Success!

Phew!

Loyalclaret wrote:I’m going, whether the house is happy about that is another matter!

Plane or train pal?

Lancasterclaret wrote:hell goodclaret, get him to buy a shirt or something! There must be a way of getting those 10 points today!

Phew, got his today

Lancasterclaret wrote:hell goodclaret, get him to buy a shirt or something! There must be a way of getting those 10 points today!

You only get points for ticket purchases, buying a shirt wouldn't help.

Mine are now bought so I’m glad I bought the cheap flights within 10 minutes of the draw (though I’d have been a mug if I’d done that for the Cypriot club, I didn’t realise they played behind closed doors )

For info we seem to have ours before number 700, which seem to be sequential. Don’t take this as gospel, but it implies to me there are plenty left.

CrosspoolClarets wrote:Mine are now bought so I’m glad I bought the cheap flights within 10 minutes of the draw (though I’d have been a mug if I’d done that for the Cypriot club, I didn’t realise they played behind closed doors )

For info we seem to have ours before number 700, which seem to be sequential. Don’t take this as gospel, but it implies to me there are plenty left.

Lucky! I had skyscanner ready at work , £70 flights but then all of a sudden when I pressed confirm they were £180

Got mine! I'm surprised they've lasted this long to be honest.

Flying back from Malaga to Aberdeen direct. Back to Malaga to continue the holiday from Glasgow on the Friday. Good Luck to everyone trying to get tickets. Seemed straight forward for us. UTC!

Eyres_11 wrote:Plane or train pal?

Train

That's commitment. Will be sure to lay out the red carpet for you arrival!

Loyalclaret wrote:Train

Same job, 11am out of Preston.

I would text but new phone and lost your number.

Slightly regretting not gambling on travel bookings to be honest now.

Lancasterclaret wrote:Slightly regretting not gambling on travel bookings to be honest now.

We booked in advance and the train and hotel worked out about £90 on the day of the draw, mate went to book same trains as us earlier now he know he has his leave sorted and the train alone is over £200.

Yeah, on the day of the draw I could get there for £40, but couldn't get back for less than £100

Hotels are still reasonably ok as there is a lot of choice around the town but I'd rather go up and down in a day I think.

Lancasterclaret wrote:Yeah, on the day of the draw I could get there for £40, but couldn't get back for less than £100

Hotels are still reasonably ok as there is a lot of choice around the town but I'd rather go up and down in a day I think.

Yes. Getting back was pricey. Worked out cheaper to train up and fly back...

Big ask going up and down in a day, even from your location.

claretlegend wrote:Got mine! I'm surprised they've lasted this long to be honest.

Lets hope they last into tomorrow !!!!!!!

D8BFC wrote:Lets hope they last into tomorrow !!!!!!!

Until Saturday please.

Sympathies to those who rip off Britain affects.

When we got the draw I got 2 flights for £100. By the time I put my credit card in, I was told they had gone up to £260, so paid it. Checked now, they are close to £1000 (return) for two of us. I have no doubt that FlyMayBe are abusing their monopoly over this route (I fly with them about 40 times a year I am sad to say. A tip - if you want your blood pressure to stay low, do not check the fees for things like name changes (if someone decides they can’t get a match ticket and choose to sell their flight to a mate).

I have never understood how these companies haven’t had legislation to stop this dynamic pricing practice. The ECJ have been asked to look at it in the past but have never done anything.

Its called supply and demand.
Its what makes the world go round

Lancasterclaret wrote:Slightly regretting not gambling on travel bookings to be honest now.

We were ready to move quickly and were going to book flights but one of our group said he didn't want to go if we were flying up. As it happened, he's not going, but we are going by car, leaving Wednesday and coming back Friday.

Big ask going up and down in a day, even from your location.

Yeah I know, but got work and kids stuff on friday.

And feel sorrier for the bloke I'm going with, he's coming up from Knutsford!

It is only 60 miles further than Gillingham that we did and lost on a Tuesday night not many years ago.

But this will be a tad more exciting.

And only 13 miles further than Plymouth and I've driven there and back for a night match.

Oh, we did Plymouth and back in a day so its doable.

Just going to have to drink lots of coffee, rather than beer!

CrosspoolClarets wrote:Sympathies to those who rip off Britain affects.

When we got the draw I got 2 flights for £100. By the time I put my credit card in, I was told they had gone up to £260, so paid it. Checked now, they are close to £1000 (return) for two of us. I have no doubt that FlyMayBe are abusing their monopoly over this route (I fly with them about 40 times a year I am sad to say. A tip - if you want your blood pressure to stay low, do not check the fees for things like name changes (if someone decides they can’t get a match ticket and choose to sell their flight to a mate).

