Hotel blue house istanbul - ticket collections

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:51 pm

That's where we are all collecting tickets from.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:53 pm

Half an hour south of the square. Totally different route to stadium

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:57 pm

930 to 6pm collections

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:47 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Half an hour south of the square. Totally different route to stadium

That's about 10 minutes walk from my hotel.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:59 pm

levraiclaret wrote:That's about 10 minutes walk from my hotel.

Good effort. Its an hour from mine. Might fancy a stroll after a 12 hour night bus though

ClaretPuddle · Post by **ClaretPuddle** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:14 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:That's where we are all collecting tickets from.

If this is the ticket collection, do we know whereabouts the fan meet up area is? Must be walking distance to the hotel I presume?

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:20 pm

Fan meet up area is 50m from that hotel

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:20 pm

Sultanahmet Square

trawdenclaret · Post by **trawdenclaret** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:22 pm

Sultanahmet square 5mins on foot.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:29 pm

ClaretPuddle wrote:If this is the ticket collection, do we know whereabouts the fan meet up area is? Must be walking distance to the hotel I presume?

The club arent staying at that hotel either. Just the designated collection point

trawdenclaret · Post by **trawdenclaret** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:32 pm

fan meet up is sultanahmet square thats how i read it.

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:37 pm

I assume they will accept photocopies of your passports when picking tickets up. I don’t wanna carry my passport round all day cos when I wake up on Friday I won’t have a passport anymore.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:54 pm

Granny WeatherWax wrote:I assume they will accept photocopies of your passports when picking tickets up. I don’t wanna carry my passport round all day cos when I wake up on Friday I won’t have a passport anymore.

Exactly same. No chance I will be going back to my hotel after collecting tickets.

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:58 pm

Me either. I’ll take a copy of passport and visa.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:59 pm

You lot need to get yourselves a bumbag

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:01 pm

Dyched wrote:You lot need to get yourselves a bumbag

Bumbag or not. I am not taking my passport out with me. Never do abroad. Just another headache otherwise!

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:17 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Bumbag or not. I am not taking my passport out with me. Never do abroad. Just another headache otherwise!

I know for sure that in France and Germany at least, you are required to carry your passport at all times (I've been caught out in both countries). Can't imagine that Turkey would be more relaxed especially in the current political climate. In any case I'd have thought you'd need id. in case of security checks at the stadium?

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:19 pm

Driving license. I can get home if I lose that.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:29 pm

Are driving licenses counted as ID these days? I went to a gig in Berlin recently and they wouldnt accept a Driving License. Same when Ive been to the States picking up tickets.

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:33 pm

Dyched wrote:Are driving licenses counted as ID these days? I went to a gig in Berlin recently and they wouldnt accept a Driving License. Same when Ive been to the States picking up tickets.

Had this issue when stopped by the police in Germany recently when I thought my driving license would suffice as id. Fortunately they let it go.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:34 pm

chekhov wrote:Had this issue when stopped by the police in Germany recently when I thought my driving license would suffice as id. Fortunately they let it go.

I guess that they’re easily faked these day.

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:43 pm

Details of a bar near Sultanahmet Square that will welcome Burnley supporters-

Omar Restaurant - Address: Alemdar Mahallesi 8 Şeftali Sokak 34110 Fatih/İstanbul

Right in the heart of old town, behind Underground Cistern across Hagia Sophia Museum. We put a Burnley flag in front of the restaurant. We know the guys no problem, so people can just chill and have pints there… actually far better than Taksim square with full of Arab tourists on these summer days…

Please see the location: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Alemdar ... 9896?hl=tr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:52 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:The club arent staying at that hotel either. Just the designated collection point

Club are staying about 10 miles away

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:09 pm

The collection point is now just yards from my hotel and if the club do organise buses for 100% of fans it would reassure me a lot.

As it stands though my plans for the week have become more complicated so getting to Heathrow on Wednesday is now tricky, so whether I attend at all is up in the air. We’ll see.

golden · Post by **golden** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:09 pm

My flight doesn't land in ataturk airport until around 6 pm and its 30 minutes to the hotel, how will i get my ticket?

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:14 pm

No mention of a pickup option at the ground like Aberdeen?

