Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 4:41 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 3:51 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 2:37 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 11:17 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:47 am

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:27 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:26 am

Ugo. wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:16 am

Fu Ming wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:10 am I just logged onto the on line ticket site, basically out of interest as I have my ticket and don't intend to buy another.
At 10:05, I was 12227 in the queue with an estimated wait time of over an hour.
There must be a lot of the so called Man U fans from around the country trying to get a ticket.
Common sense would say that the vast majority of those on line have got no chance.

I went on at 9:30 and there was already a queue system in place. I was 2800 in queue. I got in at 9:53 to find tickets already on sale and no 2 together with just the odd seat dotted about here and there and with wanting to take my son had no chance. The club didn't communicate anything until 9:56 on twitter by which time it was pointless.

In fairness, it was always unrealistic to expect two seats together to be available in the 'general sales' window. Season ticket holders using their +1 option will have taken up a pair together, leaving single seats open for general sales. Hence single seats dotted around the stadium.

Yes, the +1 was the biggest problem causer in all of this. I hope the club learn from that.

Is it too simplistic to suggest that if claiming a +1 option, a season ticket holder must include their regular seat as one of their two tickets.

I'm sure it would help. It would certainly have helped trust members to gain access to their preferred area of the ground but I don't get why anyone needs a +1. I get that it is nice to be able to sell on a ticket at a profit to cover your costs for the day and see the game for free but if you only need one ticket for 23 games why would you need another one just his once?

I think you need to factor in kids require an adult in an adjacent seat. Season ticket holders can only buy a kids season ticket, along with an adult in an adjacent seat, but that is not the case with kids trust allocation. There is the main issue, allocating pairs of seats is far more time consuming than just singles. That is not so with online ticket sales.

People had a total of 20 hours to purchase allocated tickets, and all those that had single allocation and really wanted it, did exactly that within the 20 hours.

Taken from Facebook -

"Hi Chris, I was just in front of you on Thursday as you saw. I am a trust member and so are my children. Some of us were not able to queue early morning due to work commitments so had to start early to finish earlier to queue. I queued both days and still came away with nothing. On the Thursday the office shut in front of us and on the Friday, when I did manage to get to the front of the queue, I was told there are only standing tickets left. How could my small children see in a adult standing environment? If I was to lift them or put them on my shoulders I would be punished fir health and safety issues. Unfortunately I couldn't get myself on to leave my children at home as its not fair.
The club sent out the original statement advising there were enough for all ST and trust members. So if they were aware that there were children ST and trust members, why weren't these seats safeguarded until general sale on Monday. I'm going to watch on TV now but disappointed that as paying trust members, the paying children's seats wernt kept until not collected for general sale"

This is the main issue with regards to children sitting with adults. When this member was told there were no seats available on Friday, there will have been seats "belonging" to season ticket holders that the system held as reserved for them even though they had bought their season ticket and their +1 entitlement as a 2 together elsewhere in the ground thus locking out trust members from buying those seats. Effectively giving season ticket holders a +1 in the way we did has prevented these people from being able to attend.

Which is why we to scrap the trust entitlement.

rncfc wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 5:58 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 4:41 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 3:51 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 2:37 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 11:17 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:47 am

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:27 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:26 am

Ugo. wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:16 am

Fu Ming wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:10 am I just logged onto the on line ticket site, basically out of interest as I have my ticket and don't intend to buy another.
At 10:05, I was 12227 in the queue with an estimated wait time of over an hour.
There must be a lot of the so called Man U fans from around the country trying to get a ticket.
Common sense would say that the vast majority of those on line have got no chance.

I went on at 9:30 and there was already a queue system in place. I was 2800 in queue. I got in at 9:53 to find tickets already on sale and no 2 together with just the odd seat dotted about here and there and with wanting to take my son had no chance. The club didn't communicate anything until 9:56 on twitter by which time it was pointless.

In fairness, it was always unrealistic to expect two seats together to be available in the 'general sales' window. Season ticket holders using their +1 option will have taken up a pair together, leaving single seats open for general sales. Hence single seats dotted around the stadium.

Yes, the +1 was the biggest problem causer in all of this. I hope the club learn from that.

Is it too simplistic to suggest that if claiming a +1 option, a season ticket holder must include their regular seat as one of their two tickets.

