Resource 2024 Finals Ticketing and other finals info

[FishingRick04]

I'm P3 so will be trying the ballot, despite me knowing there's bugger all chance of me getting one.

Same

 

[Gryllis]

Looks like a lot of ticket buyers in here. I had the anxiety of giving my P1 barcode to someone else to manage... But I'm told we're in.

 

[Willsy10]

not sure how i managed it, but i didn't even have a queue, straight in. Mind you i didn't do it until about 8am.

I've never been to a GF, always been something very high on my bucket list but it just hasn't happened for me. In 2004 I was in year 12 and I actually turned 18 the day after the GF, but i couldn't get my hands on tickets.

Very close to going in 2007, but i was a poor uni student then and had spent a fair bit of my money on the QF and prelim so i couldn't get the funds together. Probably a blessing in the end.

Now back through the ballot process again, hopefully this is finally the year it happens.

 

[ibd77]

not sure how i managed it, but i didn't even have a queue, straight in. Mind you i didn't do it until about 8am.

I've never been to a GF, always been something very high on my bucket list but it just hasn't happened for me. In 2004 I was in year 12 and I actually turned 18 the day after the GF, but i couldn't get my hands on tickets.

Very close to going in 2007, but i was a poor uni student then and had spent a fair bit of my money on the QF and prelim so i couldn't get the funds together. Probably a blessing in the end.

Now back through the ballot process again, hopefully this is finally the year it happens.

Good luck to you and all. Got to get past Friday though, so I am hating this talk & pre-planing about GF's.

I missed 2004 as I couldn't afford the high end membership need to give me priority access. Got to the 2007 by tagging along with some coworkers who were priority members. Also went to 1997 as I had a mate that had premium SANFL membership that gave him access to GF tickets.

 

[Willsy10]

Good luck to you and all. Got to get past Friday though, so I am hating this talk & pre-planing about GF's.

I missed 2004 as I couldn't afford the high end membership need to give me priority access. Got to the 2007 by tagging along with some coworkers who were priority members. Also went to 1997 as I had a mate that had premium SANFL membership that gave him access to GF tickets.

I'm just hoping with fingers crossed, definitely not getting ahead of myself.

Hopefully you can go and have a better experience than 1997 and 2007, i honestly couldn't think of two worse GF's to go to than those 2.

 

[Windy Cindy]

that was easier than expected.

 

[jac147]

Last year every single Brisbane Lions member who went into the ballot got a ticket.

 

[Pinnell]

Can’t make it myself to the prelim, so I have two tickets, category 3, Bay 26 - happy to sell at face value to a fair dinkum supporter and bigfooty member who has a decent history here. PM me if genuine.

 

[Cheesey Mac]

Good luck to you and all. Got to get past Friday though, so I am hating this talk & pre-planing about GF's.

A guy in my group said the same thing, he's superstitious about it (doesn't like getting ahead of himself etc, I used to be the exact same). I'm no longer superstitious after a near death experience a few years ago, so basically told him that it's a part of being a preliminary finalist and all 4 sets of fans have had to do the same pre-planning around tickets without knowing if they'll qualify. It's not getting ahead of ourselves any more than the other 3 clubs.

 

[Expat power]

Not relevant to most here I imagine but the club shouldn't be encouraging P3 members to make a non tax deductible donation to Ticketek, they should make it very clear that the chances of tickets being available to P3 are essentially zero. Arguably misleading and deceptive conduct.

They were clear to me - we have five priority 1's and two GA memberships that are Priority 3, I asked if there was any chance of those barcodes getting a ticket and was told "I'm going to be honest, I don't think you'll get a ticket, I'd be shocked if you did". I didn't ask about Priority 2 though - what are peoples thoughts on Priority 2?

 

[Coobk001]

In 2014 after the prelim, I arrogantly sat behind the goals, proud as punch of my team, and told my wife that we'd finally do the Great Ocean Road when we next make a GF, which will surely be 2015-2016 from here.

Here we are 10 years later and she still aint even gotten close, as covid comes along and says **** your chances of that I'm moving the GF to Bris and Perth. It's felt like a god damn curse.

So in the interests of us having a shot this year, we've done our bit for the team and just decided we'll drive across and there'll be no talk or plan for doing the Great Ocean road.

 

[Coobk001]

Can anyone do my codes for me? I’m travelling to Sydney during my window!

Just saw this, hope you got is sorted

 

[Coobk001]

How flipping pathetic are those morons. Saw so many of their dumb jumpers in both finals we've played. How much of an actual ****ing loser do you have to be to not only go to your rivals finals, but wear your stupid colours. Pissants.

To be fair it's a generational thing here. I've attended SANFL GF's since the mid 80's and throughout that time and the 90's, it was literally a crowd made of Port supporters and then supporters of every persuasion going for whomever we were playing. The Port Vs the rest isn't just a saying, it was actually physically practiced.

That's why it is hilarious that when non-Port people talk about our Showdown rivalry, they talk about how they hate us based on that history, but yet then talk about PAFC 1997. In the same vein the non-Vics think the hatred is all based around the AFL entry and what happened then and after. They neglect that our football club had competed in half of the GF's ever played in the SANFL by the 90's. With a higher percentage than that if you neglect our 1800 days when we actually weren't as good. So they hate us because we were always god damn good.

