AFL Silver Membership Waitlist Number Part 2

[TigerR]

100% it results in increasing gold to 35K, which will exacerbate every problem I currently have

At least I'd finally be gold, but surely not. They already don't want members getting GF tickets. Then again they could make more money without offering anything so I wouldn't put it past them.
The survey didn't really point to that outcome. I focused on their lack of transparency and devaluation of the membership.

 

[Seattle Mariners]

You have until May 31 to pay so they won't know till then who hasn't renewed for 2026. Which is why the July upgrades made sense.

Where does it say you have until May 31 to pay?
That's generous.

 

[Satan]

Where does it say you have until May 31 to pay?
That's generous.

21.1 Gold Membership: Gold Membership is the highest level of AFL Membership, capped at 30,000 Members and available for purchase only to existing Gold Members. The AFL will offer Gold Membership to selected Silver Members for an upgrade to Gold Membership intermittently, subject to availability, and with the number of offers dependent on the retention of existing Gold Members. When issuing offers for new Gold Memberships, priority will be given to Silver Members based on their period of time spent on the waitlist.

Gold Members must renew their membership prior to 31 May 2026 to maintain their Gold Membership entitlements for the 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. Due to limited availability of Gold Memberships, Gold Members who do not renew their AFL Membership as ‘Gold Members’ will:

• lose access to their Gold Membership;
• be required rejoin the waitlist process for Silver and Gold Memberships as a new Bronze Member; and
• will only be eligible to obtain Gold Membership status through the ordinary process, as is required for all members.

Terms & conditions

membership.afl.com.au

 

[NetworkNerd]

21.1 Gold Membership: Gold Membership is the highest level of AFL Membership, capped at 30,000 Members and available for purchase only to existing Gold Members. The AFL will offer Gold Membership to selected Silver Members for an upgrade to Gold Membership intermittently, subject to availability, and with the number of offers dependent on the retention of existing Gold Members. When issuing offers for new Gold Memberships, priority will be given to Silver Members based on their period of time spent on the waitlist.

Gold Members must renew their membership prior to 31 May 2026 to maintain their Gold Membership entitlements for the 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. Due to limited availability of Gold Memberships, Gold Members who do not renew their AFL Membership as ‘Gold Members’ will:

• lose access to their Gold Membership;
• be required rejoin the waitlist process for Silver and Gold Memberships as a new Bronze Member; and
• will only be eligible to obtain Gold Membership status through the ordinary process, as is required for all members.

Terms & conditions

membership.afl.com.au

With the membership department clamping down and forcing golds to pay up every year, the slow movement on the waitlist may now be the norm and not the exception. I think it will soon be faster to get MCC provisional than AFL Gold

 

[TigerR]

With the membership department clamping down and forcing golds to pay up every year, the slow movement on the waitlist may now be the norm and not the exception. I think it will soon be faster to get MCC provisional than AFL Gold

Allowing absentee for no reason before was ridiculous, but so is not allowing it when someone has a genuine reason, such as living overseas.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

With the membership department clamping down and forcing golds to pay up every year, the slow movement on the waitlist may now be the norm and not the exception. I think it will soon be faster to get MCC provisional than AFL Gold

Maybe they should clamp down on people on selling their GF tickets to cover the cost of their memberships so it is less lucrative for them to renew every year.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Maybe they should clamp down on people on selling their GF tickets to cover the cost of their memberships so it is less lucrative for them to renew every year.

They do checks at the GF...

 

[Visions]

100% it results in increasing gold to 35K, which will exacerbate every problem I currently have

You’re assuming that those extra 5,000 would be from the next 5,000 silver members on the waitlist.

More likely to be Medallion Club members given a Gold membership as part of their package.

 

[Shipping Report]

Disgraceful and the Marvel security were much happier with people who had physical cards entering the members bar, made life much easier.

Dealing with security anywhere is always an episode in wondering where it all went wrong, but the Marvel security were something else this year.

Barking orders, searching someone and loving it so much they line up another searchee to stand and wait at the same time, telling people ‘yep go in!’ as though the green light that says ‘ENTER’ didn’t exist… they were making everyone incredibly pissed off. Could not stand it, particularly from a gang of teenagers.

 

[foxdog50]

Does anyone know why they are saying there is minimal movement next year?

 

[foxdog50]

I have been signed up for 11 years and I am 8136 in the que... is anyone seriously thinking of not doing it next year? As its bloody getting to a point its years away now

 

[TigerR]

I have been signed up for 11 years and I am 8136 in the que... is anyone seriously thinking of not doing it next year? As its bloody getting to a point its years away now

I'll go another year and see but I'm just about over it. I am about 3500 though so a bit closer.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

I have been signed up for 11 years and I am 8136 in the que... is anyone seriously thinking of not doing it next year? As its bloody getting to a point its years away now

If I wasn't gold, I'd give up.

Just get an equiv club membership and then buy kids tickets to go to other games.

 

[NetworkNerd]

I have been signed up for 11 years and I am 8136 in the que... is anyone seriously thinking of not doing it next year? As its bloody getting to a point its years away now

if you only go to Geelong games then I dont think it is worth it. I assume the equivalent tier of Geelong membership that gets you guaranteed grand final tickets also gets you better seats/facilities at GMHBA?

