We bought the Loyal 18 membership as we live 100 miles from Wigan and due to work commitments cannot always attend every home game, so a season ticket is not practicable. With the half price magic weekend tickets it saves you the price of the Loyal 18 membership so it's a bit of a no-brainer in that respect. We sold the spare handbook and season review DVD on Ebay and with the £2 per ticket savings on match tickets we feel as if we have a good deal. The only problem with the system is that you have to ring the ticket office to take advantage of the saving - you can't buy tickets online and get the £2 discount. Oh, and we haven't received our actual membership cards yet and we were promised them before the first game of the season!

I haven't read anything past the post by 21-12 below this post.

But how is not fair? Rewarding the people who put the most money into the club (by buying a season ticket every year) should be rewarded the most IMO.

I don't think the amount of away games attended should even factor in.

The point that me and 21-12 are trying to make is that a fan who goes to every game (or the majority) should be able to get a ticket to a game like Saints or Wire before someone who picks and chooses their games. As a Latics fan for example, I didn't get a ticket to Stoke last season because they went to those with previous away games. Rightfully so. Why should I get to see the big game and say "I was there" when I haven't been bothered the rest of the time?

Yes, it very rarely matters as tickets usually are available to everyone who wants one, so there isn't a problem doing things the way me and 21-12 are suggesting either is there? All we are saying is that the full away end should be given to Wigan and then sold in stages. Season Ticket holders will still get the chance to go to the game.

Costs the club more money to organise/staff.
Will take longer to sell our allocation as it will have to be done in stages pushing people towards trying to get tickets from the away club (As alluded to by Matt and others)
This in turn may mean less allocation for future games (As again mentioned by Matt)
Possible problems as people may/will have to queue numerous times to get tickets due to people in same grooup/family/friends having different amounts of loyalty points.
People will still "Borrow" points from friends/family etc meaning people who are not even ST holders etc get to the games (Same problem as now).

Now ask yourself this, Name me 1 occasion when ST holders have not had the chance to buy a ticket to an away game?
I think the answer from Matt was "ZERO"?

If your agreeing that ST holders should get priority over non ST holders then as far as I can see bringing another level of Priority in will solve what?

So what's the problem?

I can name you 1 occasion, we have 3k allocation for saints, 10k season tickets. Il let you do the rest

Mute point.
It's Sunday morning. The day AFTER the ST section of the sales ended. We haven't sold out (as far as I am aware?). Not one season ticket holder has failed to obtain a ticket if they want one.

What's the problem?

no problem this time, as tickets were available online and by phone from day 1 of sale.......the problem is when they do what they did last year for challenge cup and sell to personal callers only on week days. Living 100 miles away and having a job meant i couldnt get a ticke in the lower tier and I hadnt missed 1 away game all season. That's the problem

There are still tickets available though! Every season ticket holder who has wanted a ticket has been able to get one. What's the point of doing an extended loyalty system when we are not selling out our allocation using the current system. If they'd flown out within 5 mins and there were thousands of people complaining they can't get one then I could understand. Other than potential cup semis and finals, this game and possibly Wire away are the only games where the demand for tickets could be higher than the allocation.

FWIW I'd love a complicated away game-based loyalty system to be required as it would mean we'd be selling out all our allocation each week. As it is though, it's not needed.

Classic example of why people that attend the most games should get first priority, more so for cup finals

auntie doris and uncle eddie, who hadnt been to an away game since last cup final at murrayfield or cardiff probably got my lower tier tickets.....lol

If there were phones and online sales for the Challenge Cup then they would still be queuing now, there simply aren't the resources to cope with it. And, again, there was ample opportunity to buy tickets through the RFL for non season ticket holders or people who were unable to get to the DW.