Quote wigan pie man="wigan pie man"i disagree in part.......using ticket stubs as vouchers to give priority for later round tickets might be an incentive for more people to turn up.
As a non ST holder i have this moan annualy...i attend all cup games home and away then struggle to get tickets for finals and semis cos the stay at home ST holders feel they should have priority for them, which dumps the likes of me at the back of the queue with the once a year supporters
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For semi finals you may have to wait a few days and may have to queue to buy your ticket when you do, but you will presently get a ticket if you try to as we currently do not sell our full allocation. That is one reason why SFs are now held at the HJ and Widnes and not at the Etihad and the Reebok as they may have been had attendances stayed as high as they were. It may become an issue if demand increases and we stay at smaller grounds for those games meaning allocations sell out. Presently it doesn't happen and so is not really an issue. The same applies to playoff games.
I have posted this next bit twice this week now and have done so in previous years as well, as have many, many others...please read it.
Tickets for the Challenge Cup Final (and the GF) are on sale directly from the RFL from the start of the season.
You can buy one at any time from then up until the Final taking place. If you prefer to wait until after Wigan win a SF to decide to go you can still buy tickets then (of any price band) directly from the RFL online or by phone. If you do it online the site even shows you which teams fans are at which end of the stadium so you can buy one in the Wigan half of Wembley. No waiting behind anyone at all for priority, no queueing for hours at a ticket office and you still get a ticket that will arrive in plenty of time ahead of the Final. You will also still be amongst Wigan fans at the Final.
Unless you don't try to buy one you should not be able to miss out on getting a Final ticket. There is absolutely no need for a change in the cup ticket priority system.
I am a ST holder who would get priority to queue at the ticket office but there is no need to. Nobody needs priority for Final tickets, clubs just do it to reward ST holders for providing the club with guaranteed income per game.