Season tickets next season

[IanMcL]

My centre Longside upper, Senior was £290 now £360.

Increase 24%

Tossers

[Murger]

So for anyone new wishing to buy 1, they have to register their interest, instead of just being able to get 1? And unless I’m being thick (wouldn’t be the first time), then that would take them past the early bird period?

[jedi_master]

I was just trying to compare and contrast the pricing with last seasons - but it appears the club have purged the website of the news articles for pricing for 23/24 (presumably to stop people like me checking). Does anyone know what they looked like because whilst the rise for me isn't that large (Adult - JMU), the rise for the seniors seems big...

[Awayfromburnley]

One from last year

[ClaretTony]

I was just trying to compare and contrast the pricing with last seasons - but it appears the club have purged the website of the news articles for pricing for 23/24 (presumably to stop people like me checking). Does anyone know what they looked like because whilst the rise for me isn't that large (Adult - JMU), the rise for the seniors seems big...

Longside Upper senior price
2022/23 - £262
2023/24 - £290 (the biggest increase last year at almost 12%)
2024/25 - £360

So it's gone up almost 39% in two years - absolutely no explanation I can find on the info given out

[MarkGreen]

North Stand Lower has to be a mistake?

I think it is. If you follow the link on the website and choose 'Renew your season ticket' the price shows as £504, not £525 for adults as it shows on the email.

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[jedi_master]

My centre Longside upper, Senior was £290 now £360.

Increase 24%

Tossers

Unjustifiable whatever bullshit they are using as reasoning in the graphics they've cobbled together on the website. Comparing pricing with 2014/2015 for some reason (when we were in the Premier League and were not in the same geopolitical/economical landscape, or even close) bears absolutely no relevance on the here and now.

[Conroysleftfoot]

Love the line in the email 'After much consideration, we are pleased to announce our early bird season tickets'. They might be pleased to announce it but we're no pleased to hear it. As stated by others nearly a 25% increase for an Over 65 in Longside.

[jordsclarets]

Under 22's price in JMU has gone up 49%

[aggi]

Slightly cheekily they deleted the webpage showing last season's prices. This is the archived page

https://web.archive.org/web/20230226160 ... ale-friday

[boyyanno]

There will be a lot of I'm alright Jack's who say the price increase is not that much- it's not that much on mine either.

However I can't condone the price increase for some of the over 65 tickets, if true that they are between 25-35 percent increase then that's pretty shambolic. I'd have rather mine been increased more to keep those costs more reasonable.

[Sheedyclaret]

Can’t grumble at them prices well done Burnley

[Goody1975]

I think it is. If you follow the link on the website and choose 'Renew your season ticket' the price shows as £504

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With the amount of time it's taken to release the prices, there should be no mistakes.

[gawthorpe_view]

I've gone as far as the checkout but can't see the option to pay with the credit I received from the sale of my shares, just the option to use my Teamcard points, plus card and DD.
I thought these were separate.

[aggi]

Lots of clubs have been squeezing their concession prices (to a fair bit of outrage). Looks like we have joined the gang ...

[Goody1975]

Slightly cheekily they deleted the webpage showing last season's prices. This is the archived page

https://web.archive.org/web/20230226160 ... ale-friday

Thanks for that, I've added a screenshot of it.


Early bird prices for 2023/24 were

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[Eddiebfc]

To add to this I’ve been told that the back two rows of the Jimmy Mac Lower are now going to be hospitality. There’s about 12 of us who has sat together forever and we don’t have seats for next season . We used to sit where the current hospitality seats are in the JML and had to move to our current seats when they were created. Contacted the club and they are going to come back with options. To be fair the person I spoke to was very sympathetic and optimistic that they can sort something out for us. UTC

[boyyanno]

Longside Upper senior price
2022/23 - £262
2023/24 - £290 (the biggest increase last year at almost 12%)
2024/25 - £360

So it's gone up almost 39% in two years - absolutely no explanation I can find on the info given out

That's an absolute disgrace.

[D8BFC]

One from last year

Whats going on in the BL stand then - its a massive reduction in price for an adult this next season compared to last!!!

[GetIntoEm]

I got laughed at when I told you they were going up about 25%

[D8BFC]

Whats going on in the BL stand then - its a massive reduction in price for an adult this next season compared to last!!!

Ahhh i wasnt looking at early bird prices

[jedi_master]

There will be a lot of I'm alright Jack's who say the price increase is not that much- it's not that much on mine either.

However I can't condone the price increase for some of the over 65 tickets, if true that they are between 25-35 percent increase then that's pretty shambolic. I'd have rather mine been increased more to keep those costs more reasonable.

Totally agree with the sentiment expressed in your last sentence there.

