Season Tickets

[SaddVillan]

You've got to hold your phone the right way up so that it can be read?

What an absolute load of bollocks.

There are defenders of modern IT on the forum who claim it will solve all the world's problems and wax lyrical about how marvellous it is at Tescos and elsewhere.

But I don't recall having to hold whatever it is I'm trying to scan at the checkout in a particular way for the barcode to be read.

Ditto at New Street with QR codes for tickets.

So what sort of system have Villa installed?

[Border villan]

Heck will acclaim it as cutting edge state of the art and the envy of all other clubs.
Come to think of it I have never seen him in the same room as Trump.

[HolteL4]

You've got to hold your phone the right way up so that it can be read?

What an absolute load of bollocks.

There are defenders of modern IT on the forum who claim it will solve all the world's problems and wax lyrical about how marvellous it is at Tescos and elsewhere.

But I don't recall having to hold whatever it is I'm trying to scan at the checkout in a particular way for the barcode to be read.

Ditto at New Street with QR codes for tickets.

So what sort of system have Villa installed?

That's not necessarily true as if you don't hold the QR code to the reader it won't scan lol

I didn't go yesterday as I'm on holiday but what confused me was their instructions they said to open you Google / apple wallet and have your ticket showing to scan in (causing people the unlock the scroll to the wallet etc..) which will cause a hold up. All you need to do is have your NFC on and tap the reader and it'll let you in. That's all I did for the European games last season and it worked fine. IMO Villas instructions were poor and more than likely played a part in the queues before the game

[andyh]

Sorry to piss on anyone’s chips, but  the club issued instructions on how to present your phone to the reader at the turnstiles.
Maybe it isn’t absolute bollocks afterall.

People struggle with the simplest of things, even in Tescos..

Below is from the the instructions  issued by club.i

How do I use an NFC ticket?
When you arrive at the stadium, access your ticket via Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and hold your phone, screen facing towards you, against the contactless reader at the top of the turnstile reader. Please make sure your phone isn't locked when you hold it against the reader, if you have any problems, you may just need unlock your phone and try again. Please note, each ticket is single-use and cannot be transferred after entering the stadium.

[HolteL4]

Sorry to piss on anyone’s chips, but  the club issued instructions on how to present your phone to the reader at the turnstiles.
Maybe it isn’t absolute bollocks afterall.

People struggle with the simplest of things, even in Tescos..

Below is from the the instructions  issued by club.i

How do I use an NFC ticket?
When you arrive at the stadium, access your ticket via Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and hold your phone, screen facing towards you, against the contactless reader at the top of the turnstile reader. Please make sure your phone isn't locked when you hold it against the reader, if you have any problems, you may just need unlock your phone and try again. Please note, each ticket is single-use and cannot be transferred after entering the stadium.

And their lies the problem, screen facing the reader, I think only Sony phones have their NFC and the front of the phone (might have changed now though not had a Sony since the Xperia z3) every other phone has the NFC chip at the rear on the phone so you'd need to present the rear of the phone to the reader.

Also opening the ticket on the wallet is only needed for people who have multiple tickets in a single wallet.

[Ads]

I presented my phone the same way I did at West Ham the week before, at the Co-op a few days before that
 The NFC reader wasn't working for my turnstile in the upper Holte.

[andyh]

Screen facing toward you, is the instruction.

But yes, that’s the issue.
If it takes a minute or two to work out the way to present your phone, then it locks and you start again.
It all adds to the delays.

[UK Redsox]

The game kicked off bout 5 mins late , was it linked to the queues outside .

No,apparently the comms weren't working between the ref and the fourth official.

...which wasn't rectified until part way through the first half. This was after one of the Arsenal players tried to remove SJM's shirt. If the 4th had wanted to notify the Ref he wouldn't have been able to.

The Ref was still doing coms checks with his colleagues during one of the (many) injury breaks

[UK Redsox]

Sorry to piss on anyone’s chips, but  the club issued instructions on how to present your phone to the reader at the turnstiles.
Maybe it isn’t absolute bollocks afterall.

People struggle with the simplest of things, even in Tescos..

Below is from the the instructions  issued by club.i

How do I use an NFC ticket?
When you arrive at the stadium, access your ticket via Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and hold your phone, screen facing towards you, against the contactless reader at the top of the turnstile reader. Please make sure your phone isn't locked when you hold it against the reader, if you have any problems, you may just need unlock your phone and try again. Please note, each ticket is single-use and cannot be transferred after entering the stadium.

Which is what I initially did, but nothing happened. However, after turning the phone the opposite way round (ie screen to the reader)...it worked no problem

[adrenachrome]

https://x.com/VillansOnTour/status/1827445388376207668

[cdbearsfan]

We know what piss looks like. Not sure anyone feels the need to film it.

[Karlos96]

I noticed my season ticket has expired in my Apple wallet has that happened to anyone else? 

[dalians umbrella]

I noticed my season ticket has expired in my Apple wallet has that happened to anyone else?

Mine has expired too

[cdbearsfan]

Is there any way to permanently get rid of the "make Google Wallet your default form of payment" box that pops up every time I open the app? I always say no, it always comes back.

[Karlos96]

I noticed my season ticket has expired in my Apple wallet has that happened to anyone else?

Mine has expired too

I was assuming it would stay there all season, hope we don't have to keep adding that for each game.