OutByEaster? Posted April 11 Author Moderator Share Posted April 11 No news on this or a rescheduled meeting. I'm not sure if the club are waiting to see where this season is likely to take to us or are positioning to announce when the general noise in football is a little quieter following the protests by fans of Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool, Fulham and Burnley. Hopefully we'll hear something soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted April 11 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11 3 hours ago, brommy said: @alreadyexists As it may directly affect you, I feel it's right to point out that, with the way you worded 'you can decline once, is that right?' followed by 'ah right, three separate occasions', - it is actually twice you can decline because the third time would see you removed from the waiting list. I wouldn't want you and your son missing out in the future, based on a vague memory of being able to decline three times. I note you said you're waiting for the right age. My son went to an occasional game aged 5 & 6 and was ready and fully focused on games for a season ticket when he was 7 (a seat he's still got now aged 26), although I do appreciate there can be differences in circumstances and children. Thanks Brommy! That’s perfect. Yeah, he’s 6 now and he’s been to a game. He loved it, but it was hard to keep his focus and attention, obviously. I think I’ll try and take him one or twice more this year (including next season) and see how it goes. It’s looking quite good timing wise though, I think he’ll be 7/8 when I get the chance to buy so that’ll work out well. thanks again bud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 36 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Thanks Brommy! That’s perfect. Yeah, he’s 6 now and he’s been to a game. He loved it, but it was hard to keep his focus and attention, obviously. I think I’ll try and take him one or twice more this year (including next season) and see how it goes. It’s looking quite good timing wise though, I think he’ll be 7/8 when I get the chance to buy so that’ll work out well. thanks again bud. You're welcome. As the next stage in his Villa life, we bought my son a half-season ticket for Christmas. He'd have been 7 years and 4 months. It was fortunate that a seat next to my wife and my forever seats in the Holte became available (otherwise he'd be sat next to strangers), although that situation was bought about by the sad death of another season ticket holder. My son passed his half season 'test' so we were happy to get him his first full season ticket, beginning a couple of weeks before his 8th August birthday. I was hoping an expanded Villa Park would lead to the relocation (through choice) of a few Holtenders to a new North Stand, which would enable my still too young grandchildren to sit with or very near us. No such luck yet! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted April 11 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, brommy said: You're welcome. As the next stage in his Villa life, we bought my son a half-season ticket for Christmas. He'd have been 7 years and 4 months. It was fortunate that a seat next to my wife and my forever seats in the Holte became available (otherwise he'd be sat next to strangers), although that situation was bought about by the sad death of another season ticket holder. My son passed his half season 'test' so we were happy to get him his first full season ticket, beginning a couple of weeks before his 8th August birthday. I was hoping an expanded Villa Park would lead to the relocation (through choice) of a few Holtenders to a new North Stand, which would enable my still too young grandchildren to sit with or very near us. No such luck yet! Wait til we move to the 75000 seater claret and blue Super stadium! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Anyway of checking where someone is in the list ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 5 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Anyway of checking where someone is in the list ? They send you an update email at the end of each summer, so you should have been told around August 2023. Your position won't have changed since then, only after this summer when people don't renew and new people get offered it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 (edited) 6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Anyway of checking where someone is in the list ? 5 minutes ago, ender4 said: They send you an update email at the end of each summer, so you should have been told around August 2023. Your position won't have changed since then, only after this summer when people don't renew and new people get offered it. I had an update in Sept 2022, then I got a random update in April 2023, but not had one since. Edited April 17 by MrBlack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 6 minutes ago, MrBlack said: I had an update in Sept 2022, then I got a random update in April 2023, but not had one since. You are correct, for some reason they only updated us before renewals opened but not after renewals closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 2 minutes ago, ender4 said: You are correct, for some reason they only updated us before renewals opened but not after renewals closed. Unsurprisingly there wasn't much movement between the two updates given the fact it covered a time period when sales weren't even open . