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Southend [a] Tickets now on Priority sale - extra 1000 tickets available (p3)

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    Lordflashheart said:
    Covered End said:
    Got ours  :)
    How many could you buy ?
    My mate got them so I'm not certain, but pretty confident it's 2 per qualifier as it has been for as long as I can remember.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Ducktapeshoerepairs said:
    It’s a tough one, as yes Valley Gold pushes you up the priority order, whixh some seem unfair. But it also supports our brilliant youth academy. I would guess that without this ‘incentive’ that some may not support Valley Gold and therefore the academy would suffer ? *I don’t have Valley Gold btw 
    Don’t think anyone has an issue with VG being worth points, but I am hoping for some transparency between what it is worth in points. Its already jumped up from 490 to 580 (Due to small allocation given by Southend). 

    Surely if we get to Wrexham in April and VG is worth 700+ points then it can’t be fair to anyone who travels regularly to watch us. 
    Of course it's fair. We know the rules and it's up to us to act accordingly if we want priority.
    If someone can afford to go to every away game they should be able to afford to join Valley Gold.
    (NB I'm not in Valley Gold).
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    Braziliance said:
    Forgot about 2pm update and think they're all sold out. Pain.

    Edit: Ignore me, used the other poxy site 
    Eh?
  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,308
    edited October 2024
    Covered End said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Ducktapeshoerepairs said:
    It’s a tough one, as yes Valley Gold pushes you up the priority order, whixh some seem unfair. But it also supports our brilliant youth academy. I would guess that without this ‘incentive’ that some may not support Valley Gold and therefore the academy would suffer ? *I don’t have Valley Gold btw 
    Don’t think anyone has an issue with VG being worth points, but I am hoping for some transparency between what it is worth in points. Its already jumped up from 490 to 580 (Due to small allocation given by Southend). 

    Surely if we get to Wrexham in April and VG is worth 700+ points then it can’t be fair to anyone who travels regularly to watch us. 
    Of course it's fair. We know the rules and it's up to us to act accordingly if we want priority.
    If someone can afford to go to every away game they should be able to afford to join Valley Gold.
    (NB I'm not in Valley Gold).
    But we don’t know the rules though, because it changes for every game. Currently the number is randomly picked for each game. Please explain to me how that is fair. 

    Why was VG only 580 points. Why not 620 points to guarantee priority for Southend ticket. 

  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,397
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Covered End said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Ducktapeshoerepairs said:
    It’s a tough one, as yes Valley Gold pushes you up the priority order, whixh some seem unfair. But it also supports our brilliant youth academy. I would guess that without this ‘incentive’ that some may not support Valley Gold and therefore the academy would suffer ? *I don’t have Valley Gold btw 
    Don’t think anyone has an issue with VG being worth points, but I am hoping for some transparency between what it is worth in points. Its already jumped up from 490 to 580 (Due to small allocation given by Southend). 

    Surely if we get to Wrexham in April and VG is worth 700+ points then it can’t be fair to anyone who travels regularly to watch us. 
    Of course it's fair. We know the rules and it's up to us to act accordingly if we want priority.
    If someone can afford to go to every away game they should be able to afford to join Valley Gold.
    (NB I'm not in Valley Gold).
    But we don’t know the rules though, because it changes for every game. Currently the number is randomly picked for each game. Please explain to me how that is fair. 

    Why was VG only 580 points. Why not 620 points to guarantee priority for Southend ticket. 

    I’m assuming the number of points varies by allocation size. One of the selling points of Valley gold is that you get some level of priority for away tickets. With only 815 tickets available then Valley Gold gets shifted up, as otherwise it could sell out before getting there I’m guessing. 

    If it was too low and the away end sold out before it got to VG, then those that buy it could complain and maybe not renew 

    It would be good if the club released how many fans were at each stage, but I think in general they handle away priority quite well vs some clubs who barely have a system at all 
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,917
    Had not been to The Valley or an away game for as long as I can remember, until Saturday.

    When I rang the ticket office, they told me that I could claim 640 'Hollywood/Wrexham' loyalty points immediately which entitled me to 400 Southend tickets, at a reduced cost of 50p a ticket.

