MobileBlade
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No £54 ones either, now.
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Bents Green
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At 9:06 the Online system is still showing a 15000 point requirement to buy tickets this morning - should be into the 12000+ band now.
Trying to buy for me and my 2 lads - I've got 18000+ points, theyve got 14000+ points.
Only realised after I put tickets into my basket and it wouldn't let me buy them - just needs the points criteria to be updated....
Trying to buy for me and my 2 lads - I've got 18000+ points, theyve got 14000+ points.
Only realised after I put tickets into my basket and it wouldn't let me buy them - just needs the points criteria to be updated....
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Mine is showing 12000 now.
marky200484
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I have 12,000 points exactly and just bought a couple of the £34 tickets online 
piece of cake!
Although I did buy them both under my name, rather than 1 under my brother's, after the last fiasco!
piece of cake!Although I did buy them both under my name, rather than 1 under my brother's, after the last fiasco!
boo radley
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Whilst not having access to any small print, I would guess that it does not say that your points will be invalidated till general sale.
So home and away games this season but someone who has been to neither gets a priority over me???? thats crap.
They could have said something like. Loyalty points holders who have been to games this season.
This looks to me as the membership is just a way for the club to make money and despite anyone being able to prove loyalty because they have a purchase history this season it is flawed.
boo radley
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Yes that seems to be the case.
Trigger Blade
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£44 not mentioned at all online and now the £54 ones aren't available, so I'm stuck with £34 or £64.......
marky200484
New Member
Did you not need to be a member to go to away games anyway?
I seem to remember that Wednesday away ended up costing us a small fortune, as we had to pay £15 on top.
BusheyBlade
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Strange, it seems very vague. Surely anyone on the system has a membership and is therefore "a member" for the wording below. Each day only says "Supporters with x points", it doesn't specify "Season Ticket holders with x points" or "Blades Members with x points". In fact, Friday afternoon seems to be the most bizarre as it says supporters with 2,500 and Blades Members - but it appears that you had to be a Blades Member to purchase during the previous windows anyway?
I'm going to try tomorrow afternoon and see what happens - I have 2,850 points, but no membership.
Tickets will be on sale to Members (including season ticket holders) on the following dates:
Wednesday 16th May - 9am-2pm
18,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 18,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
18,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 18,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
Wednesday 16th May - 2.30pm-9pm
15,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 15,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
15,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 15,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
Thursday 17th May - 9am-2pm
12,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 12,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
12,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 12,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
Thursday 17th May- 2.30pm-9pm
8,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 8,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
8,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 8,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
Friday 18th May - 9am-2pm
5,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 5,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
5,000+ Loyalty Points
Supporters with 5,000+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
Friday 18th May - 2.30pm-9pm
2,500+ Loyalty Points, Super Draw Members,
Blades Members, Official Supporters Club Members.
Supporters with 2,500+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
2012 Super Draw Members can purchase 2 tickets per person, 2012 Super Draw Card must be produced in person at the time of purchase. Blades Members and Official Supporter Club Members can purchase 2 tickets per membership card in person only.
2,500+ Loyalty Points, Super Draw Members,
Blades Members, Official Supporters Club Members.
Supporters with 2,500+ Loyalty Points can purchase 2 tickets per person.
2012 Super Draw Members can purchase 2 tickets per person, 2012 Super Draw Card must be produced in person at the time of purchase. Blades Members and Official Supporter Club Members can purchase 2 tickets per membership card in person only.
Saturday 19th May - General Sale
Tickets are on general sale.
Tickets are on general sale.
grafikhaus
Kraft durch Freude
Calm down, dears! It's only a play-off final to see who gets into the second division!
Look, we've got nearly 40k tickets and I'll eat my (metaphorical) hat if we sell over 30k.
I intend to stroll down next week and easily get a couple of tickets. Remembering Burnley in 2009, the Cat. A (£88) areas were near-deserted. I was in Cat C (up in the 'gods') and the view is just fine. Just make sure you're not too low down. I know some people prefer to have a worms-eye view (which I could never understand) but at Cardiff in 2003, my £46 tickets were way too low and I ended up watching most of the game on the big screen.
