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ID checks for away tickets


Upthere said:
Really? The club facilitate this so that worries me then
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It’s illegal unless you have an authorised licence or the event organiser gives express permission prior. The club have facilitated the transfer of our season tickets for home games but no permission has been granted for away tickets. It’s therefore a criminal offence to dispose of away tickets irrespective of value to anyone and anyone caught is liable to potential prosecution.
Mowgli said:
I thought that had only been done for Man City. Or that was the crack said on here.
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There’s any number of reasons why a ticket may not work (purposefully blocked by the home club I.e. Man City, unintentionally I.e. where there’s a fault with the system, away clubs putting checks in, which we don’t appear to be at that stage).
 
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chunkyshanhawk53 said:
Also think that the Brentford system for home games has some merit. If you list your ticket and it sells then you get half the value and the club get the other half. If you don’t turn up X times a season without listing it (listing, not selling) then you get a yellow card.

The intent has to be to get those who deserve it in, whilst being fair. And also ensuring no empty seats
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Not quite. At Brentford if you sell your ticket on the Exchange, you get back 19th of the cost of your Season Tkt - fair enough imo. The club will then try to sell it for the General Admission price (usually around double the ST price?) - also fair enough.
If you list the ticket a minimum of one week before the game, they guarantee to give you back your 19th portion, even if it doesn't sell; any less than 1 week and it's no sale, no refund (obv).
Loyalty points are personal and on a per game basis i.e. if you list on the Exchange, or transfer to s.o. on your Friends & Family register, then the recipient, not the ST Holder, gets the loyalty points for that game. For games against the biggest clubs (Man U/Lpool/Chels/Arse), you are restricted in who you can transfer to i.e. they need a minimum number of Loyalty points themselves. This is to stop tickets in Home areas ending up with Away fans.
And since it's easy to pass on a physical ST Card to the "wrong" person (Away fans, basically) they're pushing very hard to make ALL tickets, incl Season Tickets, digital, in an effort to stymie Touts.
If you don't attend, and don't list it on the Exchange (regardless of whether it sells or not), then unless you've a valid excuse (sudden illness, trains cancelled last minute etc), you get a Yellow Card. And if you incur 4 YC's in one season, you're liable to lose your ST. (I say "liable", since they will sometimes accept extenuating circumstances - eg sick relative, work sending you abroad for a period, operation/rehabilitation etc).
 
It's about time a league wide system came in to tighten all of this up. No arguments that the most loyal of travelling fans should be rewarded with priority but we all know there are some out there cheating the system.
 
ealing bee said:
Not quite. At Brentford if you sell your ticket on the Exchange, you get back 19th of the cost of your Season Tkt - fair enough imo. The club will then try to sell it for the General Admission price (usually around double the ST price?) - also fair enough.
If you list the ticket a minimum of one week before the game, they guarantee to give you back your 19th portion, even if it doesn't sell; any less than 1 week and it's no sale, no refund (obv).
Loyalty points are personal and on a per game basis i.e. if you list on the Exchange, or transfer to s.o. on your Friends & Family register, then the recipient, not the ST Holder, gets the loyalty points for that game. For games against the biggest clubs (Man U/Lpool/Chels/Arse), you are restricted in who you can transfer to i.e. they need a minimum number of Loyalty points themselves. This is to stop tickets in Home areas ending up with Away fans.
And since it's easy to pass on a physical ST Card to the "wrong" person (Away fans, basically) they're pushing very hard to make ALL tickets, incl Season Tickets, digital, in an effort to stymie Touts.
If you don't attend, and don't list it on the Exchange (regardless of whether it sells or not), then unless you've a valid excuse (sudden illness, trains cancelled last minute etc), you get a Yellow Card. And if you incur 4 YC's in one season, you're liable to lose your ST. (I say "liable", since they will sometimes accept extenuating circumstances - eg sick relative, work sending you abroad for a period, operation/rehabilitation etc).
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Thanks, the nuance is useful.

But it shows the technology exists!
 
Bar a few not attending I think our system is as good as it gets.

Sickening though to think ill not get in an away end any time soon.

Mental thinking back to 90s when you just rocked up at away turnstiles. Even for lads with ample points seems such a fanny on now.

Was jealous as owt of those at stamford bridge etc but theyve done the miles/shite for years.
 
allmagsaretossas said:
Bit of a joke why some of the downloads not come through yet for Brighton. Keep telling me itll be before 5pm tonight but if its not theres not much chance of them sorting it out as they'll be closed
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There's somwhere i read on thread you download it from personal details or something similar i think so keep looking on there
 
Hetty said:
There's somwhere i read on thread you download it from personal details or something similar i think so keep looking on there
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Personal details then it says Brighton ticket down load link, juggling the whole lot and then copy and paste into browser should download
 
Its probably fair enough doing ID checks. Its definitely not fair enough doing them at Brighton away where many will have travelled down today and sending an email out this evening. And its also not fair enough doing this without any communication about any potential repercussions on not having ID for your ticket if chosen.

The ticket office is maddening at times.
 
North Yorks Mackem said:
Its probably fair enough doing ID checks. Its definitely not fair enough doing them at Brighton away where many will have travelled down today and sending an email out this evening. And its also not fair enough doing this without any communication about any potential repercussions on not having ID for your ticket if chosen.

The ticket office is maddening at times.
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Could not agree more
 
North Yorks Mackem said:
Its probably fair enough doing ID checks. Its definitely not fair enough doing them at Brighton away where many will have travelled down today and sending an email out this evening. And its also not fair enough doing this without any communication about any potential repercussions on not having ID for your ticket if chosen.

The ticket office is maddening at times.
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They need to make an announcement that all away ticket sales are subject to ID checks

I'm all in favour of them but not via email at 8 o clock the night before a game when people will have travelled etc
 
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