I am 37 and the rise isn't much for me (and I am fine with that), but seeing what they've done to kids and OAP pricing is ridiculous really. Why not an equal percent increase to keep it as 'low' as possible for everybody, and thereby be fair to all age categories. I would not have minded at all paying slightly more than I am being asked to if it meant that other age groups weren't penalised for seemingly no reason other than being in brackets that ALK have determined as 'too cheap'.

[Goody1975]

I got laughed at when I told you they were going up about 25%

What, all tickets?

[Spijed]

To clarify, anyone with a current Direct Debit who doesn't cancel will get the benefit of early bird prices without having to do anything?

[aggi]

On concessions this is the recent Spurs policy:

- Senior Concessions: The number of senior concession Season Tickets has risen to four times the number at White Hart Lane – not taking matchday concessions into account. This increase is clearly not sustainable and will start to limit ticket choice for others year on year. We have, therefore, reluctantly taken the decision not to make new senior concession Season Tickets available, starting from Season 2025/26 – however, matchday senior concession tickets will remain available.

- Existing Season Ticket Holders who become eligible for a discounted Season Ticket for the 2024/25 season, will still qualify for a senior concession Season Ticket at a discounted rate of 50 per cent – this applies only to those currently sat within a concession area. All currently held senior concession Season Tickets – prior to Season 2024/25 - are also unaffected next season and will have a 50 per cent discount applied.

- All senior concession Season Tickets will then be phased to a 45 per cent discount in Season 2025/26, to a 40 per cent discount in Season 2026/27, to a 35 per cent discount in Season 2027/28, a 30 per cent discount in Season 2028/29 and a 25 per cent discount in 2029/30, bringing it in line with match day senior concessions and Young Adults. Junior concession Season Tickets will remain at 50 per cent.

Looks like we are jumping from ~ 40% to 30% in one season.

[Conroysleftfoot]

To add to this I’ve been told that the back two rows of the Jimmy Mac Lower are now going to be hospitality. There’s about 12 of us who has sat together forever and we don’t have seats for next season . We used to sit where the current hospitality seats are in the JML and had to move to our current seats when they were created. Contacted the club and they are going to come back with options. To be fair the person I spoke to was very sympathetic and optimistic that they can sort something out for us. UTC

That's pretty poor, hope you get it sorted out to your satisfaction.

[jedi_master]

To clarify, anyone with a current Direct Debit who doesn't cancel will get the benefit of early bird prices without having to do anything?

FAQ states we auto renew automatically and don't need to do anything.

[Jacko]

Shocking.

Given where the money goes, and where the income comes from, to hit fans with such a rise is awful. I'm not a concession, but that increase is, to me, the most appalling.

Difficult to justify unless you're looking to squeeze and maximise, which, of course, these owners are. That's the reality of them. Arseholes.

[Rick_Muller]

Under 22 in CFS increased from £145 to £260 - just wow!

[Jimmymaccer]

To add to this I’ve been told that the back two rows of the Jimmy Mac Lower are now going to be hospitality. There’s about 12 of us who has sat together forever and we don’t have seats for next season . We used to sit where the current hospitality seats are in the JML and had to move to our current seats when they were created. Contacted the club and they are going to come back with options. To be fair the person I spoke to was very sympathetic and optimistic that they can sort something out for us. UTC

I haven’t seen this but it’s the same for me and my (adult) son……………moved from the back when Fletcher came up with his super hospitality idea, so now we’re being humped out again!?And to where?!

[ClaretTony]

It's bad enough that my ticket has gone up over 24% but an under-22 in the same area has got a 44% increase. And it's 55% in the Longside upper wings.

[Sheedyclaret]

To clarify, anyone with a current Direct Debit who doesn't cancel will get the benefit of early bird prices without having to do anything?

I should think so the email doors state you will be sent the payment schedule in due course..

[Fretters]

So direct debits start in May but at least there are still 12 of them, not 11 as speculated.

[Goody1975]

So they have now amended the prices for the North Stand Lower.

Really poor that this wasn't checked thoroughly prior to release.

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[jedi_master]

Fair to say we can expect everything on the concourse to needlessly increase a quid here, a quid there too I would guess.

[jordsclarets]

It's bad enough that my ticket has gone up over 24% but an under-22 in the same area has got a 44% increase. And it's 55% in the Longside upper wings.

As I said earlier JMU under 22 gone up nearly 50%. This is just crazy

[ClaretTony]

As I said earlier JMU under 22 gone up nearly 50%. This is just crazy

Longside upper wings u22 ticket has gone up 55%

[Conroysleftfoot]

It's bad enough that my ticket has gone up over 24% but an under-22 in the same area has got a 44% increase. And it's 55% in the Longside upper wings.

I can understand them not wanting us old buggers but they don't seem to want the young ones either. Are they going to change it all to Corporate??

