Jake the Peg wrote:Interesting move from city - apparently costs them £1/4m at pass renewal time so moving over to monthly direct debit scheme with "oyster style" cards. Presume this means a change of technology at the turnstyles? If so will we follow suit? Also they're not issuing memberships for west upper which will only be open when needed - good to see consistency from the SMC on that one Details here In the wail I guess the risk of a monthly direct debit is people can cancel mid season if performances aren't up to scratch He could have saved that in not paying that Ramirez on loan for 3 WEEKS. D7ckhead he is.

Jake the Peg wrote:Interesting move from city - apparently costs them £1/4m at pass renewal time so moving over to monthly direct debit scheme with "oyster style" cards. Presume this means a change of technology at the turnstyles? If so will we follow suit? Also they're not issuing memberships for west upper which will only be open when needed - good to see consistency from the SMC on that one Details here In the wail I guess the risk of a monthly direct debit is people can cancel mid season if performances aren't up to scratch He could have saved that in not paying that Ramirez on loan for 3 WEEKS. D7ckhead he is.

Massive risk by City on two different fronts. One they risk pushing junior and oap fans away and the other risk is that you can cancel your season ticket at one months notice after 3 months, so if they have an average or poor end to a season many may give up early and that'll cost some serious money and leave empty stands.

I can understand the Allams arguement that processing thousands of season pass forms each year is costly and outdated, but surely encouraging fans to move over to this scheme with a small discount and phasing it in would have been better than one big change. Alternatively simply getting fans to complete applications online instead of on paper would cut costs without the need for memberships.

WHO CARES ?

it's a soccer team who happen to play in the same stadium as us

Nowt to do with us and I couldn't care less

I support both so I care

Poor you

So do I. Don't agree with everything the Allams have done, but the past 8 years have been the best in City's history and think the City benefits more when any of our teams are successful.

Agree that a one month's notice period is risky. Would have thought a monthly direct debit scheme were you in affect pay for your season ticket in advance of all the games being played would be a more balanced approach.

Announced today that plans for the membership scheme are now on hold.

Think it's fair to say that it ain't been well received.

The general principles are good - allows costs to be spread over a longer period. An FC pass for decent seats would be £20 per month. Suddenly makes it look more affordable to more people. City have got their pricing wrong and the lack of child prices is also an issue.

Wouldn't work for FC unless people signed up for a minimum of 12 months with (say) a 2-3 month notice period. One months notice for city is a risky strategy - although after initial memberships, people rejoining have to pay a fee of around £50.

It works in the NBA, but they also have the ability to resell tickets via stub hub or the like for when they can't go to games - that is required given the vast numbers of games each week in the NBA.

A non refundable £50 deposit then the rest payable over 5 or 6 months with final payment 4 months before season end would be safer/less risky and still make it easier to budget for.
I know things are tight for some but less than 2 pints of beer a week equates to a season ticket for us.