooses not to go down that route then whilst I'd be disappointed I won't take umbridge, throw teddy out of the pram and start slagging them off. It's a business decision and I will respect it.

 

Season ticket holders aren't told they can't attend the Newcastle, Villa, Leeds and Wednesday games. Why should someone who's buying a 5 or 10 match flexi ticket be restricted in that way?

 

Season ticket holders can attend every game.

Flex tickets could be used to cherry pick the higher category games. I think that a fair way would be out of say five games, only two could be Cat a or a*

 

Have you forgotten why there's a category system in the first place. It was brought in to charge visiting supporters the same price as our fans had been charged at their place. Home supporters had to be charged the same, but it wasn't aimed at them. We were just "collateral damage". That's why the club have been exploring discount schemes, so that our fans aren't penalised the same.

 

I'm not saying anything about exclusions. Say we sell 3000 flexi tickets. Then say 2500 of those choose the Newcastle game. They have to go redeem their ticket, and join a queue of say another few thousand casual fans who also want a ticket for the Newcastle game, only to find that the game is a sellout before they've managed to redeem the ticket they've paid for. Complaints are made in the sense that they've bought this flexi ticket and can't use it for the game they want.

All I'm saying is that it makes sense for the club to offer this deal for lower demand games as it could potentially cost less and cause less disappointment.

I thought the whole point of a flexi ticket was to aid people who can't attend every game to still save on the cost of a match day ticket. Not pick and choose the best games to go to.

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At this stage what they Are saying seems reasonable mate. Whether you think it should have been available earlier or not is irrelevant as that ship has sailed. But it needs enough time for the flex ticket to 'bed in' prior to any higher priority game. I've long been an advocate of flex tickets (and will buy the missis one to show my solidarity) by put you have to balance your expectations with what can be delivered. Other high priority games are further in the future so any initial problems or issues can be ironed out.

 

Most of the people who don't get a season ticket are restricted by work or location. I'm restricted by work. I can't cherry pick, my rota dictates which games I can go to. I already know I can't go to the Villa game for instance. I therefore want to go to all the games that fall on my non-working days. They will probably be a mixture of categories. Why should I be excluded from certain games?

 

My goalposts haven't moved. I'm a long term advocate of ANY 5 and ANY 10 flexi-tickets. Emphasis on the word ANY. Look it up if you're struggling.

 

Yes I see the team as a completely separate entity to the club, or business that it has become. The team is mine, ours. The club should be striving to be the best in the business, offering excellent customer service.

 

Gally, my reply to Whitey was not a dig at your whatsoever. I said a few times later in the thread that I had no issues with communication at all and that I was simply saying that if a flexi comes out after 10 games it is a bit pointless. I only mentioned those things because Whitey brought them up as a reply to me for some bizarre reason and turned the thread into one about communication which was never a problem for me.

 

This thread is there for all to see. I can assure you that nothing about the conversation we had last night was bizarre from my end. I was adding my thoughts as a supporter and you responded suggesting that releasing the flexi ticket after 10 home games would be bad etc. That was bizarre. You assuming the ticket would be released after 10 home games.

It has been posted elsewhere by two representatives of supporters, the ticket will be rolled out next week.

So, after four home games.

You posted in a manner that suggested to me you were unaware of the issues already raised and resolved at a recent fans forum. I listed them. I assumed you didn't know. So therefore we both assumed wrongly.

And now we move on. Up the Reds.

 

I'm glad it's here for all to see as everyone will see that I have said abosolutely nothing bad against Gally as I have no problems with him at all. The only reason I mentioned that we hadn't had a formal report was because you insinuated that we had so I was letting you know that it wasn't the case. I gave no opinion about the matter as I didn't have one.

Incidentally, where has it been posted by two people that it would be rolled out next week (before this thread), a link would be helpful as I seem to have missed it. Again though, you are trying to turn this into something that it is not. Why you also mentioned a load of random things that were also discussed at the meeting was confusing as you didn't say anything that I didn't already know and none of it had any relevance to what we were talking about.

My sole point was that if a flexi came out after 10 games it would be pointless. That was it.

 

Because while it may not apply to you I can assure you that a large number of people would buy a flexi ticket just to see the big games. Those big games will sell without any kind of promotion, and I don't think the club should lose money because people are effectively getting in for 20 quid when they would otherwise have been paying 30. With 15 other home games to choose from I don't think many would begrudge the club putting on a competitive price, 10 games for £160 or 5 for £90 sound reasonable. If you want to go to a big game stump up the extra. Those people who would get a season ticket and attend every game if they could still get to see a decent number of games at a reasonable price.

 

My thinking was more along the lines of: people may pay £30 for Newcastle/Villa whatever. A lot of those people may happily pay an extra £40 for 3 more games. The club won't lose any money from those people as they were going to those games anyway but now they'll pay a bit more for a few extra random games that they weren't that bothered about. However, if they don't sell them until after those games then people might not want to spend £100 for 5 other random games that they have no interest in. The big draw games need to be included as they will be the sole purpose of getting one for some people, it makes no difference to the club whether they sell out to people just buying that ticket or they sell out to people who go to that game with a flexi ticket (except they'll have more money from the flexi top up).

 

Gally and Bondy have both made a post today regards the flexi being rolled out next week.

 

Thanks. Obviously I had not seen them last night when replying to you as they didn't exist so I couldnt use that information in my response. As you knew that was happening you found my comment strange but try and see it from someone who didn't have hindsight. You've got to admit that if they had released it after 10 games (as seemed possible) that would have been a bit pointless.