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Bristol City [A] tickets to go on restricted sale
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Which is a drawback of making that the cheapest part of the ground. It means we can't rip off away fansNabySarr said:
I think you have to charge the away fans the same price you are charging home fans in the equivalent stand. So our away prices are the same as Coverend end lowerSporadicAddick said:Are we allowed to reciprocate pricing or is there a limit linked to home fan prices?
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Time to bring back the old Charlton Life Independent Travel back!2
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None of the blokes can find it 😉Curb_It said:Time to bring back the old Charlton Life Independent Travel back!7 -
What phase is it likely to reach before it sells out?0
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I wouldn't rule out going to General Sale, we've got 2,503 tickets.0
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Blimey how skint are some people 🤷♂️0
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if you are flush offer to pay for some peoplegmantaxi said:Blimey how skint are some people 🤷♂️2 -
If you are talking about coach £35 & ticket £33 that's £68.swords_alive said:£78 per adult, before food and drink and dragging along any junior family members. Going to be some pretty sparse away ends for us.5 -
So the owners spend in excess of £10M on players.
Some of our fans react by complaining that the coach is £5/£10 over priced.
A factual observation, not necessarily a criticism.2 -
Bit of a harsh comment. If the average ticket price for every away works out to approx £35, attending every away would cost £805, hardly throwaway cash over the course of a year, not including travel, and more expensive than a lot of yearly/monthly bills for most people.gmantaxi said:Blimey how skint are some people 🤷♂️
I know attending the majority of games cost me more than any other household bill except my rent, it's a hell of a commitment to attend away games and people shouldn't be mocked for highlighting how expensive it is.
Twenty is plenty, should never be more imo.10 -
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It will, we'll not sell out.Covered End said:I wouldn't rule out going to General Sale, we've got 2,503 tickets.1 -
I believe the away end holds just under 4000. If the initial allocation sells out will we get more.
I assume though that City's wind up merchants would already have purchased theirs by that time in that stand though.0 -
So which coach company would you recommend then clever clogs?Lewis Coaches said:
Good spot re price for Rovers last season.shirty5 said:
Correct me if I’m wrong but is the coach company based around the Margate area? Added costs on to the customer in petrol or diesel plus wages for said drivers travelling up to the pick up stopsLargeAddick said:
certainly is. someone is making a mint there.OhMyGodden said:That coach price is a joke
Also the coach to Bristol Rovers last October was £23, so about a 50 per cent increase based on the area travelling to
Some one is making a good profit.
Never like that when CASC ran the coaches and Trains.0 -
I've never been on the away coaches so don't know what they are like, but assume they have toilet facilities on board and are of a comfortable nature. Most services can be run cheaper but in the end the product is dire, we know this only too well.Airman Brown said:
The reality is you can run it for half that and if the club overcharges to that extent someone probably will in the end.Lewis Coaches said:
Good spot re price for Rovers last season.shirty5 said:
Correct me if I’m wrong but is the coach company based around the Margate area? Added costs on to the customer in petrol or diesel plus wages for said drivers travelling up to the pick up stopsLargeAddick said:
certainly is. someone is making a mint there.OhMyGodden said:That coach price is a joke
Also the coach to Bristol Rovers last October was £23, so about a 50 per cent increase based on the area travelling to
Some one is making a good profit.
Never like that when CASC ran the coaches and Trains.CAFCBourne said:£35 to get to Bristol picked up from your local town don’t seem to unreasonable to meWatford charged £20 to Bristol City in April and are charging £12 to The Valley.0 -
If you're on the roof, you don't need a toiletCAFCBourne said:
I've never been on the away coaches so don't know what they are like, but assume they have toilet facilities on board and are of a comfortable nature. Most services can be run cheaper but in the end the product is dire, we know this only too well.Airman Brown said:
The reality is you can run it for half that and if the club overcharges to that extent someone probably will in the end.Lewis Coaches said:
Good spot re price for Rovers last season.shirty5 said:
Correct me if I’m wrong but is the coach company based around the Margate area? Added costs on to the customer in petrol or diesel plus wages for said drivers travelling up to the pick up stopsLargeAddick said:
certainly is. someone is making a mint there.OhMyGodden said:That coach price is a joke
Also the coach to Bristol Rovers last October was £23, so about a 50 per cent increase based on the area travelling to
Some one is making a good profit.
