Concession card holders?

jonesy · Post: # 994690Post **jonesy** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:25pm

Can any of you concession card holders tell me whether you have to show your concession card on entry into the MCG?

A mate said in the AFL members of the G a different colour light flashes when a concession is scanned and you are then asked to show ID?

Adz70 · Post: # 994694Post **Adz70** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:28pm

Yep, the gate definitely flashed a different message when a concession or junior ticket is swiped. I go each week with my son so have noticed this. He has never been stopped - he's only 8 so pretty obvious he is a junior - but I have no idea if anyone is watching for this.

Haven't seen my Dad get stopped and he's a concession.

jonesy · Post: # 994698Post **jonesy** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:30pm

Adz70 wrote:Yep, the gate definitely flashed a different message when a concession or junior ticket is swiped. I go each week with my son so have noticed this. He has never been stopped - he's only 8 so pretty obvious he is a junior - but I have no idea if anyone is watching for this.

Haven't seen my Dad get stopped and he's a concession.

Ok,thanks Adz.

Hmmm

saintsRrising · Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:32pm

We were talking about this pre-game last week.

My 19 year old daughter has been asked twice in the last two seasons.

My mates daughter of about the same age said for her it was annoying as she had been asked more often than not for id.

The G has had the different lights on entry for a while. They introduced it at Etihad this season for the first time.

saintsRrising · Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:35pm

Adz70 wrote:

Haven't seen my Dad get stopped and he's a concession.

Does he look pension age though?

#1GILL · Post: # 994708Post **#1GILL** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:35pm

They seem to make a call based on what you look like.

I'm still in high school and it would be obvious to the attendant that I am. I've never been asked for ID.

However, my old sister who is a Uni student and about 23 is asked pretty much every time as it's obvious she's not still at high school.

Bernard Shakey · Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:39pm

#1GILL wrote:They seem to make a call based on what you look like.

I'm still in high school and it would be obvious to the attendant that I am. I've never been asked for ID.

However, my old sister who is a Uni student and about 23 is asked pretty much every time as it's obvious she's not still at high school.

Your "old sister"? I bet she loves you.

#1GILL · Post: # 994715Post **#1GILL** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:40pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:
#1GILL wrote:They seem to make a call based on what you look like.

I'm still in high school and it would be obvious to the attendant that I am. I've never been asked for ID.

However, my old sister who is a Uni student and about 23 is asked pretty much every time as it's obvious she's not still at high school.
Your "old sister"? I bet she loves you.

Haha I just refer to her as that because I have quite a few sisters and she is the oldest.

benengel14 · Tue 21 Sep 2010 10:53pm

Family split into 2 different aisles as we entered, one attendant asked for concession IDs, the other did not.
He then decided to boast/instruct us that he had already found 2 people without ID and had sent them back to get adult tickets.

ausfatcat · Post: # 994764Post **ausfatcat** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 11:05pm

each gate would at times have hundreds of people moving through..... a 100 thousand people scrambling to get in on time to see the opening bounce.

It's a risk but a small one in imo, last year I had a concession ticket and wasn't asked for proof.

backit · Post: # 994770Post **backit** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 11:11pm

At the G the turnstile has a LCD screen in front of the attendant that identifies each ticket as it is scanned ie Adult, Conc, child and they will ask for ID if it comes up as Conc or child and you are not possibly 4 - 5 times out of ten. My youngets son who just turned 16 but is big for his age has been asked a few times and also when we have gone in as a family and scanned the wrong ticket been asked. Again wait for the rush if you want to take the risk.

Winmar · Post: # 994810Post **Winmar** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 11:41pm

I've been asked for ID a few times at the 'G, usually by old blokes on the gate in the Olympic Stand. I wasn't asked for it on Saturday though. I'm 31 and therefore don't look like a typical concession card holder!

I was asked for it at Etihad in the last game there this year, but that was the first time since the ground opened that I've had that request.

Scoop · Post: # 994825Post **Scoop** » Tue 21 Sep 2010 11:52pm

My young bloke, who is 16, has been asked for ID at both finals....

cowboy18 · Post: # 1000650Post **cowboy18** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 8:00pm

Can you rearrange where you sit after you get in? Do the people at the top of the aisles worry about the types of tickets

i.e. if you get in on an adult ticket can you send a concession person to your seat and then go and sit in a concession spot?

clarky449 · Post: # 1000655Post **clarky449** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 8:03pm

Im 16 havent been asked at the MCG yet, always asked at Etihad but not the G

Gabba · Post: # 1000676Post **Gabba** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 8:14pm

My sister and I both didn't get asked, we are both uni students.

jonesy · Post: # 1000678Post **jonesy** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 8:14pm

Didn't eventuate having to show id....there are other ways to beat the system

Sainternist · Sun 26 Sep 2010 8:18pm

For the 2008 Prelim, I bought tickets from a fellow forum user. 1 Adult (for myself) and 1 Child was thrown into the exchange.

I shouldn't be boasting about it but I ended up giving the Child ticket to my 25 year old brother and he got in without them checking the ticket hahaha...

LaUrEnCe · Post: # 1000716Post **LaUrEnCe** » Sun 26 Sep 2010 8:34pm

Not for me

saintspremiers · Sun 26 Sep 2010 9:10pm

jonesy wrote:Didn't eventuate having to show id....there are other ways to beat the system

and you will lol!

Just a question, do you travel with a Myki with a zero balance?