Maybe could be a better idea to buy it closer to the match? I'm starting to notice a drop in the prices.
If UEFA isn't even opening the resale portal to avoid compromising their overpriced leftover seats, why would they spend more money on ID checks at the stadia? Outside of Wimbledon, most organizers don't care about who uses their allocated tickets (Although FA has made some noises this time, let's wait & watch if there is any action). Like I said earlier, the only way to make people financially responsible for their applications is to authenticate their credit cards during the application process and only accept applications with an authenticated credit card. No KYC, No face ID, just a working credit card. Simple as. Even if one wins multiple applications, the credit card will give way once the limits are reached. => This is also less work for UEFA as they do not need to go through special invitations etc. If CC fails, then the applicant automatically loses their lottery allocation and an unsuccessful applicant can immediately take that spot.
What do you mean by “the credit card will give way once the limits are reached” ? If the customer can pay, UEFA couldn’t care less where the tickets are going to. Their objective is to sell all the tickets.
thats true. for uefa is all about selling tickets and thats all, us not getting tickets we want it's not a problem for them. the time when they really cared about the fans has long passed and it's just about numbers these days
Correct! Their primary concern is their finances and ensuring that the stadiums are packed to please their sponsors - maximizing visibility and engagement for their brands. That is why during the euro 2020 semis, they got panicked and cut prices for Italy vs Spain when ticket sales were low.
That used to be the way , when you put in an application you had to enter your credit card details and if successful the money was taken..The problem was a lot of people lost out because the credit card companies were blocking the sale as suspicious activity.If Uefa or FIFA didn't get the money you weren't contacted just discarded
When the CC payment was automatic after the ballot process when succesful, people still either have payment limits on their card, or anti-fraud security measures would kick in (especially since not everyone applying is from Switzerland/Germany/UK or wherever the payment originates from). Also some people would win a ballot application but then their bank would reject it then in many instances there was not a second chance to be charged again. So they meant that if you were to win multiple applications or tickets, eventually say for example the amount was over 5,000 euro but that was your card limit, then it would no longer accept it anyway. It was a much better system though, but apparently, some laws prohibit it so we haven't had it in World Cup/Euro ticketing since after 2018. You'd find out ballot success by a charge to your bank card (with an email coming later, in the meantime you would work out any combinations of what you had won - see previous tournament threads), and it meant it was a little harder for people to basically make as many applications as they can be bothered making as it is with the current ballot system as there was a full commitment to pay as soon as there was any successful application.
An even better way would be to actually take the amount of money as if were a normal payment, and just return the money if the lottery application was unsuccessful. This is what Airbnb does. They “book” the money, and if the property owner doesn’t accept you, they just return the money to the original payment mode. This will ensure that only few but real applications are made + UEFA could use the temporary cashflow to get earn some interest on that money as well. Win-win for everyone. Just the lottery application + results window will have to be a lot smaller, but I don’t think that will matter too much as it all is computerised.
Airbnb simply place a hold on the credit card for the situation you’re describing, much like hotels do for incidentals/minibar when you checkin. It is not the same as taking payment. Not sure of the legalities of a merchant being able to hold funds for longer than a certain period. The 2019 CWC in the UK required submission of CC details during the ballot process, but I haven’t heard of a major international tournament doing this since. Fans will always have differing views on what is ‘fair’ based on their own previous success. Some will prefer ballot only, some will prefer FCFS only, etc. It seems that the opportunity for personal offers encourages fans to create multiple accounts for two bites of the cherry. Not sure how many were successful with that approach, and it’s possible UEFAs algorithms are able to identify related entries based on IP address/device/geolocation etc and discard them anyway.
Surprisingly, U.S. fans have bought 27% of all Euro 2024 tickets, surpassing even the host nation, Germany. https://t.co/pFqjzSUmJ0— World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) June 10, 2024 Doesn't this sum the situation up. I get it with the World Cup but there is no way that more of the fans in Germany will be from the US. They have their own World Cup in 2 years. These 'applications' will be bot and touts, all enabled by UEFA giving fans a free hit.
I am not surprised at all. I have seen the fans travel to multiple World Cups. The Euros is different. It is touts, and enabled by UEFA.
It's all pretty boring this UEFA ticket app. I liked the FIFA portal a few years ago, when there was a bit of excitement and tickets dropped sporadically. I would eagerly follow this site for people who seemed to be in the know of when things would drop.
I remember I was on it even when I was taking a shit. With a blink of an eye, the tickets were gone! Needed to refresh constantly..hahaha
I agree that a lot of these are bots and touts, but as an someone living in the US, I would much rather go to the Euros than the World Cup even a home one. This new WC format is going to have a lot of stinky matchups until probably the quarters. Traveling for multiple matches here is going to much more difficult as everything is so spread out (think Euro 2020). It is going to be so hot in comparison to Germany during the WC. Most of the stadiums are American football stadiums not designed for a WC match. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think there's a lot of people like me here that think these Euros will be a lot better experience than the WC (and Copa America as well).
it is touts for at least 90% of those orders if not more clueless and desperate people are paying well over 500€ for fans first tickets for a group game, that's tout's dream. apart from that current uefa ticket policy is ideal for resellers. unlimited ticket forwarding with basically no limitations ... as if they asked them what to do! all plain awful !!!!!
Yup, the next few World Cups are going to be hugely expensive, I guess Fifa have thrown out any phoney concerns about the environment along with toadying up to Middle Eastern despots. I wonder if Germans feel the same about the next Euros in the UK as I do about Germany having the best infrastructure and football culture for a tournament? I'm way more excited by Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne and Berlin than I will be by Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London. Anyway I've massively blown my lifetime tournament budget for this one, it'll be local beer gardens from now on, unless I get overexcited again...
Best not to wear any rival team shirts it you're sitting in the wrong section.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...-expected-target-england-first-euro-2024-game
As long as there is plenty of supply for games, I am happy to wait. For example, Switzerland vs. Hungary still has 650 tickets for sale on one site. It sold maybe 60 tickets today, mostly when the seller dropped the price considerably. 130e in total per ticket was the cheapest I saw today, was able to cart ones that cost 180e per ticket in total, but decided to wait still. In my opinion at some stage the prices must come down even more so that the supply will meet the demand. Of course I may be wrong and the 180e tickets were my golden opportunity, but on that case I am quite happy to watch the match in the fan fest.