Never like that when CASC ran the coaches and Trains.CAFCBourne said:£35 to get to Bristol picked up from your local town don’t seem to unreasonable to meWatford charged £20 to Bristol City in April and are charging £12 to The Valley.
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It was .. A vile amount to charge but they were cashing in on our massive supportDucktapeshoerepairs said:I’m sure Orient away in league one was £34 last season1 -
I think I have a blind spot for 33 +35. Like when I worked in the bookies I went through a phase of paying out punters a 20 instead of a 10 when counting out winnings. Didnt last long in that job.Covered End said:
If you are talking about coach £35 & ticket £33 that's £68.swords_alive said:£78 per adult, before food and drink and dragging along any junior family members. Going to be some pretty sparse away ends for us.2 -
I think the fear (for me at least) is a shift in attitude to fans taking root, where market forces are let loose, and no subsidy to get to away games, against a background of excessive match ticket costs. Many of us got the bug and a lifetime commitment from away games and if that route is diminished it's another detriment to building the support base.Covered End said:So the owners spend in excess of £10M on players.
Some of our fans react by complaining that the coach is £5/£10 over priced.
A factual observation, not necessarily a criticism.0 -
This question will have been asked alot but how many supporters are there in each pts band - how many are in Cat 1 600 club & the other pts bands & Valley Gold, I have 520pts and this year is my first as a Valley Gold member....does that mean phase 5 as a Valley Gold member qualifies me or do i have to wait to Phase 7 with 520 pts? I've only managed 3-4 aways per season in 55+yrs and this season is first one i have time to add to my rather shallow list of 38 grounds visited....
Phase 5: 550 loyalty points and Valley Gold - Wednesday, July 30th @ 2pm
Phase 6: 550 loyalty points - Wednesday, July 30th @ 4pm
Phase 7: 520 loyalty points or Valley Gold - Thursday, July 31st @ 11am
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Phase 7TootingRedArmy said:This question will have been asked alot but how many supporters are there in each pts band - how many are in Cat 1 600 club & the other pts bands & Valley Gold, I have 520pts and this year is my first as a Valley Gold member....does that mean phase 5 as a Valley Gold member I qualify me or do i wait to Phase 7 with 520 pts?Phase 5: 550 loyalty points and Valley Gold - Wednesday, July 30th @ 2pm
Phase 6: 550 loyalty points - Wednesday, July 30th @ 4pm
Phase 7: 520 loyalty points or Valley Gold - Thursday, July 31st @ 11am
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There won't be many in Cat 1TootingRedArmy said:This question will have been asked alot but how many supporters are there in each pts band - how many are in Cat 1 600 club & the other pts bands & Valley Gold, I have 520pts and this year is my first as a Valley Gold member....does that mean phase 5 as a Valley Gold member qualifies me or do i have to wait to Phase 7 with 520 pts? I've only managed 3-4 aways per season in 55+yrs and this season is first one i have time to add to my rather shallow list of 38 grounds visited....Phase 5: 550 loyalty points and Valley Gold - Wednesday, July 30th @ 2pm
Phase 6: 550 loyalty points - Wednesday, July 30th @ 4pm
Phase 7: 520 loyalty points or Valley Gold - Thursday, July 31st @ 11am
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I would have thought they could put this more or less straight away on general sale1
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I'm guessing part of having so many phases is because of the new ticketing system, more points = better seats to choose from. Of course that falls down when you arrive and no one is in their assigned seat0
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I think it will sell out quite easily, so I don’t agree with that.cafcsinger said:I would have thought they could put this more or less straight away on general sale
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They have an impressive ST count so their demand may mean that’s all we’re getting0
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Having looked at the map, we have the 3 middle blocks with the blocks either side empty so there isn't any reason we couldn't have more unless of course they want the end blocks blocked off as doesn't make sense to have home fans on both sides of the same stand.NelsonsFU said:They have an impressive ST count so their demand may mean that’s all we’re getting
