My Interstate Membership

[Jose_Reyes]

Hello All, been a while since I Have posted! I have recently returned from Melbourne to see Geelong and Essendon, and what a great match it was. I have attended the Geelong Port and Geelong Crows fixtures this year, and it has been so rewarding to see Geelong win both games in Adelaide! something I believe has never happened. The Adelaide Cats after game function was very good and had a chat to Selwood etc, with a few sigs on the back of the Guernsey. I have a question, I assume my interstate membership doesnt give me access to a grand final ticket, anyone confirm this? If not, is there ANY way possible, - being a GFC paid up member and all - to attain or be on a list to acquire a GF ticket if we compete???

Thanks for you help guys,
Ben

 

[patdman]

I think you need to be a social club member, for which there may now be a waiting list.

 

[SriLankanCat]

U can become a september member althouhg u may haev to buy a full membership as opposed to an interstate one to be entitled to that and they may be sold out already anyway.

 

[CF]

the guys are correct. A premium interstate mebership gives you access to the finals but not the GF. In order to have access to GF tickets you need to be either a full member or a full member who is also a social club member or september member (which costs aditional on a full membership). Being in the social club or sepetember member guarantess you a GF ticket, where as just a full member you can line up at Federation Square in Melbourne after the last PF saturday o/n for when they start selling them Sunday morning.

 

[Jose_Reyes]

Thanks for your help guys, so in other words I am pretty much locked into my premium interstate with no chance thru GFC to acquire a ticket?

 

[CF]

Thanks for your help guys, so in other words I am pretty much locked into my premium interstate with no chance thru GFC to acquire a ticket?

that's correct, but remember to buy a ticket through ticketek you need a full membership so your interstate membership wont get you into the GF. Your best chance maybe via a scalper but it will cost you heaps I would suspect.

 

[thegerman]

Definitely not going to get a GF ticket with an interstate membership. There was a Captains club that you could also get, but I think those memberships are closed.

Scalper or Ebay seems to be the way these days.

 

[Jose_Reyes]

Thanks for your help guys. I hope I can acquire one - even though Im a member! If anyone has any tickets spare or knows anyone who can get in touch with me, i would love you forever. Thanks

 

[hobart cat]

do they release GF tickets to the public?

I am a interstate member also, but if the chance arose I'd do anything to get my grubby little hands on some granny tickets...

I now have to kick my own bum for alluding to our club playing in a grand final. Better go post on the reverse moz thread again.

 

[CF]

do they release GF tickets to the public?

I am a interstate member also, but if the chance arose I'd do anything to get my grubby little hands on some granny tickets...

I now have to kick my own bum for alluding to our club playing in a grand final. Better go post on the reverse moz thread again.

I don't think they do....each club gets an allocation with the 2 competing clubs getting the biggest shares. Then the AFL members get a big slice and then there is corporate packages. The MCC members usually show up. Then a certain amount is sold to companies who use them as prizes in GF promotions. Not much left for General admissions after that I'd suspect.

 

[Jose_Reyes]

This raises the question, why should interstate members not have the chance to compete for grand final tickets? We support the club, albeit for $118 - premium, (by the way what does premium get me instead of normal interstate membership?) because we cannot attend all the games. Myself, I have been to three games this year, based in Adelaide I am.

Why should us interstate members get punished for not paying the extra $47? Should we just fork out the money for an adult membership? One in which we will only use once, maybe twice in the year.. as we are based interstate.

I am kicking myself for not being an adult member, which I have been in the past.