Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:21 pm  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

Yes, but if your supposedly putting on a premium rugby league event you should plan it like a premium rugby league event. Things like holding the game in London on a Saturday afternoon rather than a Sunday afternoon as that makes it far easier for people to travel to and from, especially if you want to present it as an "event". And perhaps if you are holding a double header in Coventry you might consider the timing of the games, so that its actually possible for some of your target audience to get their train home after the last match. Just those little things, that sensible people organising an event would consider.

The RFL often gets a lot of undue criticism, however this along with changing a kick off time a few weeks out is truly amateur.

Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:53 pm  

I recently (last week) enquired to the RFL tickets, about buying group tickets for the Huddersfield game as there are a few of us wanting tickets, needless to say i haven't heard a reply from them!
perhaps they would rather those people spend money elsewhere?

Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:58 pm  

meast wrote:

I recently (last week) enquired to the RFL tickets, about buying group tickets for the Huddersfield game as there are a few of us wanting tickets, needless to say i haven't heard a reply from them!
perhaps they would rather those people spend money elsewhere?

The sad thing is, they know people like us will still persist and buy the tickets regardless. Customer service is non-existent in RL.

Re: Promo code for tickets : Sat Oct 08, 2016 2:51 pm  

UllFC wrote:

I agree the timing of the games seems odd.

That said they have now opened part of the Upper Tier for Olympic Stadium, so sales must be decent. Had a quick scan of tickets for Coventry and there doesn't seem to be a single block sold out which isn't the best of starts, but still a few weeks to go.

Part of the upper tier has opened up at the Olympic Stadium, but most of the new tickets to go on sale are in the cheapest category. Over half the sections on sale are now at category 4 (the cheapest). This suggests to me that sales aren't going great.

Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:00 am  

21K sold for Huddersfield, so not far off a sell-out, but sales look to be less successful for Coventry & London, but they are of course bigger grounds and the games are further away.

the RFL's marketing machine has belatedly stuttered in to action we now have posters on the Tube, on buses and Radio Ad's

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:13 am  

Need more than posters.

Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:34 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Part of the upper tier has opened up at the Olympic Stadium, but most of the new tickets to go on sale are in the cheapest category. Over half the sections on sale are now at category 4 (the cheapest). This suggests to me that sales aren't going great.

All the advertising is "tickets from [lowest price]." So they will inevitably attract people who think they'll give it a go but won't pay more than the minimum. The RFL are effectively saying they themselves don't think it's worth more than the minimum.

Not only that, but as somebody who for years paid top price for tickets at internationals, I now go for cheap ones. Reason is that at one big game years ago they let people in for £10 on the day and into better seats than I'd paid £50 for.

Re: Promo code for tickets : Thu Oct 13, 2016 4:56 pm  

Dally wrote:

All the advertising is "tickets from [lowest price]." So they will inevitably attract people who think they'll give it a go but won't pay more than the minimum. The RFL are effectively saying they themselves don't think it's worth more than the minimum.

Not only that, but as somebody who for years paid top price for tickets at internationals, I now go for cheap ones. Reason is that at one big game years ago they let people in for £10 on the day and into better seats than I'd paid £50 for.

I agree the amount of promo codes, Groupon offers etc doesn't exactly make you want to commit to higher price tickets early on. Also a few years back I paid good money for Challenge Cup Final seats down the side, and ended up below a TV gantry with a poor view, since then i've just booked cheap seats on the end as the atmosphere is better anyway.

Re: Promo code for tickets : Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:37 pm  

England - NZ is now sold out

Re: Promo code for tickets : Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:19 pm  

UllFC wrote:

England - NZ is now sold out

Great news with 11 days to go too. Hopefully London and Coventry will kick-on on the back of this. Next time we host the four nations is like to see St James Park, City of Manchester Stadium and Olympic stadium be the host venues. Time to get away from these small 25k stadiums IMO