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 AVFC interviewer- ' So Chris you have some exciting news for our fans on season tickets'' Heck ' Yes they are going up by 20% with no match-day improvements. C**ksuckers.' 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 17 Author Moderator Share Posted April 17 Nothing on a meeting. I suspect we'll see prices announced soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 26 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Excuse my ignorance, but how would that work? I assume you would apply (and pay yearly) to be a member and then that would give you a chance to apply for tickets for each game. How and why people are picked for tickets would be at the club's discretion or via lottery. Typically it would help the club get more tourist fans in the door who spend more than the regular local current season ticket holder. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano & Dalian's Umbrella Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) There is a very long Daily Mail article published at the end of last month called "why Premier League Clubs want to kill off season tickets". It says how the clubs want to get rid of season tickets and sell tickets at full-price every week. Villa get quite a few mentions for how they are pricing fans out. I can copy and paste the article if someone can tell me this is allowed? Edited April 18 by Deano & Dalian's Umbrella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted April 18 Administrator Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Deano & Dalian's Umbrella said: There is a very long Daily Mail article published at the end of last month called "why Premier League Clubs want to kill off season tickets". It says how the clubs want to get rid of season tickets and sell tickets at full-price every week. Villa get quite a few mentions for how they are pricing fans out. And yet almost everyone renewed. Sounds like a typical piss poor piece of journalism from that rag. 1 hour ago, Deano & Dalian's Umbrella said: I can copy and paste the article if someone can tell me this is allowed? The posting guidelines are linked at the top of every page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted April 18 Moderator Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Deano & Dalian's Umbrella said: I can copy and paste the article if someone can tell me this is allowed? https://archive.is/829Fa#selection-1393.0-3452.0 Quote ... There is a vast disparity between the world outside Villa Park and the microcosm within it Lenihan discusses how Aston Villa changed their number of price brackets from six to four, losing the cheapest two. She impresses an ‘annoyance’ at how Holte Enders are being ‘forced out of their seats’ for hospitality. ‘My mum and dad sit behind the dugouts and are fully expecting to be moved along for premium seats,’ she adds. ‘My dad’s said he just won’t go if that happens and he’s been going down for 50 years. It’s forcing people out to chase the money. I’ve got a few friends who just can’t afford it now.’ Khan adds: ‘Utilities have gone up but why pass it onto the average supporter? A couple of quid a game makes a difference for an ordinary fan. What about adding another £50 onto a £5,000 hospitality seat? Given the increased commercial and TV revenue, should we actually be campaigning for a decrease? I’ve asked our members for a yes or a no.’ Profit and Sustainability rules have dominated this season and matchday revenue is somewhere executives can make gains in order to stay within the spending limits. Supplemented by a booming ‘tourist’ market, which in the cases of Tottenham’s South Korean groups – the club sell an estimated 2,000 Son Heung-min shirts a game – should be celebrated. Brighton can’t print enough Kaoru Mitoma kits. ‘We love the overseas fans,’ Buhagiar says. ‘But when Son goes, they’re going to go too. The club takes advantage of those supporters without a strategy. What happens when that player leaves?’... Full article on link or Daily Mail interweb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Surely we must get details of ST prices soon. I’m sure we’ve normally been able to purchase by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 17/04/2024 at 17:17, OutByEaster? said: Nothing on a meeting. I suspect we'll see prices announced soon. At least if they don't set the meeting up they can't claim you've been consulted this time. Or can they... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 6 minutes ago, Davkaus said: At least if they don't set the meeting up they can't claim you've been consulted this time. Or can they... Of course they will say they consulted. The same way Heck apparently told the FA they did consult on his abomination of the new new badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 23 Author Moderator Share Posted April 23 There's an informal meeting tomorrow - it's not clear at the moment if that's with a focus on season ticket prices, but I'm sure they'll be discussed. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 You would think today is a good day to announce price increases. If not today, perhaps they are waiting to see if/when we qualify for champions league. Maybe I’m a sceptic but I think they might try spin the price increase on a day alongside good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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