[Albion] The Ticket Exchange - what's the point?

[Thunder Bolt]

I recall ex and current servicemen and women can obtain tickets? How does this work? Maybe I’m imagining this.

I've never heard of it. I doubt any of our other veterans have either or else it would've been mentioned.

I might be wicked this weekend, and just not list my ticket. The club can hardly threaten me to cancel my season ticket when I have already cancelled it.

 

[The Colonel]

There are only 52 regular seats still for sale for Saturday. Do they wait for every single one to sell before the exchange opens?

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

Exactly this - the club want to get the maximum return on their own tickets they have to sell.

If they sell one of the S1G seats remaining, the club get £38. When the exchange is open and an S1G ticket listed by a STH sells, the £38 would be split as follows:

STH: £30.30 (ST price of £595 divided by 19 games = £31.30 minus £1 admin charge)
Club: £7.70 (the remainder)

The problem is the remaining seats are the most undesirable for many casual fans, ie right next door to the away fans which could make for quite a rowdy afternoon.

I think most of us tend to think "they should open the exchange earlier" as there may be people who won't buy any of the seats available now but may buy, say, a WSU ticket as they prefer a high, side-on view without being constantly abused for 90 minutes.

And the concern would be that if someone looks now to buy a ticket, sees the few remaining and doesn't fancy any of them, they may not return later in the week when the exchange should be open and a wider choice of seats will be available to choose from.

Many casual fans may not even know that the exchange is a thing, and be unaware that a deluge of alternative, and more attractive, seats are likely to be released at some point in the future.

Reading your post reminded me of the other thread where this years season ticket sales were being discussed. Would it be reasonable to assume that the club are indeed holding back some better positioned seats to sell on a match by match basis?
The logic being that some people who buy match tickets would be more inclined to become a season ticket holder if they were seated in other parts of the stadium than S1G for example.
Also and more pertinent to this thread i wonder what the cutoff for club seats left to sell is before the exchange opens i.e. is it just a fixed number, a complete sell out or somehow variable with other factors (time left,popularity of game etc).

 

[Poyningsgull]

Newcastle is now sold out so exchange is open for that one.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Reading your post reminded me of the other thread where this years season ticket sales were being discussed. Would it be reasonable to assume that the club are indeed holding back some better positioned seats to sell on a match by match basis?
The logic being that some people who buy match tickets would be more inclined to become a season ticket holder if they were seated in other parts of the stadium than S1G for example.
Also and more pertinent to this thread i wonder what the cutoff for club seats left to sell is before the exchange opens i.e. is it just a fixed number, a complete sell out or somehow variable with other factors (time left,popularity of game etc).

The club waits for the Van Hecke tribe to confirm if their coachload are coming over and need those tickets. Probably.

 

[Poyningsgull]

Appears to be open for West Ham now

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Appears to be open for West Ham now

About 290 tickets available for West Ham game, seems low for the exchange considering the amount available for the Newcastle game. Have the club just released some that had been held back?

 

[VAL1850]

Tickets appeared all over stadium re WHU but doesn't state exchange open, plus my listed ticket is not showing...

 

[Poyningsgull]

About 290 tickets available for West Ham game, seems low for the exchange considering the amount available for the Newcastle game. Have the club just released some that had been held back?

No idea....

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Must be unusual for a 3pm Saturday EPL at the Albion not to have sold out by now. Overheard a couple of West Ham saying they normally go to the Amex but not bothering this time as they’re crap. I think Apathy might win this one.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Must be unusual for a 3pm Saturday EPL at the Albion not to have sold out by now. Overheard a couple of West Ham saying they normally go to the Amex but not bothering this time as they’re crap. I think Apathy might win this one.

That's the Hurzeler affect sadly!!!

 

[Sorrel]

Newcastle is now sold out so exchange is open for that one.

Not going to this one, so good news! My two tickets are indeed on there...

 

[Bozza]

Not sure they are exchange seats for West Ham, as I was able to choose a few and the system allowed me to allocate them to under-18s.

 

[Jeremiah]

Tickets appeared all over stadium re WHU but doesn't state exchange open, plus my listed ticket is not showing...

Same hear. They only had seats left next to the West Ham supporters all week and now they have flogged most of them other seats have appeared around the stadium but the exchange is not open. I would like to give my spare ticket to a friend but he is not MyAlbion+.

 

[Beach Hut]

The point is to sell you ticket if you cannot go, my Newcastle seat has sold

 

[dazzer6666]

That's the Hurzeler affect sadly!!!

On West Ham fans ?

 

[Dave the OAP]

what is the latest you can list your seat?

we are down in Salisbury the Saturday week with Newcastle on the Sunday at 2 and I may not be able to get back for a 2 o’clock kick off

 

[Thunder Bolt]

what is the latest you can list your seat?

we are down in Salisbury the Saturday week with Newcastle on the Sunday at 2 and I may not be able to get back for a 2 o’clock kick off

I've listed mine a couple of hours before kick off and they still sold. It depends on the popularity of the game.
The club say you must list it by 2pm the day before or else you're on the naughty step.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

I've listed mine a couple of hours before kick off and they still sold. It depends on the popularity of the game.
The club say you must list it by 2pm the day before or else you're on the naughty step.

Were you on the naughty step even though you sold?

 

[chaileyjem]

I've listed mine a couple of hours before kick off and they still sold. It depends on the popularity of the game.
The club say you must list it by 2pm the day before or else you're on the naughty step.

All clubs have these utilisation rules now . Some (Brentford) give you a "yellow card" if you don't use your ticket. Some say it should be 2pm before the day of the match. Some say if you miss the 2pm but it sells - then that still counts too. ! (not sure the Albion do)