Onions Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Still only able to get 1 ticket................. End up just sat in the home end at this rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Can you get more than 1 before 2pm then? Are you the only one with booking history? Yep. Well you could've. It's general sale as long as you have a booking history. There's no limit to how many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieADZ Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 This has annoyed me enough to make a rare post, rather than just lurking... We took approx. 4,000 last year, Forest took 3,500 a few weeks ago, and with our current form and position it's obvious we are likely to take similar numbers again. Birmingham are absolutely skint and seperate for money, especially with Zigic on £60,000 a week. There's no way they would want to lose out on the extra ticket sales. They could allocate the whole of the Railway End if they wanted to. The away allocation is certainly not limited to 2,500. I suspect what' happened here, and something I've noticed recently, is that the reduced allocation is due to someone at the Leicester end. We don't make any money from selling away tickets, and the more they have to sell, the more hassle it is for the club. I suspect that Birmingham have given the club some options as to the maximum number of tickets, and someone has said "2,500 will be enough", at which point Birmingham have presumably started selling some tickets on the other side of the segregation line meaning it can't now be moved. Another example is Bournemouth. Several clubs have had over 1400 tickets and yet we got 1300 and that's it, all sold out immediately and we're getting no more. It's only 100 tickets but the principle's the same. It's clear that more tickets could and should be available but it looks like LCFC has settled for the default allocation with no consideration of how many people would subsequently miss out. I got tickets for both those games early on, but I'd still like to be part of as big an away following as possible, and it annoys me to see the unnessessary difficulties that people have in geting tickets. Away tickets barely get a mention on the website, never mentioned over the tannoy, the away ticket info page contains hardly any info and is often out of date, and away tickets on LCFC direct is a shambles (e.g. if you try and buy tickets for 2 people then on the screen it allocates the same seat number for both people). Also, one of the most convenient ways of buying away tickets, i.e. popping into the ticket office before a game, is no longer an option because they no longer sell any tickets (other than for the game on that day) before a game. Therefore, after queuing up or about 20 mins at the club shop you're then told you have to come back and queue up again after the game. I like the new priority scheme, meaning it can be tailered based on the allocation and likely demand, and people's priority can rise on on ongoing basis rather than being based on the previous season. However, why are tickets seemingly on sale for weeks to the small number people with a high priority, but the lower priority or general sale tickets on sale just a few days before the game, causing a frantic scramble for tickets? Maybe the slow rate of sales during the first couple of weeks of sale (the higher priority period) is influencing the estimates for overall sales, and is maybe why they are underestimating demand. The whole process of away tickets just needs a dose of common sense applied to it. Has anyone tried to email fanzone (is that what it's called?) to get an explanation of what has happened with the limited away allocations recently, and what exactly the clubs policy is on it? think a part of the reason we took 4k last season & Forest took 3.5k is due to the fact it was on a Saturday. Im pretty sure we'd a easily took 3.5k at a weekend. given the fact its a Tuesday night game is probably one of the reason the club hasnt got a 3.5k allocation. a way to follow tickets info is via social media(twitter facebook) also on getting tickets.....why dont you phone them. as for the system of selling the tickets. Personally i dont have a problem with it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onions Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Yep. Well you could've. It's general sale as long as you have a booking history. There's no limit to how many. Not for me it seems. Generally can't select more than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Not for me it seems. Generally can't select more than one.Hmm. Not always as easy for some to get there but I was generally speaking at the ground in the TO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onions Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Ok, I'll ring up from now on, that took about 45 seconds and sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Ok, I'll ring up from now on, that took about 45 seconds and sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Mate an Indian family have taken over The Hen and Chickens now. They've left it completely as it was, same regulars, beer, decor, live sport etc but you can get a cracking curry for about £5 anytime of day. It's brilliant. It's just too hard to turn one down after a few beers. I might have to pop in and have a look next time I'm around that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartn27 Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 COME ON LCFC WE WANT MORE TICKETS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieADZ Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 COME ON LCFC WE WANT MORE TICKETS no we dont..... we dont want to take loads a fans to away games.....like Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Yep. Well you could've. It's general sale as long as you have a booking history. There's no limit to how many. Righto cheers for that. I just automatically assumed that you could only get one in any sort of priority. Fortunately I got some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-man Posted 23 January 2014 Author Share Posted 23 January 2014 I would in no way be surprised if there's an external body limiting our allocation on the basis that there is only one train home after the game. SGSA or some other pointless group. The 22.22 is going to be utter carnage. Usually a two (maximum three) carriage deal so I wouldn't be expecting a seat. Beers will be essential to get me through that impending horror show - could be worse than the rattlers that go Peterborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lestajigs Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 I would in no way be surprised if there's an external body limiting our allocation on the basis that there is only one train home after the game. SGSA or some other pointless group. The 22.22 is going to be utter carnage. Usually a two (maximum three) carriage deal so I wouldn't be expecting a seat. Beers will be essential to get me through that impending horror show - could be worse than the rattlers that go Peterborough. I think the police will escort everyone on the train and maybe delay it if need be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefoxtim Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 What time do people suggest we leave (driving), if we want to find a pub for some grub. 4pm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lestajigs Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 What time do people suggest we leave (driving), if we want to find a pub for some grub. 4pm? You'll be in the boozer just after 5 if you leave at 4, plenty of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybes Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Forest took big numbers because tickets were £10/£15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 23 January 2014 Share Posted 23 January 2014 Common sense has got to come into play with that train surely. Either put on another one a little later or make that last one a few more carriages. Five pound door to door for me. Can't go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartn27 Posted 24 January 2014 Share Posted 24 January 2014 What's the latest? Sold out? Another allocation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartn27 Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 Is this sold out now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lestajigs Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 This thread has gone quite,what's going on with sales?? How many are left?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shilton_fox Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 Think it has sold out or near enough one of my mates had one of the last 5 tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicesterisme Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 Yeah, it has to be sold out, 15 tickets left earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lass Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 Officially sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo86 Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 Madness that we aren't getting anymore tickets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted 25 January 2014 Share Posted 25 January 2014 After today we could have probably shifted another 500-1000. I don't really understand why we can't have more, unless it's on Police advice or some other nonsense. Their ticket system shows that their fans can only buy tickets in the last block of the stand, which means that there will probably be two empty blocks between us and them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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