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by ScottishBorderClaret » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:52 pm
The debate regarding loyalty points etc will run and run, but its all quite simple.
If you watched the Turfcast podcast interview with Russell Ball, the Fan experience manager he explained that our fanbase is largely an older fanbase that doesn't travel and anyone who wanted to go to an away game last season could have gone to about 19 of the 23 away games as they generally went down to general season ticket holders or even general sale.
I can only think of Huddersfield, Blackpool, and Luton that all sold out at 6,000pts +, and of course Rovers that went to a
Thw new loyalty points systen rewards current active fans who go home and away regularly, and will do even more so now with the 20pts for an away game, so if you are season ticket holder who only goes to maybe 1 or 2 away games a season you'll soon fall down the priority chain and those season ticket holders that travel regularly will be the ones with the highest points and will be first priority and quite rightly so.
However as said seeing as most games will get down to general season ticket holders and even general sale, they're will be plenty of tickets for everyone.
For games like Bournemouth, Luton and Salford where there is only a small away allocation, it may not go beyond the 1st or 2nd priority window and peoplw may not get a ticket, but still plenty of other away games to go at to gain loyalty points.
Some people feel hard done by, but if they have had a season ticket for the past 5 years and gone to plenty away games or even a few then there's not much to worry about in general, and in general the majority of us can now wait until its our turn in the priority window and build up our own points over time rather than having to borrow other people's points to try to ensure getting a ticket.