    See you all at Roots Hall.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    edited October 2024
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Covered End said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Ducktapeshoerepairs said:
    It’s a tough one, as yes Valley Gold pushes you up the priority order, whixh some seem unfair. But it also supports our brilliant youth academy. I would guess that without this ‘incentive’ that some may not support Valley Gold and therefore the academy would suffer ? *I don’t have Valley Gold btw 
    Don’t think anyone has an issue with VG being worth points, but I am hoping for some transparency between what it is worth in points. Its already jumped up from 490 to 580 (Due to small allocation given by Southend). 

    Surely if we get to Wrexham in April and VG is worth 700+ points then it can’t be fair to anyone who travels regularly to watch us. 
    Of course it's fair. We know the rules and it's up to us to act accordingly if we want priority.
    If someone can afford to go to every away game they should be able to afford to join Valley Gold.
    (NB I'm not in Valley Gold).
    But we don’t know the rules though, because it changes for every game. Currently the number is randomly picked for each game. Please explain to me how that is fair. 

    Why was VG only 580 points. Why not 620 points to guarantee priority for Southend ticket. 

    It appears to be set so that a continuous S/T holder with VG, will nearly always be able to get a ticket, unless there is a very small allocation like CVPM last season.

    No doubt the logic is to ensure that the fans putting the most money into the club get priority (roughly speaking).

    If we are going away we're giving money to the opposition and not Charlton (which I've probably done 500 times).

    I just can't get my head around why every season fans complain about the rules.
    If we want top priority we know what the rules are and what we need to do.

  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,763
    We probably have one fixture a season (if that) where the loyalty points system needs to get used at all. It's the fairest it can be IMO, and I have Callum right that if VG stopped giving you priority people would stop paying for membership - I know I would.

    I would also bet that anyone who wants a ticket for this Saturday will be able to get one.
  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,308
    Croydon said:
    We probably have one fixture a season (if that) where the loyalty points system needs to get used at all. It's the fairest it can be IMO, and I have Callum right that if VG stopped giving you priority people would stop paying for membership - I know I would.

    I would also bet that anyone who wants a ticket for this Saturday will be able to get one.
    Probably be closer to 5 this season, Crawley, Orient, Stockport & Wrexham.

    I think people are missing my point. It’s not the ST & VG it’s just the VG part. My mate who goes 1 or 2 games per season will want an Orient/Wrexham away ticket this season. For effectively £60 VG payment he will be guaranteed one. Compared to myself who is currently on 580 points and could be below the threshold come March/April. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Croydon said:
    We probably have one fixture a season (if that) where the loyalty points system needs to get used at all. It's the fairest it can be IMO, and I have Callum right that if VG stopped giving you priority people would stop paying for membership - I know I would.

    I would also bet that anyone who wants a ticket for this Saturday will be able to get one.
    Probably be closer to 5 this season, Crawley, Orient, Stockport & Wrexham.

    I think people are missing my point. It’s not the ST & VG it’s just the VG part. My mate who goes 1 or 2 games per season will want an Orient/Wrexham away ticket this season. For effectively £60 VG payment he will be guaranteed one. Compared to myself who is currently on 580 points and could be below the threshold come March/April. 
    Exactly, your mate knows the rules and has taken the required action.

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,918
    Covered End said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Covered End said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Ducktapeshoerepairs said:
    It’s a tough one, as yes Valley Gold pushes you up the priority order, whixh some seem unfair. But it also supports our brilliant youth academy. I would guess that without this ‘incentive’ that some may not support Valley Gold and therefore the academy would suffer ? *I don’t have Valley Gold btw 
    Don’t think anyone has an issue with VG being worth points, but I am hoping for some transparency between what it is worth in points. Its already jumped up from 490 to 580 (Due to small allocation given by Southend). 

    Surely if we get to Wrexham in April and VG is worth 700+ points then it can’t be fair to anyone who travels regularly to watch us. 
    Of course it's fair. We know the rules and it's up to us to act accordingly if we want priority.
    If someone can afford to go to every away game they should be able to afford to join Valley Gold.
    (NB I'm not in Valley Gold).
    But we don’t know the rules though, because it changes for every game. Currently the number is randomly picked for each game. Please explain to me how that is fair. 

    Why was VG only 580 points. Why not 620 points to guarantee priority for Southend ticket. 

    It appears to be set so that a continuous S/T holder with VG, will nearly always be able to get a ticket, unless there is a very small allocation like CVPM last season.

    No doubt the logic is to ensure that the fans putting the most money into the club get priority (roughly speaking    ).

    If we are going away we're giving money to the opposition and not Charlton (which I've probably done 500 times).

