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Passing on tickets to gain points


RTGAdmin said:
As I said on another thread, I really don’t see why we need phases at all. A modern ticket system can surely handle everyone applying by a deadline date and then just allocating them in order of priority. We used to be able to do this with the old paper vouchers without a fancy computer system and it should be easy to do now.
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Wasn't it something to do with new legislation around storing card details that they had to scrap that? It's what they claimed anyhoo
 
42 said:
Wasn't it something to do with new legislation around storing card details that they had to scrap that? It's what they claimed anyhoo
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You have to be PCI compliant to store the details, but Ticketmaster are, so I don’t see why that should be a problem.
 
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Forty said:
If we are selling out every away. Why dont the club give a loyalty point if you go to the beamback.
You could scan your ticket on the way in, BCP point is allocated for being there. It then gives people a chance on lower points to build up there BCP.
You actually have to spend money and make an effort to be there.
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That’s a silly idea , I get 1 point for travelling 8 hours to Plymouth and £150 lighter….. and someone jumps on the metro and buys a couple of cokes to watch it in Quinn’s bar.

I’m sorry you can’t be just giving loyalty points out for fuck all.

Same with the lasses game , what a shambles that was
 
fishboy said:
There seems to be a lot of people with high points getting away tickets and passing them on.
I went to watch Ferencvaros in Hungary a couple of years ago and to obtain a ticket you have to be a member, it’s easy enough to do,you turn up at the ticket office, fill in the form and they scan your thumb print. ( costs about 50p) and you can buy a match ticket at the same time.
Then everytime you buy a ticket it has your seat number on, but you need your membership card to gain access using your thumb print, therefore you can’t pass your ticket on.. it was set up to stop away fans from entering the home end and people with bans gaining entry…. Great idea.
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Any chance I can have a plastic card with my thumb print on?
 
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Forty said:
If we are selling out every away. Why dont the club give a loyalty point if you go to the beamback.
You could scan your ticket on the way in, BCP point is allocated for being there. It then gives people a chance on lower points to build up there BCP.
You actually have to spend money and make an effort to be there.
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Under the old system, you got a point for applying even if you didn't get a ticket.
They could reintroduce a similar system which would eliminate all the issues around large point drop offs
 
Forty said:
If we are selling out every away. Why dont the club give a loyalty point if you go to the beamback.
You could scan your ticket on the way in, BCP point is allocated for being there. It then gives people a chance on lower points to build up there BCP.
You actually have to spend money and make an effort to be there.
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I wouldn’t be against getting say 0.5 points for a beam back, but the same as the actual match doesn’t seem right imo
 
Forty said:
If we are selling out every away. Why dont the club give a loyalty point if you go to the beamback.
You could scan your ticket on the way in, BCP point is allocated for being there. It then gives people a chance on lower points to build up there BCP.
You actually have to spend money and make an effort to be there.
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If you want to build up BCP as a season ticket holder, there’s loads of opportunities.
Cardiff- GS
Preston- GS
Newcastle Women at Home
Preston (Carabao)- GS
Millwall- ST

There’ll be a cup game in January which with bigger away allocations or a home tie will be a freebie too. Swansea will go to GS. Blackburn, Stoke you’d imagine a good chance for STs. So there’s 8/9 this first half the season alone.
 
gramw said:
I wouldn’t be against getting say 0.5 points for a beam back, but the same as the actual match doesn’t seem right imo
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Chelsea (or they used to, dunno if they still do) had a system where you got more points for lower demand games.
So for us, you might get 1 point for Boro, but then 5 for Plymouth
 
42 said:
Chelsea (or they used to, dunno if they still do) had a system where you got more points for lower demand games.
So for us, you might get 1 point for Boro, but then 5 for Plymouth
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Over complicates it, and probably encourages voucher sharing even more (everyone on high points would be desperate to get a Plymouth one).

Aways and home cup games, one point each. Leave it there.
 
42 said:
Under the old system, you got a point for applying even if you didn't get a ticket.
They could reintroduce a similar system which would eliminate all the issues around large point drop offs
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the old system i think was better than the current one mind. you commit to paying for a ticket. if you get one happy days if not here's a point. the only time you didn't get a point with no ticket was for the mags away (due to sheer volume of applications).

there was also the away ticket season voucher (v62 from memory). completely removed the chew on with doing each application. that's one advantage with applying through the branches. no f***ing on with the website.
 
42 said:
Chelsea (or they used to, dunno if they still do) had a system where you got more points for lower demand games.
So for us, you might get 1 point for Boro, but then 5 for Plymouth
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Daft once you get into that sort of territory.
Was reading Man City are starting their sales for Liverpool away at 31000 points
 
Non season ticket holders should be able to accumulate points and be in the same phases as STH imo.

However, a point should be given for every game attended, whether home or away. Make it so that home points are only applied when the ticket is used and it might also help get more bums on seats for those winter Midweek games when crowds are 5k down through season tickets not being used.
 
YES WE GYAN said:
Non season ticket holders should be able to accumulate points and be in the same phases as STH imo.

However, a point should be given for every game attended, whether home or away. Make it so that home points are only applied when the ticket is used and it might also help get more bums on seats for those winter Midweek games when crowds are 5k down through season tickets not being used.
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I was thinking along these lines.
Buy a ST - 23 points
Buy any home game - 1 point
Buy an away ST - 23 points
Buy any away game - 1 point

Same as now but with regular attendees rewarded too. Exiled fans can pay the club for an away season ticket, and they can get a bit of a step up the points ladder.


Non season ticket holders can still accrue points. The may only attend 15 homes and get three away points from general sale, but at least they would be rewarded for attending, whereas now they attend those 18 games and get nothing.
 
shootsitgoeswide said:
That’s a silly idea , I get 1 point for travelling 8 hours to Plymouth and £150 lighter….. and someone jumps on the metro and buys a couple of cokes to watch it in Quinn’s bar.

I’m sorry you can’t be just giving loyalty points out for fuck all.

Same with the lasses game , what a shambles that was
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I was at Plymouth & Cardiff, it was a suggestion to appease the people who seem to think they cant build up BCP's.
The buggers will even twist about the beam back 🤣
 
nyron4england said:
the old system i think was better than the current one mind. you commit to paying for a ticket. if you get one happy days if not here's a point. the only time you didn't get a point with no ticket was for the mags away (due to sheer volume of applications).

there was also the away ticket season voucher (v62 from memory). completely removed the chew on with doing each application. that's one advantage with applying through the branches. no f***ing on with the website.
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The old system was a bit unfair with the points averaging system, but I preferred it. Meant you could put an application as a group of mates & sit together despite having varying points
 
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