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:19 pm

I'm getting fed up of all these show offs now.it was always lovely to go to blackpool and Scarborough pay on the gate bawdy house for the night and breakfast served by landlady with big t!ts!! Sorted.

thedmcistanbul · Post by **thedmcistanbul** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:28 pm

This is a regular tourist hotel in the old town, club must be staying wyndham hotel near the stadium. clubs which come to play against Basaksehir usually stay there. By the way, old town is around 30 kms to the stadium. I would recommend to depart from Sultanahmet square latest at 7 pm considering the traffic in huge Istanbul.Also, taxis in that area are not very friendly, it is also an area mostly closed to traffic, so at that time of the day it will be very difficult for you to find taxis. the ones who are ok to take you to the stadium, i wouldn't trust them in terms of money they will be asking. anyway, the location of the stadium is really rubbish.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:42 pm

Club have said they will not accept photocopy of passport

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:45 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:Club have said they will not accept photocopy of passport

Where have they said this?

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:51 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Half an hour south of the square.

Walk or taxi?

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:53 pm

Walk. Pub hop.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:55 pm

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Where have they said this?

On Twitter

Granny WeatherWax · Post by **Granny WeatherWax** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:57 pm

Meh. Ridiculous

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:08 pm

golden wrote:My flight doesn't land in ataturk airport until around 6 pm and its 30 minutes to the hotel, how will i get my ticket?

Three of us only arrive at the airport at 1725
The club needs to keep the hotel open for longer please

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:41 pm

Club needs to make provision to collect tickets at the ground. Crazy to drag people into the city and back out again if they don’t need to.

golden · Post by **golden** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:19 pm

Spike wrote:Three of us only arrive at the airport at 1725
The club needs to keep the hotel open for longer please

I have now booked an earlier flight from Dalaman it was due at 1725 but I don’t want to chance it so will be arriving at 1500

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:38 pm

There are fans flying in from all over the world.

Surely the Club staff can keep this ticket operation open until 30 minutes before kick off?

They will have been there on a paid for jolly for 48 hours to suss out how to get to the ground etc so the least that they can do is wait for all the fans to arrive for the bizarre way of ticket collection.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:20 am

scouseclaret wrote:Walk or taxi?

Half hour walk. In a city of 16m it's probably a 3 day drive

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:21 am

scouseclaret wrote:Club needs to make provision to collect tickets at the ground. Crazy to drag people into the city and back out again if they don’t need to.

Absolutely. This was always an annoyance with England.

You are definitely going to the stadium. Doesn't mean you are definitely going to the city centre.

I know some who have booked hotels at the stadium I early did the same for convenience.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:16 am

Always going to annoy some but those who’ve followed England of late flagged this up. People stay in different towns or resorts but have to travel to a hotel in a centre, where they otherwise would have no reason to be.

Guess the staff at the hotel will be the same staff doing the spot checks? So need time to hotfoot it across to the ground to get position with their iPads to bust Burnley fans who have travelled to one of furthest Easterly points in Europe to the watch the clarets with the ‘wrong ticket’.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:03 am

Why can't the club provide the option of picking up tickets at the ground, like up in Aberdeen?

colne-claret · Post by **colne-claret** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:18 am

chekhov wrote:I know for sure that in France and Germany at least, you are required to carry your passport at all times (I've been caught out in both countries). Can't imagine that Turkey would be more relaxed especially in the current political climate. In any case I'd have thought you'd need id. in case of security checks at the stadium?

Ive been Germany a few times and never carry my passport? Is that an actual thing?

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:03 am

Could do with knowing exactly where the coaches are going from and more importantly back to. I’m guessing we will be back north of midnight and I reckon a hotel near there is the best shout. Perhaps the club will announce today so I can have a hotel confirmed when I land tomorrow evening......

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:30 am

Firstly, I am jealous. I wish I could afford the £500 + that this match will cost.

Have some people going read the FCO travel advice to Turkey?
The club's website does provide a link to this.
It does make it clear that you need to carry your passport at all times.

So apart from football related stabbings, terrorist attacks, going to fight for ISIS, military coups
and earthquakes, there is nothing to worry about.
Oh sorry yes there is, having to carry your passport at all times and pick your ticket up.
I thought BFC had made it clear, all along that you'd have to collect your ticket from a central location?

Enjoy the game.

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:41 am

colne-claret wrote:Ive been Germany a few times and never carry my passport? Is that an actual thing?

I'm not sure I understand your question. Obviously not carrying a passport a passport would only present itself as a problem if you are stopped by the police and asked for your id.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:07 am

colne-claret wrote:Ive been Germany a few times and never carry my passport? Is that an actual thing?

I don't think it is the case in Germany. It is the case in some countries though (Italy springs to mind), with Turkey being one of them. I guess it is probably those, like Italy, where there is a national ID card.

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:16 am

colne-claret wrote:Ive been Germany a few times and never carry my passport? Is that an actual thing?

What a passport?
Or Germany?

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:10 am

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Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:14 am

Still no confirmation of the coach start and end points which is relevant to the hotel being booked