2018 Season Ticket Thread

Oh, believe you me - I'm dropping my non-champion seats, but them discounting tickets is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself.

I would drop the Champions as well if my son didn't love sitting there. The value equation is all wrong -- paying a $90 premium per seat for a free parking pass and maybe $25-$30 with of food.

At virtually every other stadium in every you pay that suite premium to sit in the best seats, not the worst.
 
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FredMertz said:
Oh, believe you me - I'm dropping my non-champion seats, but them discounting tickets is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself.

I would drop the Champions as well if my son didn't love sitting there. The value equation is all wrong -- paying a $90 premium per seat for a free parking pass and maybe $25-$30 with of food.

At virtually every other stadium in every you pay that suite premium to sit in the best seats, not the worst.
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I’m thinking during relocation, you may be able to find comparable seats in the sections just to the left of champions (15a, 14b, 14a). It’s a lot more affordable and although it doesn’t come with unlimited food, you probably save quite a bit of cash since I’m guessing the premium you pay is more than the food you get.
 
Likely going to keep my season ticket but downgrade greatly so that I keep my founding member status and still have access to all the games. That brick in the new stadium better be made out of fucking gold at this point. Lol
 
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Looks like they must have had so many complaints that they auto-sent this email after you made a sale, lol.
Hello,

Congratulations on selling your mobile transfer tickets on StubHub! This message is in reference to your StubHub Sale #XXXXXXXX

Some sellers find delivering these types of tickets to be more difficult than others. Follow the instructions below to complete your sale and get paid!

When you're ready to deliver the tickets

  1. Log in to the account your tickets are coming from (most likely where you originally bought them, usually a Ticketmaster or a team/venue affiliated site)
    • Find where to ?Transfer? your tickets
    • In most cases, this is near tickets / purchase details in the account (also look for a ?Transfer? button)
  2. After clicking the transfer option, enter the buyer's name and email address to transfer the tickets
  3. Once transferred, go to My tickets > Sales on StubHub
  4. Find the sale you just transferred tickets for and click ?Confirm Delivery?
    • Re-enter the buyer?s email address in the pop-up
  5. ??????
  6. Profit
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Bolded part, no shit Sherlock, understatement of the year.
 
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The Toe said:
Sounds like LAFC is bumping up some season tickets by up to 40%!!!!
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That’s absolutely ridiculous, because it’s not as if they played a season without a home stadium and the completion of the stadium justified the increase..... then again, we have a FO that’s increased the price every year while providing less expensive DPs and experiencing yearly drops in STH’s.

I had a conversation this week with my Rep and she just doesn’t “get it” considering the perks she tried to tell me that make Season tickets a better buy than the 10for$10/ea deal. They think that they’re making the atmosphere better for STH by offering the plan to others, but I pointed out that they’re losing STH because prices are going up every year with no word on a stadium, StubHub has killed the ability to easily sell tickets, and their 10/match promotions are stealing the very buyers that may purchase on StubHub. Even with that, I had to keep hearing about CityPoints opportunities and the ability to shift seats to another match, which I pointed out does no good if I sit next to another STH who wouldn’t also be moving. The entire conversation was circular and seemed to be straight off a rebuttal script.

The only positive is that they’re gonna be looking at all of the pricing for next season, which probably means they’ve figured out the 200 level affords a better view than the pricey 100 level, and I’m gonna get screwed with my seats going up. My hope is that they realize their current pricing is causing STH’s to leave and drop some prices.
 
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LAFC must have a solid waitlist for season tickets. There should still be some loyalty to founders, though. Interesting to me also that apparently people in club seats had the opportunity to commit for 3 years and lock in minimal price increases.
 
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mgarbowski said:
LAFC must have a solid waitlist for season tickets. There should still be some loyalty to founders, though. Interesting to me also that apparently people in club seats had the opportunity to commit for 3 years and lock in minimal price increases.
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It helps when a club has an amazing stadium/amenities to kick off their inaugural season - drives demand. Not that they should then kick their founding members to the curb though, those are the people that believed in them before the spectacle unfolded.

But if they really do have a sizable waitlist, LAG has got to be kicking themselves and in full crisis mode from a marketing perspective. They’re getting killed in the STH derby.
 
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Very interesting in LA especially considering the debate we are having and some of us calling for a reduced capacity.
 
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That’s absolutely ridiculous, because it’s not as if they played a season without a home stadium and the completion of the stadium justified the increase..... then again, we have a FO that’s increased the price every year while providing less expensive DPs and experiencing yearly drops in STH’s.

