[lebowski2332]

From: http://www.ffatravel.com.au/

UPDATE Tuesday December 20, 11:30am:

Over 14,000 applications have been received. Please do NOT call to ask if we have received your fax or email. The staff in the call centre do not handle the applications & head office will not be going through applications until later in the day.

We will then start to process the applications to remove duplicates. Successful applicants will not be contacted until Friday of this week after 2pm. The process will be first-in first-served.

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Australia is processing 14,000 applications it received by email on the first day of their process and will start to get responses to winners by this Friday.

We need to send Amy and our 1 fax machine to Australia to see how its done.

[taylor]

Originally Posted by lebowski2332

From: http://www.ffatravel.com.au/

UPDATE Tuesday December 20, 11:30am:

Over 14,000 applications have been received. Please do NOT call to ask if we have received your fax or email. The staff in the call centre do not handle the applications & head office will not be going through applications until later in the day.

We will then start to process the applications to remove duplicates. Successful applicants will not be contacted until Friday of this week after 2pm. The process will be first-in first-served.

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Australia is processing 14,000 applications it received by email on the first day of their process and will start to get responses to winners by this Friday.

We need to send Amy and our 1 fax machine to Australia to see how its done.

Praise the Lord!

[goussoccer]

Originally Posted by lebowski2332

From: http://www.ffatravel.com.au/

......

We need to send Amy and our 1 fax machine to Australia to see how its done.

Only after Amy and our 1 outdated PC actually process our ticket requests.....(She certainly deserves to go to Australia though, as she appears to be the only calm voice of reason available to all of us rabid fans.)

[NBlue]

Originally Posted by lebowski2332

Please do NOT call to ask if we have received your fax or email.

How is it that the Australian FA was able to accept applications by email but the USSF, allegedly, was not. Fascinating . . .

[Hosscat]

This is their first World Cup in over 30 years and yet they seem much more organized/prepared compared to the USSF.... Interesting info on how they "failed" to qualify for any WC's betweeen 1978 to 2002 too- I didn't realize they used to have a playoff vs. a CONCACAF team before they even got to play a South American team. Brutal.

[roadkit]

Originally Posted by Hosscat

This is their first World Cup in over 30 years and yet they seem much more organized/prepared compared to the USSF.... Interesting info on how they "failed" to qualify for any WC's betweeen 1978 to 2002 too- I didn't realize they used to have a playoff vs. a CONCACAF team before they even got to play a South American team. Brutal.

This playoff was repeat of the last time they were eliminated, playing against Uruguay. I think the difference this time was having the second leg at home.

I've got family in Australia, and for a country with a fledgling professional league (It makes MLS look like the Premier league and that's no disrespect to MLS), this is a HUGE deal. I would guess Quantas will be ramping up flights just to meet the demand.