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The club doesn’t operate a professional coach service. It doesn’t staff them, it doesn’t provide support on matchdays. It relies on volunteers, just as CASC did. There is no difference between the standard of coaches whether they are run by the club or the fans -and the latter were far more invested in it.CAFCBourne said:
I've never been on the away coaches so don't know what they are like, but assume they have toilet facilities on board and are of a comfortable nature. Most services can be run cheaper but in the end the product is dire, we know this only too well.Airman Brown said:
The reality is you can run it for half that and if the club overcharges to that extent someone probably will in the end.Lewis Coaches said:
Good spot re price for Rovers last season.shirty5 said:
Correct me if I’m wrong but is the coach company based around the Margate area? Added costs on to the customer in petrol or diesel plus wages for said drivers travelling up to the pick up stopsLargeAddick said:
certainly is. someone is making a mint there.OhMyGodden said:That coach price is a joke
Also the coach to Bristol Rovers last October was £23, so about a 50 per cent increase based on the area travelling to
Some one is making a good profit.
Never like that when CASC ran the coaches and Trains.CAFCBourne said:£35 to get to Bristol picked up from your local town don’t seem to unreasonable to meWatford charged £20 to Bristol City in April and are charging £12 to The Valley.The ethos of the Charlton coach service going back decades has been to provide a good value method of getting as many fans as possible to away games. In the process CASC and the club have made some profit, which enabled CASC to employ a member of staff and, later, the club to subsidise Valley Express, which generates ticket revenue for it.
The club has over time abandoned this model, trying to break even on Valley Express, almost certainly cutting its ticket revenue in the process.Bristol City looks on the face of it to be a move towards a 100% mark-up on a full coach. A decade ago, we would make more profit by running more coaches at lower fares, which involves accepting a small level of risk. Some you win and some you lose.
I don’t think the club’s spending and operating losses come into a discussion of the right fare because 1) higher prices do not necessarily equal more profit and 2) if the higher fare is unaffordable to you the club’s expenditure on players is irrelevant. You do not owe the club or its owners your food or electricity budget.
it should be obvious that some people do not attend away games because they are unaffordable to them.
It’s almost impossible to run away coaches at a loss unless you set out to do so, but trying to extract the maximum profit from the most committed and often least affluent supporters is a choice which should be made consciously by people who understand that is what they are doing. In the end, it’s a trivial financial decision to the club but a more significant cultural one.11 -
Yes, their stadium map indicates Away Fans exclusivity so on second thoughts looks good for more . I agree with Airman that we will sell out what I hope is an initial allocation1
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A few hundred at least.Croydon said:
There won't be many in Cat 1TootingRedArmy said:This question will have been asked alot but how many supporters are there in each pts band - how many are in Cat 1 600 club & the other pts bands & Valley Gold, I have 520pts and this year is my first as a Valley Gold member....does that mean phase 5 as a Valley Gold member qualifies me or do i have to wait to Phase 7 with 520 pts? I've only managed 3-4 aways per season in 55+yrs and this season is first one i have time to add to my rather shallow list of 38 grounds visited....Phase 5: 550 loyalty points and Valley Gold - Wednesday, July 30th @ 2pm
Phase 6: 550 loyalty points - Wednesday, July 30th @ 4pm
Phase 7: 520 loyalty points or Valley Gold - Thursday, July 31st @ 11am
Phase 1 for Wembley was 750+ loyalty points and that was 134 fans.Bristol Away phase 1 is 600 points.0 -
Sell enough season tickets and you can charge as much as you want for away fans and casual home fansNelsonsFU said:They have an impressive ST count so their demand may mean that’s all we’re getting
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