    I just can't get my head around why every season fans complain about the rules.
    If we want top priority we know what the rules are and what we need to do.

    bit that’s just not true. 

    A season ticket holder with VG has no priority at all here over a non-ST holder with VG. The Season ticket counts for nothing, You can have bot attended a single game in the last two seasons, have 0 points, and put nothing into the club bar a VG subscription, and be able to buy at Phase 5 for your 1st game of the season. 


  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    edited October 2024
    Yes, but my point is (as I said) that if you are a continuous S/T holder (460 points) plus have VG you will almost certainly get a ticket and I believe you will for Southend.
    As you say you'll be able to buy in phase 5, purely by having VG.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,918
    Then the continuous season ticket is completely irrelevant 🤷‍♂️
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    edited October 2024
    AFKABartram said:
    Then the continuous season ticket is completely irrelevant 🤷‍♂️
    Except you'll always have 460 points to start with (but in your example/Southend offering it's irrelevent if you have VG).
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,089
    edited October 2024
    How often are people who genuinely want to go to an away match unable to get a ticket?
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,016
    Got my 6, one for me and 5 for my spurs supporting mates.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,763
    edited October 2024
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Croydon said:
    We probably have one fixture a season (if that) where the loyalty points system needs to get used at all. It's the fairest it can be IMO, and I have Callum right that if VG stopped giving you priority people would stop paying for membership - I know I would.

    I would also bet that anyone who wants a ticket for this Saturday will be able to get one.
    Probably be closer to 5 this season, Crawley, Orient, Stockport & Wrexham.

    I think people are missing my point. It’s not the ST & VG it’s just the VG part. My mate who goes 1 or 2 games per season will want an Orient/Wrexham away ticket this season. For effectively £60 VG payment he will be guaranteed one. Compared to myself who is currently on 580 points and could be below the threshold come March/April. 
    I get what youre saying, but none of those games will sell out before they get to the 500 point mark. 

    The only games regular away travellers will ever miss out on are freak matches like CVPM last season, and Valley Gold made no difference in that instance anyway.
  • cabbie8
    cabbie8 Posts: 341
    Should only be allowed to buy the amount of tickets you have loyalty points for. Being able to buy two tickets isn’t fair and I have raised this for many years unless you both have the amount of qualifying loyalty points. 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,830
    se9addick said:
    How often are people who genuinely want to go to an away match unable to get a ticket?
    Not as often as the same old arguments on here moaning about how unfair our loyalty system is.
  • Ducktapeshoerepairs
    Ducktapeshoerepairs Posts: 986
    When’s the phase for the people who havent been to a game in 10 years, but still pay into Valkey Gold just in case we get a bumper away draw in the cup, say non league Southend away in round one. There must be hundreds in this category 

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,089
    clb74 said:
    se9addick said:
    How often are people who genuinely want to go to an away match unable to get a ticket?
    Not as often as the same old arguments on here moaning about how unfair our loyalty system is.
    Yep 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,038
    I can't make it anyway, but this is yet another example of the club sending the phasing details out at the same time they start, rather than in advance, to let people get ready for their phase 

    No reason why this article couldn't have been published  at the weekend or even Friday
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,090
    10 phases for buying tickets seems way too complex. Does any other club in L1 take similar approaches? 
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,408
    Covered End said:
    Braziliance said:
    Forgot about 2pm update and think they're all sold out. Pain.

    Edit: Ignore me, used the other poxy site 
    Eh?
    On this page I couldn't see the tickets: 

    https://www.charltonafc.com/sale-now

    But this page I could: 

    https://booking.cafc.co.uk/en-GB/categories/Away Games

    Just thought they were gone at first. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,816
    killerandflash said:
    I can't make it anyway, but this is yet another example of the club sending the phasing details out at the same time they start, rather than in advance, to let people get ready for their phase 

    No reason why this article couldn't have been published  at the weekend or even Friday
    Come on, the Hollywood show must go on.
  • Photollery
    Photollery Posts: 119
    Should your VG show up on ticket log in profile?
  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,326
    Its Southends fault for having a tiny ground.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,687
    KingKinsella said:
    It’s Southends fault for having a tiny ground.
    probably bigger than the Valley was when we first came back 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,627
    Got my 2 - now got to find a pub that will allow away fans if anyone has any ideas ?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Fucking hell no wonder Oasis could get away with their pricing shenanigans if there's all this fuss about Southend.

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