AFL Gold members. Are you going to grand final?

[Scott Embery]

I have been a full member for 4 years but the only time I bother to get a Grand Final ticket is if Collingwood makes it to the Grand Final. There are about 26k Gold AFL members of which 6,491 are pies fans and 2,362 cat fans. With the AFL capacity about 22,000 it seems I am in the minority as there are never any tickets left for silver AFL members. Surely if your team does not make it, why deny a fan the opportunity to see THEIR team win the flag.

 

[beez]

No such thing as an AFL Gold member

 

[Adz]

 

[JD11]

I've got a triple platinum cool club membership. You guys probably don't because your not as cool.

 

[Vampire013]

No such thing as an AFL Gold member

He probably meant a full member.
However, I never knew there was such a thing as Platinum Membership.
Found this on Ticketek:

Adult Platinum Priv Member (Full) $69.00 Junior Platinum Priv Member (Full) $27.50 Conc Platinum Priv Member (Full) $47.50 Adult Platinum Priv Member (Silver) $147.50 Junior Platinum Priv Member (Silver) $100.00 Conc Platinum Priv Member (Silver) $100.00

Collingwood has about 10,000 AFL Members. Only around 6,000 full. The rest will miss out. A lot of the full members of non competing sides will scalp their ticket. Would be fairer to give Members of competing sides first preference and then all the full members. That way, there would be less scalping and everyone would be happy.

 

[Pera]

I sure am.

 

[Shellz]

What is the platinum membership?

 

[Jeremias]

Yes, I am.

 

[Visions]

What is the platinum membership?

From what I understand it's an initiative by the AFL a few years back to reward their longest (read earliest) AFL members. I'm not exactly sure how many people it's limited to, but I think it is around 500 or so?

Platinum members have access to cheaper GF tickets as well as some free guest passes during the year along with some other perks.

Basically when one member doesn't renew or passes away, the next member in line is offered the place. Much like upgrade from Restricted to Full except much more exclusive.

 

[Dan]

I sure am.

Same here.

 

[Roy boys]

Being a good bloke and letting a geelong supporting mate use my membership for a small fee.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

In '09, my brother's mate who is a full AFL member and Collingwood supporter let us buy his tickets since the Pies weren't in it.

Champion

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Will do my best to get in. I've watched and barracked for Collingwood every game they have't played North Melbourne for over 12 years, I've dressed my kids and my house in black and white, I've earned it and I want to be with my partner and mother in law as I was last year.

Wouldn't go if any other clubs were playing. Not a moral issue, I just wouldn't be interested enough and don't really get the appeal for neutrals.

 

[Art Corvelay]

Anyone lending out their cards would want to hope* they aren't asked to provide ID on the day - there were a few posts from people last year saying they lost their full membership because they'd let people borrow their membership to get into the GF.

*No doubt it's a very small chance of been asked

 

[Gydafud]

Used a few borrowed memberships today and it turns out one of them is a platinum member. Now the only thing left to do is I hope I don't get clipboarded. Especially with his platinum one.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I got my ticket but apparently after that there were some problems buying online with the ticketek site - anyone else have difficulties?

 

[Smokin]

got through fine, straight away right on 9.

had longer lags last week to be honest, but Im sure it crashed for many.

 

[vaughnie]

I got my ticket but apparently after that there were some problems buying online with the ticketek site - anyone else have difficulties?

Yep absolutely. I was on bang on 9am and wanted only 1 ticket. Couldn't get an allocation anywhere. Hopeless.

 

[Speck]

I got tickets at 9.01 but opted to see if I could get them on the top level 30 seconds later, where it rejected me.

 

[Speck]

Yep absolutely. I was on bang on 9am and wanted only 1 ticket. Couldn't get an allocation anywhere. Hopeless.

Yeah something has got to be wrong with it and I can't get through on their bloody phone lines.

 

[Rocco Jones]

Me and my mate were doing net and phone combo. When I got through on phone they said our codes were already used and it's saying that online too but no tickets!

 

[mattys123]

And it's sold out, well at least the AFL members is.

And I have 6 messages on my phone from AFL Members who couldn't get through, terrible really.

 

[Smokin]

And it's sold out, well at least the AFL members is.

And I have 6 messages on my phone from AFL Members who couldn't get through, terrible really.

being a collingwood supporter, why didnt u get yours yesterday?

 

[mattys123]

being a collingwood supporter, why didnt u get yours yesterday?

I got mine, this morning my brother in law (Richmond club support full AFL member) was the one trying, and I was assisting him, to no avail.

Every Pies or Cats member got theirs yesterday, that sale never stuffs up because of the guarantee and small number of people actually eligible to buy on day 1 (about 8,000 from what I've been told), but it seems they stuffed up this morning with the general AFL members sale.

 

[Dan26]

Was 7th in line at Newport newsagency. Got mine at 9:07. Q15 Row E.

Only 40% of the allocation was available on the net, 60% available at outlets, so you're better off organising to line up early and go to an outlet.