Internet or lining up for tickets ?

[jk23]

Just wondering how fellow sainters are purchasing their finals tickets?
we are giving internet a go..

[mordi]

.....presume phone option also?

At least you can talk through options (if you are lucky)

[matrix]

net
never had a prob

[Nattens]

Question for the MCC members in this group.

Are restricted members able to purchase visitor's tickets for St Kilda vs Collingwood?

I want to get two

[SaintDebi]

I've always gone in to buy finals tickets in person and been happy to get seats I want, but this year starting work at 8 means I can't do that. Hubby thought he'd try phoning from work. Does anyone know how flexible this option is? I don't like the way you cant pick and choose seats on the net. Are the operaters able/willing to search seating options for you if you book over the phone?

[matrix]

they only release them in blocks
alot of the 'not so good' goes first i believe...

who cares, ill be happy to get a ticket
they put u with saints peeps anyway as it recognises the barcode on ya card and the team

[saint66au]

I always use the Net...people in a queue at Ticket outlets drive me nuts spending 15 minutes umming and ahhing about where they want to sit.

There'll be a logjam online for the first few minutes..then it will settle down. Far more peple will be buying "Premium" seats this year as they account for a much bigger % of seats than they did last year. "Prime" and "Standard" seats are pretty much all nosebleed

[saintbrat]

internet here


I should have shown you my practice sheet jk23

so you could see what it looks like

reminder copy numbers to a word / text page and makes it easier to copy and paste trather than numerical mistakes each time you re set- although the pracitce sheet took my number and loaded it to the top of the choice page..

now to get time during the morning

[saint66au]

Question for the MCC members in this group.

Are restricted members able to purchase visitor's tickets for St Kilda vs Collingwood?

I want to get two

Yep

[Maxstar22]

Internet here...been pretty lucky in past years to get fairly decent seats.

The only problem is not being disturbed at work while I am pressing the refresh button.

[saintspremiers]

Question for the MCC members in this group.

Are restricted members able to purchase visitor's tickets for St Kilda vs Collingwood?

I want to get two

I think yes....but check on www.mcc.org.au

Hint: for an extra $10 per person, you can get a reserved seat.....4,000 are available in the reserve on Level 1 and Level 4...they will sell like hotcakes and will all be gone I reckon during tomorrow, so get in quick!

Visitor tickets for adults are $64 ($74 for a reserved seat)...bargain! (NOT!).

[Enrico_Misso]

I prefer to go in person for 3 reasons

1) This reason may be wrong !
But definitely on the internet they only seem to offer seats in certain bays at any given time, and they often try to flog off the worst tickets first.
I am hoping (but I might be wrong) that in person you can point to where you want to sit (but maybe the agencies are also subject to the same - we are only selling in these couple of bays restriction ????).

Two other good reasons
2) On the internet if you are buying a group of tickets you can only buy them in a single row.
I plan to get 8 tickets but want them in two rows of 4 (behind each other).
You can do that at an agency but NOT over the internet.

3) Finals are deadly serious, I want a real official ticket in my hand asap so nothing can go wrong. I get nervous about scanning some barcode on a printout - I want reassurance I will get in.

[Iceman234]

Internet here...been pretty lucky in past years to get fairly decent seats.

The only problem is not being disturbed at work while I am pressing the refresh button.

[saint66au]

internet here


I should have shown you my practice sheet jk23

so you could see what it looks like

reminder copy numbers to a word / text page and makes it easier to copy and paste trather than numerical mistakes each time you re set- although the pracitce sheet took my number and loaded it to the top of the choice page..

now to get time during the morning

DId you use Wordpad or MS Word for that Bratty? I tried with Word last year and it wouldnt accept them...had to type from scratch. This year im gonna try Word Pad

Dont spose you can register the barcodes prior to 9am?

[jk23]

I tried word document last year and it did not work for me.

[Maxstar22]

I prefer to go in person for 3 reasons

1) This reason may be wrong !
But definitely on the internet they only seem to offer seats in certain bays at any given time, and they often try to flog off the worst tickets first.
I am hoping (but I might be wrong) that in person you can point to where you want to sit (but maybe the agencies are also subject to the same - we are only selling in these couple of bays restriction ????).