I'm sure it would help. It would certainly have helped trust members to gain access to their preferred area of the ground but I don't get why anyone needs a +1. I get that it is nice to be able to sell on a ticket at a profit to cover your costs for the day and see the game for free but if you only need one ticket for 23 games why would you need another one just his once?

I think you need to factor in kids require an adult in an adjacent seat. Season ticket holders can only buy a kids season ticket, along with an adult in an adjacent seat, but that is not the case with kids trust allocation. There is the main issue, allocating pairs of seats is far more time consuming than just singles. That is not so with online ticket sales.

People had a total of 20 hours to purchase allocated tickets, and all those that had single allocation and really wanted it, did exactly that within the 20 hours.

Taken from Facebook -

"Hi Chris, I was just in front of you on Thursday as you saw. I am a trust member and so are my children. Some of us were not able to queue early morning due to work commitments so had to start early to finish earlier to queue. I queued both days and still came away with nothing. On the Thursday the office shut in front of us and on the Friday, when I did manage to get to the front of the queue, I was told there are only standing tickets left. How could my small children see in a adult standing environment? If I was to lift them or put them on my shoulders I would be punished fir health and safety issues. Unfortunately I couldn't get myself on to leave my children at home as its not fair.
The club sent out the original statement advising there were enough for all ST and trust members. So if they were aware that there were children ST and trust members, why weren't these seats safeguarded until general sale on Monday. I'm going to watch on TV now but disappointed that as paying trust members, the paying children's seats wernt kept until not collected for general sale"

This is the main issue with regards to children sitting with adults. When this member was told there were no seats available on Friday, there will have been seats "belonging" to season ticket holders that the system held as reserved for them even though they had bought their season ticket and their +1 entitlement as a 2 together elsewhere in the ground thus locking out trust members from buying those seats. Effectively giving season ticket holders a +1 in the way we did has prevented these people from being able to attend.

Which is why we to scrap the trust entitlement.

The year is 2042, the chairman of Newport County has just murdered 17 people in cold blood.

Bangitinternet has stated that if these people's bodies weren't so conducive to gunshots, there wouldn't have been any issue. He advised that Newport is a dangerous city and if you don't wear bulletproof vests then the fault is firmly your own.

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 6:42 pm Would it work if a season ticket holder booking their ticket somewhere other than their own seat (to sit/stand with their+1) triggered an automatic release of their regular seat back into the marketplace.

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 6:37 pm

rncfc wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 5:58 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 4:41 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 3:51 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 2:37 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 11:17 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:47 am

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:27 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:26 am

Ugo. wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:16 am

I went on at 9:30 and there was already a queue system in place. I was 2800 in queue. I got in at 9:53 to find tickets already on sale and no 2 together with just the odd seat dotted about here and there and with wanting to take my son had no chance. The club didn't communicate anything until 9:56 on twitter by which time it was pointless.

In fairness, it was always unrealistic to expect two seats together to be available in the 'general sales' window. Season ticket holders using their +1 option will have taken up a pair together, leaving single seats open for general sales. Hence single seats dotted around the stadium.

Yes, the +1 was the biggest problem causer in all of this. I hope the club learn from that.

Is it too simplistic to suggest that if claiming a +1 option, a season ticket holder must include their regular seat as one of their two tickets.

I'm sure it would help. It would certainly have helped trust members to gain access to their preferred area of the ground but I don't get why anyone needs a +1. I get that it is nice to be able to sell on a ticket at a profit to cover your costs for the day and see the game for free but if you only need one ticket for 23 games why would you need another one just his once?

I think you need to factor in kids require an adult in an adjacent seat. Season ticket holders can only buy a kids season ticket, along with an adult in an adjacent seat, but that is not the case with kids trust allocation. There is the main issue, allocating pairs of seats is far more time consuming than just singles. That is not so with online ticket sales.

People had a total of 20 hours to purchase allocated tickets, and all those that had single allocation and really wanted it, did exactly that within the 20 hours.

