Quote: Robbo "Let me get this straight, You are trying to justify Hull charging away fans upto £6 more for what is effectively the same ticket and charging more for the same food and drink for every game this season by comparing it to Wigan offering season ticket holders the opportunity to take one friend to one match for free. An obvious marketing ploy to get more of those people to return as a fully paying customer in the future. A ploy which Some Hudds fans also got in on?
I'd also like to point out that in the past when Wigan have offered reduced ticket prices for things like the big one, this has also been applicable to away fans. The Hudds game last year was the big one 3, in which 1,500 tickets in each stand (including the away end) where offered at a price of £10, and i'm pretty much sure that all the Hudds fans that came that day will have taken advantage of that offer.
I really don't see what point you are trying to make. Every club from time to time offers free tickets to either schools... younger fans... or who ever they want. That is completely different to a club blatantly charging away fans of every club more than home fans.'"
if you read my first question, i asked if this was a policy from hull for the whole season or a few games... that hasn't been answered yet, so my posts are based on not having that information.
although wigan fans were offered a free ticket for only one game, the away fans were not given the same offer. that is the same as hull are doing, treating home fans and away fans differently, giving preferential treatment to their home fans.
the point i'm making is that whether it be with one off offers (several of them throughout a season) or ticket prices, clubs will always put their own fans first. sure, with the big one games, away fans have been given the same discounts, but that didn't happen the first season. and although wigan fans only got a free ticket for one game, huddersfield fans only came to our ground once so why not give them the same offer?
