Demand almost always outstrips supply for those looking to buy Manchester United football tickets because the team has a huge following, and tickets are limited in number.
That means for many supporters, the chance of obtaining a ticket to a single Manchester United game is never easy, and a season ticket to Old Trafford might be seen as the ultimate score.
However, if one looks more closely, the obvious advantages season ticket holders have of being guaranteed a seat for all home games and priority for away games, might be outweighed by the disadvantages.
Such as:
A season ticket holder is not guaranteed a seat in his choice of stand, and if allocated one in an area he does not like the only way to get it changed is to prove exceptional medial hardship.
As a result of this policy, there are those who don’t renew their tickets at the end of the season, preferring to take their chances in the search for single tickets that may be in a better part of Old Trafford.
There is a Manchester United Club policy named the Automatic Ticket Scheme ensuring that every season ticket holder is guaranteed a ticket for all Champions League and FA cup home games.
Initially this might appear to be a positive thing, however the season ticket holder is charged for each of these tickets even if he has no cannot go to one or any of the games.
In the 2006/2007and 2007/2008 seasons, there were 10 of these extra games – and with a ticket to each game starting at almost 50 pounds, this is a significant extra cost on top of the price already paid for season ticket.
Those Manchester United fans who buy a season ticket thinking they can sell the games they don’t intend to see to might find that that is not as easy to do these days as it was once.
Manchester United does have an official ticket exchange where season ticket holders can list their unwanted tickets for sale at face-value, but tickets cannot be posted there until the club announces that the game in question has been sold out.
There is no guarantee that the tickets put up for sale will sell, and the prospective seller then not only loses the ticket he is unable to use, he is out the substantial listing and handling fee it cost him to try to sell the seat.
No-one would argue that the price of a season’s 16 single tickets is more expensive than a season ticket, when the other costs – approximately 500 extra pounds for the Cup games; the possibility of being allocated a seat in an undesirable part of Old Trafford; and no guarantee of being able to sell any unwanted game tickets are added up, investing in season Manchester United tickets might not be worth it to even the most ardent fans.
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