by budgetmeansbudget » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:59 pm
Tickets go on sale for Bournemouth v Villa (first game of the season) on Thursday, but they've brought in a points system to ensure that the supporters who went to games last season get priority. I went to 8 games although I bought around 30 tickets over the season and therefore I get 8 points towards games this season. Each game will be given a points score in order to purchase tickets depending on likely demand, so the top teams will require a higher points cost in order to get tickets. Although Villa aren't a big team, because its Bournemouth's first ever game in the top flight they've put an initial price of 6 points for getting tickets. That would mean I use up 75% of my allocation for this one game alone which would then put me at a disadvantage for getting future tickets. You do earn an extra point for each ticket you get this season but it isn't added until after the game has been played. They've also stated that if all tickets aren't sold they will review the situation next Wednesday and may reduce the points qualification but no doubt there will only be odd seats left in remote areas of the ground. The problem is no other information has been released, i.e. no pointers towards the points requirements for future games. I've pencilled in Sunderland on 19th Sept, and I can't imagine the points requirement for that game will be as high, but if I buy tickets for Villa I might not have enough left for that game when the tickets first go on sale.
My current feeling is to miss out on the first draft for the Villa game and wait to see if they do a second draft next week, and if not just wait for the Sunderland tickets and hope I'm left with points to be in with a chance for future games. Not minded to blow 6 points on a system I know little about, and end up with no chance of seeing any other games for the remainder of the season.
Should have gone to more matches last season!!