 

[kriles76]

They do checks at the GF...

 

[abakus]

Does anyone know why they are saying there is minimal movement next year?

Has someone from the AFL said this?

 

[foxdog50]

If I wasn't gold, I'd give up.

Just get an equiv club membership and then buy kids tickets to go to other games.

Yeah im seriously thinking of giving up. Its not worth it. I could be really looking at another 12-15 years to get Gold, and paying the money i am for Silver its not worth it

 

[foxdog50]

if you only go to Geelong games then I dont think it is worth it. I assume the equivalent tier of Geelong membership that gets you guaranteed grand final tickets also gets you better seats/facilities at GMHBA?

Yep i think yoyr on the money

 

[NetworkNerd]

Yep i think yoyr on the money

Or you could get this add on.. ensuring a GF ticket if the cats make it

 

[Satan]

from aflma meeting with afl

not good reading

The number of Silver members that will be offered an upgrade to Gold members for 2026 is less than 300.

Approximately 1,000 Bronze members will be offered an upgrade to Silver membership for 2026. (Silver membership is capped at 25,000)

It was confirmed that the initial date of application for AFL membership is directly associated to the waiting list queue number for upgrade to Gold membership.

Currently the waiting list queue number is at a slow crawl and is only up to those applications for AFL membership received in early 2011

With collingwood applications even worse crawl coming

 

[TigerR]

from aflma meeting with afl

not good reading

The number of Silver members that will be offered an upgrade to Gold members for 2026 is less than 300.

Approximately 1,000 Bronze members will be offered an upgrade to Silver membership for 2026. (Silver membership is capped at 25,000)

It was confirmed that the initial date of application for AFL membership is directly associated to the waiting list queue number for upgrade to Gold membership.

Currently the waiting list queue number is at a slow crawl and is only up to those applications for AFL membership received in early 2011

With collingwood applications even worse crawl coming

Is there an explanation as to why? I find it hard to believe that only 300 of 30000 Golds dropped off. Is it a reduction in Gold, absentees returning, something else?

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Because the gold drop offs are sold off to Medallion club. 1 gold upgrade for every 3 medallion club "seats" they open up?

Better getting $5k a year from some empty suit as opposed to $790 from some bum in the outer

 

[threenewpadlocks]

I don't think it's the end of the world if people want to pull out, it just means that the value of it has reached an equilibrium point.

I think it's a good thing if eventual Gold and possible neutral GF access goes to the people that find value in the ability to go to more than one game of footy a week to make the 40 cheap games access a a value proposition, and not just those who want to see it as a shortcut to getting to the GF.

While I've been a AFL member for less than 10 years going to 30+ games a year on the membership (living nearby for a while made it easy) certainly means I'm more 'dedicated' than those whose commitment to be gold or be closer to gold was a lot closer to merely being about money.

 

[Satan]

Is there an explanation as to why? I find it hard to believe that only 300 of 30000 Golds dropped off. Is it a reduction in Gold, absentees returning, something else?

During the year, the number of Absentee members dropping out was low in numbers.
• The AFL stands by its new terms and conditions that a member may only have one year of Absenteeism. One reason is that is that they want to see more Silver members progress to Gold.
• There are Absentee members that have voiced their grievances about the new terms and conditions.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

During the year, the number of Absentee members dropping out was low in numbers.
• The AFL stands by its new terms and conditions that a member may only have one year of Absenteeism. One reason is that is that they want to see more Silver members progress to Gold.
• There are Absentee members that have voiced their grievances about the new terms and conditions.

Also

• The AFL confirmed that the number of Gold members is capped at 30,000 (however the number is slightly over the cap due to Absentee members on a year-to-year basis reverting to their full Gold payments).

And

1. Any update on the consultant report regarding AFL Membership?
• This is an ongoing process and there is nothing to report at this stage.

1. Grand Final
Our questions are as follows:
1) What membership/ticket checks occurred during the final series and the grand final.
2) How many checks were conducted?
3) When did the checks occur?
4) What engaged in the checks?
5) What were the results and subsequent ramifications?
• The AFL are in the process of pre
paring a report at present.

These reports have been years in the making, what are the chances we ever see anything.

I also thought the discussion around the Docklands reserved seating was ridiculous. Instead of reducing the price of upgrading to level 2 seats they want Ticketmaster to default to level 1 seats for Best Available

During Ticketmaster onsales for Marvel games the AFL, based on requests from some members, have set the default “Best available” seating to Level 2 seating behind the goals which is the high upgrade price.
Many other members argue that the high upgrade price for Level 2 at Marvel is too expensive compared to the upgrade price at the MCG and that the “Best available” seating is on Level 1 at Marvel at the low upgrade price.
The Committee believe that the lower upgrade price and seating on Level 1 at Marvel is more popular with the members and request that the AFL ask Ticketmaster to default back to Level 1 at the start of onsales then when Level 1 seating is exhausted continue to the Level 3 low upgrade cost option. Those members who prefer Level 2 seating at the higher upgrade price may still apply the relevant filters in the Ticketmaster app to obtain Level 2 seating.
• The AFL will consider this change before the 2026 onsales.