Also, remember these earlier batch of tickets will be those in view of the cameras i.e. in full sunshine if it's like 2009. You can get seriously sunburnt if it's like 2009. Better to be in the shade (Sol, Sombre, Sol y Sombre for those who've ever been to a bullfight - in the sun are the cheap seats and in the shade are the most expensive). In fact I think Wembley have got this totally wrong. The cameras should have been on the opposite side and so should those premium red seats, that way the 'nobs' are stll on camera but can stroll back to their seats halfway through the second half in the cool shade.
Also remembering 2009, the official coaches are a joke. They left at 7 (same this year?) and despite endless stops (Tibshelf being the first - all of about 10 miles down the M1), we were outside the stadium at just after 11. The stadium doors didn't open till 1.30 and the nearest boozer (Silverspoon?) was rammed and charging £5 just to get in.
Finally, for those who didn't go/can't remember 2009, if you're going by coach take everything with you when you get off for a break. There was an incident in 2009 where a coach had broken down and a coach further down the M1 - and empty as its pasengers were in the services - was commandeered to go back up the M1 to rescue the strays. By the time the rightful passengers got back on their coach, everything had been trashed/nicked.
Look, we've got nearly 40k tickets and I'll eat my (metaphorical) hat if we sell over 30k.
I intend to stroll down next week and easily get a couple of tickets. Remembering Burnley in 2009, the Cat. A (£88) areas were near-deserted. I was in Cat C (up in the 'gods') and the view is just fine. Just make sure you're not too low down. I know some people prefer to have a worms-eye view (which I could never understand) but at Cardiff in 2003, my £46 tickets were way too low and I ended up watching most of the game on the big screen.
Also, remember these earlier batch of tickets will be those in view of the cameras i.e. in full sunshine if it's like 2009. You can get seriously sunburnt if it's like 2009. Better to be in the shade (Sol, Sombre, Sol y Sombre for those who've ever been to a bullfight - in the sun are the cheap seats and in the shade are the most expensive). In fact I think Wembley have got this totally wrong. The cameras should have been on the opposite side and so should those premium red seats, that way the 'nobs' are stll on camera but can stroll back to their seats halfway through the second half in the cool shade.
Also remembering 2009, the official coaches are a joke. They left at 7 (same this year?) and despite endless stops (Tibshelf being the first - all of about 10 miles down the M1), we were outside the stadium at just after 11. The stadium doors didn't open till 1.30 and the nearest boozer (Silverspoon?) was rammed and charging £5 just to get in.
Finally, for those who didn't go/can't remember 2009, if you're going by coach take everything with you when you get off for a break. There was an incident in 2009 where a coach had broken down and a coach further down the M1 - and empty as its pasengers were in the services - was commandeered to go back up the M1 to rescue the strays. By the time the rightful passengers got back on their coach, everything had been trashed/nicked.
Funny that because my wife was on line at the time and purchased £54 tickets. All 4 were options were available and there are 3 options now.
I would suggest you have posted 'crap'
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So can season ticket holders. The grip last time was that season ticket holders couldn't buy tickets with their family who didn't have points. The club have introduced this to help.
I'm a member rather than a season ticket holder as I was working away at the beginning of the season. Ended up going to 15 home games, kept my points 'live'and got more than the money paid for the membership due to saving on ticket prices.
The club made an offer at the beginning of the season in terms of membership and season tickets and clearly said they would have priority for tickets. If someone has not paid £15 to be a member(and save money on ticket prices) they go to the back of the queue behind the others(although I agree there should be proirity for those with points with no membership or ST. )
Whatever the club try,it won't suit some people
Gingerblade
Member
This is just stupid. Yesterday when i checked they had all price options in view online, and could select upper or lower seats.
Now online there is only 3 price bands and no option of upper or lower tier, 44 and 54 price tickets no where to be seen! Who runs that place?!?!?!
Now online there is only 3 price bands and no option of upper or lower tier, 44 and 54 price tickets no where to be seen! Who runs that place?!?!?!
I didn't pick up on that so apologies...