[wilks_bfc]

Just done some quick calcs on last year and this year prices for our group in the JMU

Adult 5% increase
O65, u12 & u18 25% increase

On the assumption we are down and have 23 games next season, there isn’t much change in cost per game

Adult £19.87 to £22.89
O65 £13.16 to £13.66
U12 £2.89 to £3.00
U18 £5.26 to £5.43

[CatonClaret]

It's bad enough that my ticket has gone up over 24% but an under-22 in the same area has got a 44% increase.

This is what I just don’t understand with it. I was a ST holder from 13 years old up to 22 at which point I couldn’t afford it in terms of time and monetary value. I’ve been back the past season because I was finally in a financial and lifestyle balance that could allow me to, rather than go to odd games every season. The reason I came back is because of those memories of being on the Turf as a younger lad and all that comes with it.

The landscape for U22s is pretty bleak as it is and to now lump a near 50% increase will surely in the long term see attendances dwindle? That’s not nurturing or cultivating your young fans, that’s actively putting blockers and barriers up. A 44% increase kills it for a lot of younger fans because individually and as a family unit, that’s some financial gap to find. It’s frankly shameful.

[Sheedyclaret]

Fair to say we can expect everything on the concourse to needlessly increase a quid here, a quid there too I would guess.

Just the way of the world at the moment everything is a total rip off…

[The Shire Claret]

It's bad enough that my ticket has gone up over 24% but an under-22 in the same area has got a 44% increase. And it's 55% in the Longside upper wings.

When I saw mine and my lads, its minimal being an adult and an under 16 in the stand we are in....

So when I read their article with the images ... it made a lot of sense

that doesn't seem to be the reality for a lot if seniors and U22's

Not good ....

[JohnMcGreal]

It shouldn't do.

I sold my ticket on there for the Villa game and just used the 26 quid to part pay for an Everton ticket.

It just deducted it, very easy process.

My season ticket renewal was in my basket at full price. I proceeded to the checkout and managed to apply the money from my On Account which has now reduced the total price of my Season Ticket Renewal.

As I pay via Direct Debit am I to assume that I no longer need to do anything else and they'll take the correct payments (based on the reduced amount)?

Or do I need to complete the check out with the discount applied and add my bank details to set up a new direct debit?

There's absolutely nothing on the website or in the FAQs about doing this.

[NewClaret]

Just done some quick calcs on last year and this year prices for our group in the JMU

Adult 5% increase
O65, u12 & u18 25% increase

On the assumption we are down and have 23 games next season, there isn’t much change in cost per game

Adult £19.87 to £22.89
O65 £13.16 to £13.66
U12 £2.89 to £3.00
U18 £5.26 to £5.43

Really useful post. I don’t like rises of any nature but that does put in to perspective that £3, £5.43 and £13.66 for U12’s to O65’s still represents outstanding value for money in my view.

[Mondsley]

Comparing like with like, the early bird price for my over 65 North Stand lower last year was £250. This has gone up to £346, an increase of 38.4%. Blimey

[ClaretTony]

So they have now amended the prices for the North Stand Lower.

Really poor that this wasn't checked thoroughly prior to release.


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Same happened last year with some of the prices being incorrect.

[daveisaclaret]

Price of everything value of nothing comes to mind. Horrid way to run a football club.

[lakedistrictclaret]

I've gone as far as the checkout but can't see the option to pay with the credit I received from the sale of my shares, just the option to use my Teamcard points, plus card and DD.
I thought these were separate.

Just click on the teamcard points box, gawthorpe. Ignore the card and DD boxes.
I've bought mine, and the sale of my shares will pay for my next few season tickets, but I still think these price rises are excessive.

[CoolClaret]

Might be an over reaction but my slight rant and feelings I have about it all -

The once blurred line between BFC as a local community club and its takeover by American v̶u̶l̶t̶u̶r̶e̶s̶ financiers is becoming more and more apparent with each passing day.

I'll always love the club but I find myself contemplating not bothering going on anymore. I can't always get on these days after having a ST for years - one off tickets were up at £45-65 for a game this season, ended up dropping circa £300 on just 5 games, all of which btw were convincing defeats.

The club should do more for local fans - we're a club that absolutely will rely on local fans when times aren't as good just as we have done in the past.

Burnley is hardly an affluent town - families especially are effectively being priced out going on the Turf right now and it's so important to bring young Clarets on to get the sort of 'drug' or buzz of going on and supporting BFC; it's easy enough for them to go and support a 'big team'.. Might not be apparent now but in 10-20 years it will be BUT wouldn't be the first time where MBAs and Finance dudes are short-term profit above all else...

[wilks_bfc]

Really useful post. I don’t like rises of any nature but that does put in to perspective that £3, £5.43 and £13.66 for U12’s to O65’s still represents outstanding value for money in my view.

Even if we stay up and over 19 games there isn’t much more difference at £3.63 £6.58 £16.53