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You could have got one for Barnsley last month. I suspect there's a reasonable chance you may be able to get one for Wigan next month.

Apart from the logistical problems of that, I reckon it would generally cause uproar. Whilst I think everyone would agree folk getting a ticket for every away game and selling 90% of them on for the points is pretty shabby, people getting the odd ticket for a mate who doesn't have a season ticket, not necessarily for the high demand games just bog standard ones that would go zero points anyway is fair enough, at least IMO anyway, although I could see why someone paying for a membership would disagree. I reckon if you took a standard away game there'd be maybe 10-20% of our fans who were not the 'named' person that purchased the ticket.

There should be enough space so they can be relocated elsewhere other than Level 7. At worst it'll be 3000 getting moved (probably less) and we have around 13k 'home' seats that aren't season ticket holder seats. How they decide how you pick where you want to go if you get moved, given price bands etc. is anyone's guess. Could become a mess.

That's what the mackems use isn't, albeit over the last 3 years? I think it's debatable whether it's fairer. Probably depends which side of the fence your on in terms of having points or trying to build them. My personal opinion is that our system is better, although I can see the justification for this type.

I think that could be our biggest allocation this season, given the terrible attendances due to the ongoing protests against the owners. We'll definitely get the whole of the Darwen End (about 6k), so it depends whether they decide it's worth the logistical hassle of giving us additional in one of the side stands.

They did that for the Sheff Wed cup game last year (I think) after it was requested at the Fans Forum. Anyone know why they didn't bother this season?

Members should earn loyalty points in the same way ST holders do and then get a priority period of buying tickets that go to members. So a member who has attended hundreds of away games gets priority over someone who has signed up only for this one fixture. If a member later joins up as a ST holder they should then start from 0 as a ST holder as that is the next stage up in the hierarchy. So in my world sales would be something like:- ST Holder with 100+ ST Holder with 75+ ST Holder with 50+ ST Holder with 25+ ST Holder with 0+ Member with 100+ Member with 75+ Member with 50+ Member with 25+ Member with 0+ With all sale dates obviously at shorter periods (a day or two rather than the week long ones currently given). That's not a bad shout. How many members are there that go to multiple away games without having a season ticket though? Folk from elsewhere in the country I suppose. I still think it would be fair enough to carry any points over when you went from a member to a season ticket holder, especially for the younger lot.

Yes. One point for every away ticket purchased via your season ticket.

The only thing I would perhaps change is the loss of loyalty points if you pack your season ticket in. I think it would be better if those points were 'frozen' for the period of time you don't have a season ticket (so effectively you can't use them to purchase away tickets) then 're-activated' once you purchase a season ticket again. I think this would prevent situations where someone has built up a load of loyalty points, then doesn't have a season ticket for a year or two (working away etc.), and has to start from scratch once they return and have a season ticket again. Someone mentioned about members not getting loyalty points. If that is the case I would guess it's to prevent the hypothetical situation of someone racking up, say 25 loyalty points, as a member, who would then get dibs over a season ticket holder for away games. Perhaps members could accrue loyalty points that wouldn't become 'active' until they got a season ticket? That might be a work for younger supporters who initially can't afford a season ticket, but would at least have a bit of a start in terms of loyalty points for when they did get one?