Canceled Tickets

Discussion in 'WC 2014 Travel and Tickets' started by tmac-tmac, Jun 10, 2014.

  1. BlueMan

    BlueMan Red Card

    Sep 4, 2006
    Brazil
    Not sure if I believe this story, but if true, the reasons would be:

    Same country/passport number
    Same address
    Same games

    I don't think the name is an issue because many people have the same name. I have a friend who did 2 of the 3 (not the same games) and had no problem.

    Still not sure why FIFA would not show the cancelled orders on the account like they do for unsuccessful lottery applications (red-lined out).
     
  2. jupal

    jupal Member

    Nov 20, 2013
    Switzerland
    well to be fair the resold ones also show as ready for pick-up or even delivered by mail and never change
     
  3. Rominger

    Rominger Member

    Flamengo
    Brazil
    Apr 17, 2014
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    That what I was thinking. Why would someone had to wait until they go to pick their tickets to see they were cancelled? If that is true, then everyone who used more than one account should fear that you might not be able to even enter the stadium until you are there, since no one can be 100% sure what the website is saying...
     
  4. Jabo

    Jabo Member

    Mar 29, 2000
    Washington, DC
    Well I went back to look at the ticket resale regs and it specifically says that FIFA's acceptance is based on the assumption that the Applicant has observed all the sales restrictions and that if at any time they detect a violation, they can cancel. To me that means they could theoretically get you at the stadium but I think the ticket pickup will really be the telling point.
     
  5. Mochileira

    Mochileira Member

    May 23, 2014
    São Paulo
    Club:
    Corinthians Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    One thing I'm doing, for each ticket I purchased in my new account is to pickup it on the next day
    So if I get any trouble I may loose only those new tickets and not those already picked, assuming that Fifa would not cancel tickets already printed. Of course it only can be done if you are in Brazil.
     
  6. Rominger

    Rominger Member

    Flamengo
    Brazil
    Apr 17, 2014
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    In theory you are right, and I also believe that this is might be what they are doing. Still, I wonder what will happen if everyone who got tickets using more than one account and collect their tickets suddenly find out that you can't enter in the stadium because it was blocked, not considering the number of people blocked because they bought tickets from another person. Mr. Weil said in an TV interview that FIFA is buying tickets from touts just to block all tickets that were in the name of the person who bought it. There would be thousands outside.
     
  7. Jim Fulton

    Jim Fulton New Member

    Jan 15, 2014
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    I arrive on the 14th and will report back to the group. We will take care to appear to be separate households!

    We have an appointment in Natal, but we are going to try and pick up at the new Rio airport ticket office while we are on our 6 hour layover. A friend called and the wait for those without appointments has only been 30 minutes.
     
  8. bentov

    bentov New Member

    Jun 8, 2014
    Landed yesterday at Salvador, a party of 3 households (3 people altogether). All three accounts have different and real names, with the 2 guests being the 2 other people.
    Around 15:30, tickets line for the desk or the machine in the airport were empty, one of my companions went to the machine, and got his tickets after 5 minutes, no questions asked. We decided to collect the tickets on separate days, to reduce the risk, so that if they are "following" us because of suspicions, they could not link between us.
     
  9. Ashan Rama

    Ashan Rama Member

    Feb 18, 2014
    any one else know of cancelled tickets or is it just this one case?
     
  10. BlueMan

    BlueMan Red Card

    Sep 4, 2006
    Brazil
    #35 BlueMan, Jun 13, 2014
    Last edited: Jun 13, 2014
    Seems like just the one case. Also seems that the real problem was 2 accounts with same address and multiple purchases of same game. It seems that without the multiple purchases of the same game they would not care. They must check the address in their system and flag it when a second purchase is made for the same game. That would make sense since it looks like the second account was only created to purchase more tickets to the same game, which would violate the rules. They really should show the cancellation on the account page so people know beforehand. Especially since there could be legitimate reasons for similar accounts. Pretty draconian to cancel only at pick up.
     
  11. BlueMan

    BlueMan Red Card

    Sep 4, 2006
    Brazil
    #36 BlueMan, Jun 13, 2014
    Last edited: Jun 14, 2014
    Hey, you are the same person who posted that you had tickets cancelled in the Scorpyn Scanner thread a few weeks ago. Except in that thread you said that the ticket information changed from "successful" to "unsuccessful" on the FIFA website for the cancelled tickets, but that other tickets were not cancelled on the same account. Your stories do not seem consistent since you and your "friends" who had tickets cancelled were treated differently by FIFA. Really, it is a little too strange to believe. Maybe these are imaginary "friends.";)

    Two questions for you:

    1. Why do you and your "friends" seem to be the only people in this whole forum to have their tickets cancelled?

    2. What are you really up to?
     
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  12. BlueMan

    BlueMan Red Card

    Sep 4, 2006
    Brazil
    I also noticed that you are the only person I have ever seen who had a "friend" who had her ID checked upon entry to a World Cup stadium (in 2010). Cancelled tickets, ID checks, hmmm...

    It seems to happen only to you and your "friends."
     
  13. tangun

    tangun Member

    Jul 14, 2012
    New York City
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    and the plot thickens!
     
  14. tmac-tmac

    tmac-tmac Member

    May 26, 2010
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Yes that's right - I'm just blowing smoke
     
  15. Jim Fulton

    Jim Fulton New Member

    Jan 15, 2014
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Wife and I just picked up tickets in Rio. To recap, we set up separate accounts using separate passports numbers, BUT same address and same credit card. We got TST-7 U.S. and TAT-7 AUS. I went first and I almost sh!# myself when the only matches that popped up were Portugal, Germany and the Final. The agent explained that the knock out games wont show until the teams are decided (whew), but needed to send me to a manager to sort out Ghana. Gulp. While I wait, my wife picked up the AUS group games (we skipped Chile yesterday). No problem. Manager sorted out Ghana/Natal and my heart started up again. Whew.
     
  16. Ashan Rama

    Ashan Rama Member

    Feb 18, 2014
    It does sound that this thread was started mischievously. What's to gain from that Ffs
     
  17. drupha

    drupha Member

    Feb 12, 2005
    USA
    He's a Canadian West Ham fan, so dreaming of success on the field is unrealistic, for either club or country, so he dreams of issues with Fifa instead...
     
  18. tmac-tmac

    tmac-tmac Member

    May 26, 2010
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Sorry but I wasn't trying to stir anything up. Just wanted to see if there are any other issues out there but apparently this is a one-off occurrence. I'm glad to see no one else is having issues with cancelled tickets so we can just let this thread die.
     
  19. tangun

    tangun Member

    Jul 14, 2012
    New York City
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic

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