Season Tickets

[Richard E]

Have read it again and I think it means we’re now in safe standing.

[Jane]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

Mine too. Bit worried now.

[john e]

About 5 years ago my then 11 year olds ST was £99 I think
Under 14 was around £199

Super value and probably season-ticket holders for life
It’s obviously increased over the years, I’m not sure what the cheapest season-ticket would be now, but it probably doesn’t fit into Chris Hecks maximising profit for every seat policy

But that’s his job, and this is where we are

[Chris Smith]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

What block are you in, Richard?

[Richard E]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

What block are you in, Richard?

L5 row JJ

[Chris Smith]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

What block are you in, Richard?

L5 row JJ

Cheers, just read the email and we’re also in the safe standing are in L4. The wording is slightly ambiguous but I think we’re staying in roughly the same space.

[amfy]

Jane & I are in Z which is lower of the lower and not an area they said they were designating for rail seating. So not sure what this means?

[RamboandBruno]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

What block are you in, Richard?

L5 row JJ

Me and the kids had the same email, says our seat numbers are changing and we will be allocated the best comparable seat to our current season tickets and that we are now in safe standing. We are in Lower Holte L2 row MM, been there for years. Cant work out if they are just putting rail seating where we normally sit, meaning the seat numbers naturally change or that they are moving us to make way for displaced season ticket holders.

We love where we sit, built up some great relationships over the years and its also in a lower priced zone, so will be doubly pissed off if they’ve moved us to a higher priced zone.

[amfy]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

What block are you in, Richard?

L5 row JJ

Me and the kids had the same email, says our seat numbers are changing and we will be allocated the best comparable seat to our current season tickets and that we are now in safe standing. We are in Lower Holte L2 row MM, been there for years. Cant work out if they are just putting rail seating where we normally sit, meaning the seat numbers naturally change or that they are moving us to make way for displaced season ticket holders.

We love where we sit, built up some great relationships over the years and its also in a lower priced zone, so will be doubly pissed off if they’ve moved us to a higher priced zone.

Our email doesn’t say we are now in safe standing (L7z) but it is otherwise the same (change seat number/comparable seat blah blah).

This is completely out of the blue with no explanation. Even within the email it says people in the other 3 stands are having to be ‘displaced’ but nothing about the Holte End. So what’s the deal here? On the bright side it gives me reason to believe the move is almost a technicality (a seat number but barely any spatial move) but the word ‘comparable’ covers a lot of ground doesn’t it?

[Chris Smith]

The email says my seat number has changed in the lower Holte but not that I’m physically moving seats?

What block are you in, Richard?

L5 row JJ

Me and the kids had the same email, says our seat numbers are changing and we will be allocated the best comparable seat to our current season tickets and that we are now in safe standing. We are in Lower Holte L2 row MM, been there for years. Cant work out if they are just putting rail seating where we normally sit, meaning the seat numbers naturally change or that they are moving us to make way for displaced season ticket holders.

We love where we sit, built up some great relationships over the years and its also in a lower priced zone, so will be doubly pissed off if they’ve moved us to a higher priced zone.

Our email doesn’t say we are now in safe standing (L7z) but it is otherwise the same (change seat number/comparable seat blah blah).

This is completely out of the blue with no explanation. Even within the email it says people in the other 3 stands are having to be ‘displaced’ but nothing about the Holte End. So what’s the deal here? On the bright side it gives me reason to believe the move is almost a technicality (a seat number but barely any spatial move) but the word ‘comparable’ covers a lot of ground doesn’t it?

It does. I had two thoughts - one they might be trying to get a few more in which is why the seat numbers are changing or they’re altering the numbering system to reflect the difference between rail seats and normal seats.

[amfy]

It does. I had two thoughts - one they might be trying to get a few more in which is why the seat numbers are changing or they’re altering the numbering system to reflect the difference between rail seats and normal seats.

I’m not sure what it means in an area that isn’t rail seating though? They can’t reduce the width or the number of gangways surely and the seats themselves can’t be any narrower so how do the numbers in the front lower change?

We can only wait but I’m not happy at having this sprung on me with so little warning or explanation!

[charleeco7]

From FAB meeting minutes I took it to mean that anything above the entrance stairwell to the lower Holte was to be safe standing.
Guessing the physical seat won’t be in the exact same spot, thus a slight change. Poor from the club again though as there’s been no specifics.
We are Row T L2 and had nothing but as everyone stands they may as well have just put safe standing in the entire lower.

[Luffbralion]

I'm joining the growing band of the confused and worried. I was under the impression that those who were being moved had already been notified.
I'm in the North Stand Upper and my email states:
   
"Your seat number has changed. The Club has ensured that you have been allocated the most comparable seat to your existing season ticket seat"

I'm lucky enough to sit in T2 front row and be surrounded by people whose company I really enjoy. I had braced myself to face a move for a couple of years whilst the long overdue re-built of the stand took place but I'll be very disappointed to be uprooted from the seat I have enjoyed for many years for no discernible benefit.

Anybody able to clarify what this email means?

[Somniloquism]

With all of those emails, seems to me you are all in the same general area bar a metre or two slight move but all the other changes just mean new numbering systems / slight adjustment to number of seats in a row.

[RamboandBruno]

It does. I had two thoughts - one they might be trying to get a few more in which is why the seat numbers are changing or they’re altering the numbering system to reflect the difference between rail seats and normal seats.

I’m not sure what it means in an area that isn’t rail seating though? They can’t reduce the width or the number of gangways surely and the seats themselves can’t be any narrower so how do the numbers in the front lower change?

We can only wait but I’m not happy at having this sprung on me with so little warning or explanation!

Yes, don’t want to start panicking as of yet. On holiday in Crete this week and travelling back tomorrow, so no doubt will try and absorb what info has come out when home, tired after a days travelling.
I understand there can’t be tailored email comms for each individual, but its so ambiguous it makes me paranoid, with the direction of travel the club are taking.
So as it stands, I’m presuming ill have a 5% rise on my ticket, my lads moving to under 18, my daughter staying in that age bracket, but i have no idea what the % rise on those tickets will be. And now I’m hoping we are just being shunted along a bit because of rail seating, but there is the possibility that I could be moved and maybe even out of our price zone as long as its a ‘comparable’ seat.

Not a great email from the club really.