I have never understood how these companies haven’t had legislation to stop this dynamic pricing practice. The ECJ have been asked to look at it in the past but have never done anything.

If you see something in the sale, do you insist on giving the retailer full price? Just seeing how deep your commitment to this principle is? Do you insist on paying more for holidays off season to even things up? Insist on paying full price for drinks during happy hour?

Got 2 of ours today. Don’t hold out much hope for the other two children of mine with 5500 points.

Driving to Glasgow on Wed then the train up on Thursday morning and back to Glasgow on the Fri. Then a weekend near the Lakes which has been booked for ages. All worked out OK. Train part off peak return only £60. Night out in Glasgow as a bonus.

Lancasterclaret wrote:Oh, we did Plymouth and back in a day so its doable.

Just going to have to drink lots of coffee, rather than beer!

Don't take me home
Please don't take me home
I just don't wanna go to work
I wanna stay here
And drink all your coffee ..........

Makes me very envious!
I will be in Inverness that morning and Stirling evening. Cheered when we got Aberdeen and now feel cheated!

Anybody have any idea how many tickets we’ve sold thus far?

It would e be interesting to know, that's for sure...

Sold about 300 to people with 8000 points
UTC

Vince Fontaine wrote:Sold about 300 to people with 8000 points
UTC

Sounds about right, as I read somewhere that there were about 600 people with over 8000 points.

tybfc wrote:And only 13 miles further than Plymouth and I've driven there and back for a night match.

I've drove up to a customers at 4am to be told I didn't have the correct equipment for the job and to come back, straight back in the car and drove back home. Needless to say I didn't go back again

Looks like I'll be alright for one in the morning then.

Vince Fontaine wrote:Sold about 300 to people with 8000 points
UTC

Vince hi,

Do you know how many have sold to the 7,000 plus points categories?

Thanks

When I got mine at 09.30ish this morning my sequential number in order history was about 1200

Lancasterclaret wrote:Yeah I know, but got work and kids stuff on friday.

And feel sorrier for the bloke I'm going with, he's coming up from Knutsford!

I did Isle of Skye to Burnley in a day. You will **** it!

Just bought ticket 1328

They have tweeted to say they have stopped sales.

To count the tickets....

I kid you not. Technology fully implemented at Turf Moor!

"Supporter Information | Sales for the Aberdeen away match have been temporarily suspended while a final count is made on the remaining tickets available. Sales will restart asap. We apologise for any inconvenience"

Will Diesel be at the game? Need to keep him and tup away from eachother. They're too alike. Both thugs.

Does anyone have any idea how many are left? got 2 today thinking they wouldnt get past today's cut off - and one of the lads i normally go with has had to wait... Should have waited now - or will the ticket office let me get all 3 together tomorrow if i go down?

You won't get either of the last two!

Strange how any criticism of the ticket office staff gets deleted.

gandhisflipflop wrote:Strange how any criticism of the ticket office staff gets deleted.

In my experience theyve always been excellent and get **** whatever they do

They are excellent at times i agree. Just seems that anything negative towards them gets shot down on here. They have improved a lot over the years though.

cricketfieldclarets wrote:In my experience theyve always been excellent and get **** whatever they do

If individual staff members are named or it was possible to identify them from what's posted, no-one could complain at posts being deleted.

Seems very sinister that posts are being deleted on here.The post where someone mentioned a freedom of information request and my response that it only applied It only applied to certain government departments have been deleted.
How can the club take action against supporters whi have transferred their ticket in good faitb,may have not been sble to go at the last minute,when it is fairly obvious that people eill travel with the supporters when they clearly havr not got the required loyalty points.
Also those who have got a ticket through contacts in the ticket office.

paulatky wrote:Seems very sinister that posts are being deleted on here.The post where someone mentioned a freedom of information request and my response that it only applied It only applied to certain government departments have been deleted.
How can the club take action against supporters whi have transferred their ticket in good faitb,may have not been sble to go at the last minute,when it is fairly obvious that people eill travel with the supporters when they clearly havr not got the required loyalty points.
Also those who have got a ticket through contacts in the ticket office.

Dont understand why people are getting their knickers in such a twist. some of the posts were shocking.

Didnt see them all,in what way shocking.
The post I saw was somebody saying they were going to do a freedom of information request to ask who the tickets had been allocated to,
I replied saying FOI did not apply to football clubs only certain government departments.
Yet both those posts got deleted.
Never mind freedom of information what happened to freedom of speech,