Two other good reasons
2) On the internet if you are buying a group of tickets you can only buy them in a single row.
I plan to get 8 tickets but want them in two rows of 4 (behind each other).
You can do that at an agency but NOT over the internet.

3) Finals are deadly serious, I want a real official ticket in my hand asap so nothing can go wrong. I get nervous about scanning some barcode on a printout - I want reassurance I will get in.

I went over the net last year and for a couple of finals I selected the option to then go and pick them up in person.
Wondering if there is still that option??

[matrix]

unreal, i can type the number quicker lol

[benengel14]

internet here


I should have shown you my practice sheet jk23

so you could see what it looks like

reminder copy numbers to a word / text page and makes it easier to copy and paste trather than numerical mistakes each time you re set- although the pracitce sheet took my number and loaded it to the top of the choice page..

now to get time during the morning

DId you use Wordpad or MS Word for that Bratty? I tried with Word last year and it wouldnt accept them...had to type from scratch. This year im gonna try Word Pad

Dont spose you can register the barcodes prior to 9am?

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... 83&start=0
Check my post there for some advice re cutting and pasting.

[saint66au]

I prefer to go in person for 3 reasons

1) This reason may be wrong !
But definitely on the internet they only seem to offer seats in certain bays at any given time, and they often try to flog off the worst tickets first.
I am hoping (but I might be wrong) that in person you can point to where you want to sit (but maybe the agencies are also subject to the same - we are only selling in these couple of bays restriction ????).

Two other good reasons
2) On the internet if you are buying a group of tickets you can only buy them in a single row.
I plan to get 8 tickets but want them in two rows of 4 (behind each other).
You can do that at an agency but NOT over the internet.

3) Finals are deadly serious, I want a real official ticket in my hand asap so nothing can go wrong. I get nervous about scanning some barcode on a printout - I want reassurance I will get in.

I went over the net last year and for a couple of finals I selected the option to then go and pick them up in person.
Wondering if there is still that option??

Yep..but as I recall you had to go to one particular outlet (in the city) to get em? Different possibly now its Ticketek not Ticketmaster

Hey nice to meet you today too

[Maxstar22]

I prefer to go in person for 3 reasons

1) This reason may be wrong !
But definitely on the internet they only seem to offer seats in certain bays at any given time, and they often try to flog off the worst tickets first.
I am hoping (but I might be wrong) that in person you can point to where you want to sit (but maybe the agencies are also subject to the same - we are only selling in these couple of bays restriction ????).

Two other good reasons
2) On the internet if you are buying a group of tickets you can only buy them in a single row.
I plan to get 8 tickets but want them in two rows of 4 (behind each other).
You can do that at an agency but NOT over the internet.

3) Finals are deadly serious, I want a real official ticket in my hand asap so nothing can go wrong. I get nervous about scanning some barcode on a printout - I want reassurance I will get in.

I went over the net last year and for a couple of finals I selected the option to then go and pick them up in person.
Wondering if there is still that option??

Yep..but as I recall you had to go to one particular outlet (in the city) to get em? Different possibly now its Ticketek not Ticketmaster

Hey nice to meet you today too

You too - just mentioned that in another post

I just went to the closest one to my house, can't remember if I had to tell them which one it was or I just rocked up.

[saintbrat]

unreal, i can type the number quicker lol

you've all seen my typing....................

[bobmurray]

can you buy a guest pass with your club membership

[matrix]

unreal, i can type the number quicker lol

you've all seen my typing....................

good call lol

[saintbrat]

DId you use Wordpad or MS Word for that Bratty? I tried with Word last year and it wouldnt accept them...had to type from scratch. This year im gonna try Word Pad

Dont spose you can register the barcodes prior to 9am?

MS word- and Just ensure you don't get any spaces before or after-

as I said I did a triall page yesterday- for todays game without following all the way through and Ticketek had the barcode number at the top of the page which may mean you don't have to re set,


other suggestion- go via the Saints Link so you end up straight into the AFL? CLub members area rather than having to choose.

ticketek page
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/sh ... =AFLFINALS

[SaintDebi]

Ok. Seems the opinion on here is that internet's the way to go? I've used ticketmaster before but not ticketek. Do I need to set up an account or anything to be ready to go?