Taken from Facebook -

"Hi Chris, I was just in front of you on Thursday as you saw. I am a trust member and so are my children. Some of us were not able to queue early morning due to work commitments so had to start early to finish earlier to queue. I queued both days and still came away with nothing. On the Thursday the office shut in front of us and on the Friday, when I did manage to get to the front of the queue, I was told there are only standing tickets left. How could my small children see in a adult standing environment? If I was to lift them or put them on my shoulders I would be punished fir health and safety issues. Unfortunately I couldn't get myself on to leave my children at home as its not fair.
The club sent out the original statement advising there were enough for all ST and trust members. So if they were aware that there were children ST and trust members, why weren't these seats safeguarded until general sale on Monday. I'm going to watch on TV now but disappointed that as paying trust members, the paying children's seats wernt kept until not collected for general sale"

This is the main issue with regards to children sitting with adults. When this member was told there were no seats available on Friday, there will have been seats "belonging" to season ticket holders that the system held as reserved for them even though they had bought their season ticket and their +1 entitlement as a 2 together elsewhere in the ground thus locking out trust members from buying those seats. Effectively giving season ticket holders a +1 in the way we did has prevented these people from being able to attend.

Which is why we to scrap the trust entitlement.

The year is 2042, the chairman of Newport County has just murdered 17 people in cold blood.

Bangitinternet has stated that if these people's bodies weren't so conducive to gunshots, there wouldn't have been any issue. He advised that Newport is a dangerous city and if you don't wear bulletproof vests then the fault is firmly your own.

If you read what I said, it clearly states 1 ticket entitlement was taken up within 20 hours which is fact.
I also pointed out that the problem is assigning more than one ticket.
I know for a fact that queue was virtually non existent Friday afternoon, but that is no use if you want adjacent tickets for kids, which was my point.

But like Stan, you stay in a fantasy world where you take no responsibility whatsoever.............

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 6:42 pm Would it work if a season ticket holder booking their ticket somewhere other than their own seat (to sit/stand with their+1) triggered an automatic release of their regular seat back into the marketplace.

rncfc wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 7:56 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 6:37 pm

rncfc wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 5:58 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 4:41 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 3:51 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 2:37 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 11:17 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:47 am

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:27 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:26 am

In fairness, it was always unrealistic to expect two seats together to be available in the 'general sales' window. Season ticket holders using their +1 option will have taken up a pair together, leaving single seats open for general sales. Hence single seats dotted around the stadium.

Yes, the +1 was the biggest problem causer in all of this. I hope the club learn from that.

Is it too simplistic to suggest that if claiming a +1 option, a season ticket holder must include their regular seat as one of their two tickets.

I'm sure it would help. It would certainly have helped trust members to gain access to their preferred area of the ground but I don't get why anyone needs a +1. I get that it is nice to be able to sell on a ticket at a profit to cover your costs for the day and see the game for free but if you only need one ticket for 23 games why would you need another one just his once?

I think you need to factor in kids require an adult in an adjacent seat. Season ticket holders can only buy a kids season ticket, along with an adult in an adjacent seat, but that is not the case with kids trust allocation. There is the main issue, allocating pairs of seats is far more time consuming than just singles. That is not so with online ticket sales.

People had a total of 20 hours to purchase allocated tickets, and all those that had single allocation and really wanted it, did exactly that within the 20 hours.

Taken from Facebook -

"Hi Chris, I was just in front of you on Thursday as you saw. I am a trust member and so are my children. Some of us were not able to queue early morning due to work commitments so had to start early to finish earlier to queue. I queued both days and still came away with nothing. On the Thursday the office shut in front of us and on the Friday, when I did manage to get to the front of the queue, I was told there are only standing tickets left. How could my small children see in a adult standing environment? If I was to lift them or put them on my shoulders I would be punished fir health and safety issues. Unfortunately I couldn't get myself on to leave my children at home as its not fair.
The club sent out the original statement advising there were enough for all ST and trust members. So if they were aware that there were children ST and trust members, why weren't these seats safeguarded until general sale on Monday. I'm going to watch on TV now but disappointed that as paying trust members, the paying children's seats wernt kept until not collected for general sale"

This is the main issue with regards to children sitting with adults. When this member was told there were no seats available on Friday, there will have been seats "belonging" to season ticket holders that the system held as reserved for them even though they had bought their season ticket and their +1 entitlement as a 2 together elsewhere in the ground thus locking out trust members from buying those seats. Effectively giving season ticket holders a +1 in the way we did has prevented these people from being able to attend.

Which is why we to scrap the trust entitlement.

The year is 2042, the chairman of Newport County has just murdered 17 people in cold blood.

Bangitinternet has stated that if these people's bodies weren't so conducive to gunshots, there wouldn't have been any issue. He advised that Newport is a dangerous city and if you don't wear bulletproof vests then the fault is firmly your own.

