I emailed Tynan about the position in relation to season tickets and hence iFollow access for "corporate" ticket holders from last season. I don't know if it is standard comms sent to everyone, but in case it isn't, this was his response. (
Hi Malcolm,
Thank you for your patience and understanding regarding corporate season tickets being available for purchase.
Thank you to those of you who have already purchased their Championship Club Membership – the response and support has been tremendous!
As yet we do not have a viable solution on the TicketMaster system to be able to process these in a way that wouldn’t cause issues for us and yourselves once fans begin to return to matches. I am sure you can appreciate that the TicketMaster system was not built with a global pandemic in mind let alone socially distancing and also corporate members having seats elsewhere in the stadium. Many clubs still do not have season tickets on sale to their fans.
We want to reassure you, in the simplest way possible, on a few points below:
1)
Season Ticket Priority – Your seats/executive box from last season can not be purchased by anyone else and we will not be selling your seats/executive box to anyone else – they are secure for you indefinitely until such time that stadiums are back to their full permitted capacity.
2)
iFollow – the complimentary subscription is only available for home games, it is not available for away games. Away games, such as tonight’s match against Gillingham, need to be purchased directly with iFollow.
ccfc.co.uk/ifollow/subscribe/
3)
iFollow – iFollow is not available for this Friday’s match against QPR as it is live on Sky Sports. This is due to broadcasting rights between the EFL and Sky Sports.
4)
iFollow – the iFollow complimentary subscription is only available for those that have purchased a season ticket. We fully appreciate that, at present, corporate season ticket holders and executive box holders can not purchase a season ticket. Rest assured that if we don’t have a solution to allow corporate season ticket holders and executive box holders to purchase this seasons Season Ticket element we will have a work around in place for our next home game against Bournemouth on 3rd October. This work around (if necessary) will only be available if you have purchased the Championship Club Membership.
5)
Price of Corporate Season Tickets and Executive Boxes – rest assured we are not going to charge corporate season ticket holders the full equivalent price but not give you access to the lounges, corporate seats/boxes. The pricing will reflect what is available to you at the time fans begin to return to the stadium. The prices previously communicated were simply to indicate that the prices were not going up for you and that they would be the same price as last season i.e. a price-freeze. To be clear we will not be charging you a corporate season ticket price and then not giving you access to the lounges and corporate seats.
6)
Bury discount – should you want to take up this option this will be discounted off the season ticket element when the time comes to upgrade from Championship Club Membership.
7)
Fans Return to Stadiums – outside of any pilot schemes that may be approved, at present we have no further information from the EFL regarding fans returning to stadiums. When we have this information we will communicate it.
8)
Car Parking – car parking information will be communicated closer to the time as and when fans are allowed to begin to return to stadiums.
I hope this helps clarify a number of matters for you. If you have any questions regarding the above and/or other questions please do not hesitate to ask myself and/or Suzette and we will be more than happy to help.
Thank you once again for your patience, understanding and your support last season and again this season.