BusheyBlade
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In the end they went back on that and any away matches which went on general sale could be purchased by non-members. I actually spoke to Richard Batho about this at the beginning of the season and made the point that for anyone outside of Sheffield not planning on going to a load of home matches wouldn't reap the financial benefits of being a member and forcing someone to spend an extra £15 just to have the honour of buying a ticket was ludicrous. Obviously that means you fall down the pecking order in terms of priority, but that's a risk you take by not being a member.
boo radley
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I have no problem with members being able to buy tickets. That is what they paid for. Its the fact that they can see on the system also who has been loyal this season without membership and has thousands of points.
YET THERE IS NO RECOGNITION OF THEIR LOYALTY.
Wembley Stadium tells us the order in which the tickets must be sold
Gingerblade
Member
Well that sounds like rubbish when ive just got through on the phone and bought 4 tickets at £44. I was also able to request upper tier.
My beef is that people paying online are not being given the same options that others are you have the time to sit in a phone queue for 40 minutes or head down to the ground.
marky200484
New Member
Really hoping our cheapo tickets are in the upper tier but, as there was no choice, I'm betting they're at the bottom 
Trigger Blade
Cheerful twaddle
Yes, but if you try and buy £54 tickets, it tells you they aren't available, so you haven't nebbed very effectively
Jim Chimmerney
Can hear the 'Cod Army' roar from his back garden
This is my point, they may have sold 5,000 tickets yesterday to family members / friends who haven't been to a game for years. This will effect the amount of tickets available in certain areas which has a knock effect on people buying later, for example, those who have 16,000 points. As I've said, there isn't an easy answer to this but loyal fans with 16000 points shouldn't be at a disadvantage because of thousands of non-members getting, in effect, higher priority.
ZoneManWilf
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How would you do it then? And avoid the much higher level of moaning that there was last time about not being able to sit with family and friends? And you can't make it too complicated as they have to shift 40k tickets in a week.
If I recall for other big matches pre-loyalty points there has always been the option to 'know a season ticket holder'.
Can't remember exactly but for some of the other big matches (thinking Palace, Newcastle, Arsenal, Wolves - IIRC for the Pigs at Wembley it was 1 per ST but the demand for that was easily the biggest) it was something along the lines of:
Day 1: 2 per season ticket
Day 2: 2 per ST or Blades revival
Day 3: 2 per member
Day 4: general sale
In some cases I think it was up to 4 per ST/Blades revival.
They have simply balanced the 2 extremes, yes it's not perfect, but there is no perfect. We have easily enough tickets for this not to be a major problem, albeit it is a slight disadvantage in choice for some loyalty point brackets, but that problem is a better option then the alternatives.
ZoneManWilf
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Yep, should be ok with that.
Jim Chimmerney
Can hear the 'Cod Army' roar from his back garden
Broaden the points brackets and make it unreserved seating
If I knew the answer I guess I would have made a few quid with a fault free system by now but without going over old ground, to me, the fan with seasons worth of loyalty points should take preference over the friend of a loyal fan every time but this isn't the case with the way it is this year.
Personally, I would go on:
People who have bought any match ticket this season with the following points:
18,000 - 2 per person
16,000 - 2 per person
12,000 - 2 per person
etc
and not have the membership card at all (or just have it as a discount card solely)
People who have bought any match ticket this season with the following points:
18,000 - 2 per person
16,000 - 2 per person
12,000 - 2 per person
etc
and not have the membership card at all (or just have it as a discount card solely)
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Broaden the points brackets and make it unreserved seating
If I knew the answer I guess I would have made a few quid with a fault free system by now but without going over old ground, to me, the fan with seasons worth of loyalty points should take preference over the friend of a loyal fan every time but this isn't the case with the way it is this year.
Would it be worth creating some sort of sticky page on here for a "Ticket Swap Shop"?
E.g. Somebody might post something along the lines of -:-
I've got 4 Adult tickets for £54 in the lower tier behind the goal but I really wanted £54 tickets in the upper tier.
Can anybody swap?
Do names on tickets have to match ID? If so, how does that square with people buying groups of tickets for their "family and friends"?
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