Generations of being sick of Port beating you gets to you. So I'm not surprised it still lives on, despite how pathetic it is. I'd never even think to do that personally. I support Port, not 17 AFL sides.

 

[Coobk001]

Its Ticketek so nobody knows for sure, but if its a truely random selection, as they say, it shouldnt matter.

If there was only 1 ticket left to allocate and you were next to be processed by the algorithm then yes you wiuld miss out if you had an order for 2 tickets.

But the chances of that happening would be rare.

This would be right. There might also be a fair few rows with only 1 seat left too, given the way the numbers fell on specific rows too.

Feels like if you only needed 1 ticket, you should be going for 1 and reducing any risk.

 

[Smartys Power]

Good luck to you and all. Got to get past Friday though, so I am hating this talk & pre-planing about GF's.

I missed 2004 as I couldn't afford the high end membership need to give me priority access. Got to the 2007 by tagging along with some coworkers who were priority members. Also went to 1997 as I had a mate that had premium SANFL membership that gave him access to GF tickets.

To be fair, while it does feel like we’re getting ahead of ourselves. All 4 clubs have to go through this.

 

[Coobk001]

A guy in my group said the same thing, he's superstitious about it (doesn't like getting ahead of himself etc, I used to be the exact same). I'm no longer superstitious after a near death experience a few years ago, so basically told him that it's a part of being a preliminary finalist and all 4 sets of fans have had to do the same pre-planning around tickets without knowing if they'll qualify. It's not getting ahead of ourselves any more than the other 3 clubs.

Yeah, it was way worse in 2020 and 2021 too, when the trip to Bris or WA had to be pre-planned otherwise you just had no hope. Driving in 2020 wasn't even an option and a drive to WA is always a ridiculous option.

For 2021, we had booked flights and an entire itinerary of accom from Perth to Margaret River and Freo. All cancellable. I friggin HATED having to do that, but had to do it.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Yeah, it was way worse in 2020 and 2021 too, when the trip to Bris or WA had to be pre-planned otherwise you just had no hope. Driving in 2020 wasn't even an option and a drive to WA is always a ridiculous option.

For 2021, we had booked flights and an entire itinerary of accom from Perth to Margaret River and Freo. All cancellable. I friggin HATED having to do that, but had to do it.

We had a campervan booked for the drive to WA

 

[Expat power]

Virgin flight leaving Adelaide Friday 11.25 and returning on the same time on Saturday has just had a price drop to $650 a lot kinder than the original $890. Edited to add I'm talking about Sydney prelim.

 

[Janey]

I'm just hoping with fingers crossed, definitely not getting ahead of myself.

Hopefully you can go and have a better experience than 1997 and 2007, i honestly couldn't think of two worse GF's to go to than those 2.

By the sound of things it may be better if he stays home , or maybe it’ll be third time lucky

 

[Capey]

Any spare priority 2 around? You'll have a lifelong Perth spot to crash if you ever come across

 

[Deezy]

Can’t make it myself to the prelim, so I have two tickets, category 3, Bay 26 - happy to sell at face value to a fair dinkum supporter and bigfooty member who has a decent history here. PM me if genuine.

How do I PM haha, only joined today I would be forever grateful if I could get my hands on those tickets

 

[chiwigi]

Good luck to you and all. Got to get past Friday though, so I am hating this talk & pre-planing about GF's.

I missed 2004 as I couldn't afford the high end membership need to give me priority access. Got to the 2007 by tagging along with some coworkers who were priority members. Also went to 1997 as I had a mate that had premium SANFL membership that gave him access to GF tickets.

They haven’t really given us a choice other THAN to plan in advance.

 

[Ant Bear]

Again, not wanting to get too far ahead of myself, but I would recommend to anyone who registered for Cat 1 GF tickets to make accommodation bookings pronto.
You can do it through booking.com, and make sure that you book a room with free cancellation, in case we get done on Friday
I booked at Mercure Albert Pk this morning, 3 nights for $720, and I can cancel with no fee until next Wednesday. Already, this has gone up by a further $150. A lot of places are already booked out.

 

[Chewy316]

Again, not wanting to get too far ahead of myself, but I would recommend to anyone who registered for Cat 1 GF tickets to make accommodation bookings pronto.
You can do it through booking.com, and make sure that you book a room with free cancellation, in case we get done on Friday
I booked at Mercure Albert Pk this morning, 3 nights for $720, and I can cancel with no fee until next Wednesday. Already, this has gone up by a further $150. A lot of places are already booked out.

Yep there are plenty of good ones available at a reasonable price (under 750 for the weekend). Albert Park is a bit out of the CBD though. If people are looking for CBD options at that price, Air Bnb is your best bet.

 

[Ant Bear]

Yep there are plenty of good ones available at a reasonable price (under 750 for the weekend). Albert Park is a bit out of the CBD though. If people are looking for CBD options at that price, Air Bnb is your best bet.

Only 4.4km from the MCG, or a short tram/bus trip and a shorter walk. But I don't know Melbourne well - does public transport operate all hours?