I had a conversation this week with my Rep and she just doesn’t “get it” considering the perks she tried to tell me that make Season tickets a better buy than the 10for$10/ea deal. They think that they’re making the atmosphere better for STH by offering the plan to others, but I pointed out that they’re losing STH because prices are going up every year with no word on a stadium, StubHub has killed the ability to easily sell tickets, and their 10/match promotions are stealing the very buyers that may purchase on StubHub. Even with that, I had to keep hearing about CityPoints opportunities and the ability to shift seats to another match, which I pointed out does no good if I sit next to another STH who wouldn’t also be moving. The entire conversation was circular and seemed to be straight off a rebuttal script.

The only positive is that they’re gonna be looking at all of the pricing for next season, which probably means they’ve figured out the 200 level affords a better view than the pricey 100 level, and I’m gonna get screwed with my seats going up. My hope is that they realize their current pricing is causing STH’s to leave and drop some prices.
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Told my rep yesterday we’re not renewing. I’ll be at most Saturday matches and pay a lot less for the privilege. I figure i’ll save about $400- 25% of my total expenditure.
 
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I'm also thinking of not renewing mine- the trade-in deal wasn't really worth it. I had front row seats with my ticket, but at the end of the day since I couldn't sit with my friends, I would use trade-in to games I couldn't make (namely saturday games) and would anyway get moved to seats that I could find on stubhub/ticketmaster for like $20 cheaper than my actual ticket. Parking pass is a joke because I don't go to all the games. 10% discount is nothing. Cityzen points aren't very worth it either, imo. And, the most important, playoff tickets aren't included- and seem to be basically normal price, which again, is ridiculous.

The only good thing that comes from it is the $10 away match thing. (Though, are there other ways to get these perks?)

It'll be a lot cheaper to just buy tickets on a per-match basis. I know the "not renew" option is weird. (like there's a date you have to tell them by, and you have to have it in writing or something?) Can someone let me know how it's done?

Thanks!
 
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Shwafta said:
I'm also thinking of not renewing mine- the trade-in deal wasn't really worth it. I had front row seats with my ticket, but at the end of the day since I couldn't sit with my friends, I would use trade-in to games I couldn't make (namely saturday games) and would anyway get moved to seats that I could find on stubhub/ticketmaster for like $20 cheaper than my actual ticket. Parking pass is a joke because I don't go to all the games. 10% discount is nothing. Cityzen points aren't very worth it either, imo. And, the most important, playoff tickets aren't included- and seem to be basically normal price, which again, is ridiculous.

The only good thing that comes from it is the $10 away match thing. (Though, are there other ways to get these perks?)

It'll be a lot cheaper to just buy tickets on a per-match basis. I know the "not renew" option is weird. (like there's a date you have to tell them by, and you have to have it in writing or something?) Can someone let me know how it's done?

Thanks!
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Send an email to your rep. They may be able to cancel via email, but otherwise they can direct you to the correct page of your account.
 
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engine46 said:
I know Third Rail members get this perk, so you could always join for $30/year and have access to the $10 away tickets.
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yeah but thats not the same perk. Spending 30 just to get $10 away tickets, you gotta account for the 30 as an expense. If you go to 5 games its $16 per game. If you go to 10, its $13..... but then I gotta wonder at that point, if you are going to so many away matches, you (read:hypothetical you) don't seem like a guy who cares about a slightly cheaper ticket on account of all the travel costs and such. so imho not the same perk, approached similar on volume, but never equal.
 
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yeah but thats not the same perk. Spending 30 just to get $10 away tickets, you gotta account for the 30 as an expense. If you go to 5 games its $16 per game. If you go to 10, its $13..... but then I gotta wonder at that point, if you are going to so many away matches, you (read:hypothetical you) don't seem like a guy who cares about a slightly cheaper ticket on account of all the travel costs and such. so imho not the same perk, approached similar on volume, but never equal.
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This doesn't account for ST wastage, which will vary person to person. If you miss 5 games and take a cumulative $100 loss on those tickets after resale, then paying $30 for the right to buy $10 Away tickets is cheaper.
 
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mgarbowski said:
This doesn't account for ST wastage, which will vary person to person. If you miss 5 games and take a cumulative $100 loss on those tickets after resale, then paying $30 for the right to buy $10 Away tickets is cheaper.
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Not being able to easily sell this year, with friends’ flaky schedules, and wife’s lack of interest, and I’m logging serious ST wastage compared to every other season combined.

That StubHub move was possibly a worse decision than both hiring Kreis & Lampard’s MCFC fiasco combined.
 
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