Going to Qatar 2022: tickets, accommodations, etc. (non-politics)

Discussion in 'World Cup 2022 - Qatar' started by Danny Ascencio, Oct 22, 2021.

  1. NNNJJJ

    NNNJJJ Member

    Chelsea FC, USSF Referee
    United States
    Oct 26, 2017
    San Francisco
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not always. We've been watching the Formula 1 show on Netflix to prepare ourselves ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, since none of us knew a thing about auto racing and here we are with racing tickets the day before the World Cup. Not only am I getting much smarter about F1, but I find myself arguing with my wife and kids each night about stuff in the show. So you're wrong on both counts. :D
     
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  2. MacPhistoTerp

    MacPhistoTerp Member

    United States
    Mar 25, 2009
    Treasure Island, FL
    Club:
    Cork City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Viagogo has nothing to do with Fifa. Their founder, Eric Baker was also the founder of Stubhub based in San Francisco, CA. After leaving SH he founded Viagogo and had to locate to Europe as part of his non-compete.

    Recently, He re-acquired Stubhub but had to split the 2 companies as to not allow StubHub USA to sell International events anymore
     
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  3. Medmehdii

    Medmehdii Member

    Real Madrid
    Morocco
    Mar 24, 2022
    You're really making me want to buy tickets from there.
     
  4. NNNJJJ

    NNNJJJ Member

    Chelsea FC, USSF Referee
    United States
    Oct 26, 2017
    San Francisco
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This would be fair and certainly more along the lines of what American (and Canadian?) sporting event-goers are accustomed to seeing. But I don't think it benefits FIFA, and I don't think FIFA has much of an incentive to set things up that way. Meanwhile, we will keep getting nosebleed Cat 1s and cursing FIFA under our breath.
     
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  5. djknox

    djknox Member+

    TFC
    Canada
    Apr 24, 2022
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    OK I respect your opinions, but why do you like this limited category approach FIFA uses? I don't like spending several thousand dollars on tickets and having no idea if all my seats will be crap or not. I also don't quite get how someone could buy a ticket from me and actually pay me for it now, when I can't physically transfer it to them? I know there's been a lot of chatter on this matter, but I just don't see how flipping tickets is easy or secure?
     
  6. djknox

    djknox Member+

    TFC
    Canada
    Apr 24, 2022
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    LOL no it's Big Soccer members scooping up tickets following MarianeLah's lead :ROFLMAO:
     
  7. djknox

    djknox Member+

    TFC
    Canada
    Apr 24, 2022
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Well there are always exceptions to the rule! ;)
     
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  8. marianelah

    marianelah Member+

    Jan 14, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just to spice things up a bit. Qatar is back on an indoor mask mandate July 7.
     
  9. marianelah

    marianelah Member+

    Jan 14, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They keep popping the Final and Semis (without availability) every half hour or so.
     

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  10. marianelah

    marianelah Member+

    Jan 14, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    im not leading anything.... i bought one ticket! :ROFLMAO:
     
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  11. djknox

    djknox Member+

    TFC
    Canada
    Apr 24, 2022
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Yeah I don't understand why people don't want to get what they paid for. If you like Cat 3 seats, those will be priced 6th cheapest of 8 at Ticketmaster. Yes the system is the same in Canada. The only thing I don't like about ticketmaster is there platinum seating concept where they vary the seat price based on various factors - it just feels like price gouging to me.

    At a recent WC Qualifier between Canada and Jamaica I bought 4 PRIMO seats for the match in Toronto at CAD200 each. Turns out only 1 friend was keen and others in my family were quite ambivalent about attending. When I checked online at ticketmaster 2 days before the match, PRIMO seats were being offered for $350 each. So I sold two for $700 via ticketmaster's resale portal. My net lay out for the remaining 2 seats became CAD100 and my buddy and I indulged on a very nice dinner before hand. I don't feel I did anything wrong there. The person who paid $700 for 2 primo seats made their own value decision. I guess some don't like that system, but for me, free commerce, provided everyone had fair access to the tickets in the first place, is the best mechanism. Had I not sold them, I would have dragged family along and had dinner at McDonalds... :) Even ticketing for a Toronto FC match (hardly a big draw in football) has several levels of pricing.

    I think it's BS that the seller and not the buyer has to pay FIFA 10% to resell a ticket!
     
  12. djknox

    djknox Member+

    TFC
    Canada
    Apr 24, 2022
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    :thumbsup:
     
  13. djknox

    djknox Member+

    TFC
    Canada
    Apr 24, 2022
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    They're teasing.
     
  14. Jo'Burg 2010

    Jo'Burg 2010 Member

    Jun 26, 2011
    I saw that too earlier today. I wonder if they are preparing for a dump? Do they really plan to keep the portal open for another month and a half with virtually no tickets available?

    Edit: I just logged in and some quarterfinal tickets are available that were not there earlier today. I am looking at the international portal.
     
  15. Medmehdii

    Medmehdii Member

    Real Madrid
    Morocco
    Mar 24, 2022
    That's all I need to
    I want tickets for USA England, can you check the availability please?
     
  16. marianelah

    marianelah Member+

    Jan 14, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It’s there . Cat 1 and 2 (im not encouraging this behavior, just providing information)
     
  17. Medmehdii

    Medmehdii Member

    Real Madrid
    Morocco
    Mar 24, 2022
    Thank you. I know you're not. I tried to join their queue yesterday before it was mentioned here but without using a VPN.
    I don't see a possible way they double-check this. Had the tickets been purchased from a Qatari thing, I would've been worried but this is FIFA and we all know what FIFA car€$ about the most.
     
  18. NNNJJJ

    NNNJJJ Member

    Chelsea FC, USSF Referee
    United States
    Oct 26, 2017
    San Francisco
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My guess is that the drop-down menu is informed by a snapshot of tickets being available at a certain point in time, and that snapshot is used for some length of time for purposes of the drop-down menu. That is why when you try to cart the tickets, the site says they are gone even though the drop-down menu is still there. Eventually, a new snapshot is used for the drop-down menu, and the system seeing that there are no tickets available, will not show the drop-down menu anymore (until the next snapshot). That is the behavior I noticed on CoSport's website when trying to buy tickets to Olympics events, and I suspect the same was happening here.
     
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  19. RegularGuy

    RegularGuy Member

    Jun 17, 2009
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone local or anyone who went to the Arab cup have thoughts about trying to get to (or from) Khalifa from (or to) Ahmad Bin Ali in 2 hours between games? They actually look kind of close to each other as the crow flies but to take the metro, it looks as though you need to take it all the way back into town and then change to another line to go back out. A taxi looks like it should not be too bad, but who knows how reliable all that will be.
     
  20. BMfutbol16

    BMfutbol16 Member+

    Real Madrid
    Feb 25, 2014
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sorry. No lessons on flipping tickets here. Lol
     
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  21. Silwalee

    Silwalee Member

    Real Madrid
    United States
    May 3, 2022
    USA
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  22. saeeed

    saeeed Member

    Barcelona
    Argentina
    May 1, 2014
    ottawa
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
  23. marianelah

    marianelah Member+

    Jan 14, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They have availability in the us supporters section. Let me know if you need one. (USA - england)
     
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  24. Ajja216

    Ajja216 Member

    Saudi Arabia
    Jun 4, 2022
    Anyone here is going for #59 and #60? Is it doable?
     
  25. riverplate1201

    riverplate1201 New Member

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jul 6, 2022
    This FCFS being a whole month and some change long with all games currently “unavailable”.
    You guys think FIFA is going to randomly add tickets slowly or make us keep wasting our time constantly refreshing our phones :thumbsdown:
     

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