Away games system is totally screwed up if a Season ticket holder or member can't get any ticket for an entire season (which, as it stands, seems very likely to happen this season).
Credit hunters are to blame, but they only sell their tickets because someone buys from them. Club, as it stands, is the main responsible to blame here.
How to solve this issue? 2 suggestions:
1. Phased selling process with final selling days close to the match day
- If a buyer only gets his tickets a couple of days before the match, it will be harder for him to sell the ticket.
- If 30% or 40% of our tickets have to be collected from Away stadium ticket offices, the exchange becomes even more unlikely to happen
- However, this does not address the fact that most people meet at the ground before the match to exchange the ticket.
2. Small % of tickets to be sold to members/ST holders with low credits:
- 80% of tickets sold follow current process
- 10% available immediately for 2+ away games people
- 9% available immediately for 1+ away games people
- 1% available immediately for ST/Members
This will prevent many people with 0, 1 or 2 credits to buy from the exchange. They will wait to buy from the club to get the credit. With less people to sell the ticket to, there will be less people buying the ticket for the credit only.