If you read what I said, it clearly states 1 ticket entitlement was taken up within 20 hours which is fact.
I also pointed out that the problem is assigning more than one ticket.
I know for a fact that queue was virtually non existent Friday afternoon, but that is no use if you want adjacent tickets for kids, which was my point.

But like Stan, you stay in a fantasy world where you take no responsibility whatsoever.............

I bet you'd give Jerry Sherman a blowjob if you ever met him.

rncfc wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 7:56 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 6:37 pm

rncfc wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 5:58 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 4:41 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 3:51 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 2:37 pm

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 11:17 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:47 am

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:27 am

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 10:26 am

In fairness, it was always unrealistic to expect two seats together to be available in the 'general sales' window. Season ticket holders using their +1 option will have taken up a pair together, leaving single seats open for general sales. Hence single seats dotted around the stadium.

Yes, the +1 was the biggest problem causer in all of this. I hope the club learn from that.

Is it too simplistic to suggest that if claiming a +1 option, a season ticket holder must include their regular seat as one of their two tickets.

I'm sure it would help. It would certainly have helped trust members to gain access to their preferred area of the ground but I don't get why anyone needs a +1. I get that it is nice to be able to sell on a ticket at a profit to cover your costs for the day and see the game for free but if you only need one ticket for 23 games why would you need another one just his once?

I think you need to factor in kids require an adult in an adjacent seat. Season ticket holders can only buy a kids season ticket, along with an adult in an adjacent seat, but that is not the case with kids trust allocation. There is the main issue, allocating pairs of seats is far more time consuming than just singles. That is not so with online ticket sales.

People had a total of 20 hours to purchase allocated tickets, and all those that had single allocation and really wanted it, did exactly that within the 20 hours.

Taken from Facebook -

"Hi Chris, I was just in front of you on Thursday as you saw. I am a trust member and so are my children. Some of us were not able to queue early morning due to work commitments so had to start early to finish earlier to queue. I queued both days and still came away with nothing. On the Thursday the office shut in front of us and on the Friday, when I did manage to get to the front of the queue, I was told there are only standing tickets left. How could my small children see in a adult standing environment? If I was to lift them or put them on my shoulders I would be punished fir health and safety issues. Unfortunately I couldn't get myself on to leave my children at home as its not fair.
The club sent out the original statement advising there were enough for all ST and trust members. So if they were aware that there were children ST and trust members, why weren't these seats safeguarded until general sale on Monday. I'm going to watch on TV now but disappointed that as paying trust members, the paying children's seats wernt kept until not collected for general sale"

This is the main issue with regards to children sitting with adults. When this member was told there were no seats available on Friday, there will have been seats "belonging" to season ticket holders that the system held as reserved for them even though they had bought their season ticket and their +1 entitlement as a 2 together elsewhere in the ground thus locking out trust members from buying those seats. Effectively giving season ticket holders a +1 in the way we did has prevented these people from being able to attend.

Which is why we to scrap the trust entitlement.

The year is 2042, the chairman of Newport County has just murdered 17 people in cold blood.

Bangitinternet has stated that if these people's bodies weren't so conducive to gunshots, there wouldn't have been any issue. He advised that Newport is a dangerous city and if you don't wear bulletproof vests then the fault is firmly your own.

If you read what I said, it clearly states 1 ticket entitlement was taken up within 20 hours which is fact.
I also pointed out that the problem is assigning more than one ticket.
I know for a fact that queue was virtually non existent Friday afternoon, but that is no use if you want adjacent tickets for kids, which was my point.

But like Stan, you stay in a fantasy world where you take no responsibility whatsoever.............

I bet you'd give Jerry Sherman a blowjob if you ever met him.

Amberexile wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 8:03 pm

excessbee wrote: January 22nd, 2024, 6:42 pm Would it work if a season ticket holder booking their ticket somewhere other than their own seat (to sit/stand with their+1) triggered an automatic release of their regular seat back into the marketplace.

Yes amd it would be simple to implement.

excessbee wrote: January 23rd, 2024, 11:17 am In response to Bangit's previous post, immediate freeing up of an unwanted season ticket seat would be of benefit, albeit limited, to a trust member in the queue for a ticket, because one extra would be showing as available immediately. Eventually that would filter through to their being one more ticket available in general sales.