With the impending scramble for tickets for the derby game is there any point in the membership Wigan are offering?

Season ticket holders have Weds-Sat purchase tickets, Members can have the scraps on Monday...

So whats the point in being a member? You purchase a membership for the perks it brings, tickets for this game will be like rocking horse poo!! No doubt the Wire game will be the same.

It just doesn't seem worth it.

IMO, these "Membership" schemes should be scrapped entirely.

You either have a situation like this, where members have paid money for no benefit, or you get the complete opposite, like Liverpool FC, where non season ticket holder members bought most of the tickets for the Carling Cup Final BEFORE match-going STH's, who had been to every away game, but hadn't paid the extra to be a "Member".

I think it's half hearted and poor value for money too. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.aspx?id=186 Anybody bought one?

I think it's half hearted and poor value for money too. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.aspx?id=186 Anybody bought one?

All it does is put the members one rung above the open sale bracket. It also gives small savings iirc. Membership was never going to get members a ticket for games like Good Friday, even all season ticket holders arent guaranteed one.

if every season ticket holder wanted a ticket Saints ground would need to be 23,000 minimum for both sets of season ticket fans to get one.......

From a commercial point of view Wigan are trying to exploit a niche in the market by offering people like me a rewards scheme whilst generating revenue for the club, if this is a sign of things to come i will steer well clear.

It only £20. How many home games will you go to this season? You would save 2 quid a time on them tickets plus you get half price magic weekend tickets. That would easily pay for itself before any of the other little perks.

Anybody who goes to a few games it would pay for itself, hardly exploitation.

I thought twenty quid for that package was good value, actually.

The only disappointment was that it got announced after I'd already bought the season review DVD, which was £12 by itself IIRC. An extra £8 on top of that for a £2 per game saving on home tickets, half price Magic ticket, second priority on Cup/away games etc makes it a steal, if you go to a few home games but not enough to warrant a Season Ticket.

It's unfortunate that members probably won't be able to get Langtree Park tickets on this occasion, but with an allocation of 3,000, there's only one available for every three or four Season Ticket holders at Wigan, so there'll be plenty of STH's that miss out too. It's the nature of this season's game, sadly, but I'm sure it'll be the only time this season that it's an issue, so to bash the membership scheme based on this case is a bit harsh.

Theres gonna be 8k season ticket holders roughly who wont get a ticket for Saints away so why you think your membership will get you 1 is beyond me. Demand out weighs supply on this occasion. If we get to a final or a semi your membership might come into play regarding tickets its a chance you take.

perhaps we ought to introduce further tiers of season ticket membership.

Bronze member: held season ticket for 2-5 years

Silver Member: held season ticket for 6-10 years

Gold Member: held season ticket for 11 years plus

that way loyalty would be rewarded by Gold getting chance to buy a day before silver, 2 days before bronze and 3 days before new season ticket holders..

After all it is the upfront payments from said season ticket holders that give the club a healthy working capital

Wigan Season Ticket holders approx £10k

Average away support between £2 - £2.5k.........not all ST Holders...... whats the problem?

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