Finals Tickets

[Monocology 1,109]

12 minutes ago, DemonTux said:

*table flip* mcc tickets sold out in like 6 minutes AGAIN. oh well... camping out front again. Hope the MFC still gets us drinks like on Friday.

Now in same boat. What time you plann'n on queueing from?

[trout 385]

Curious if any MCC / MFC members are going to pay for a reserved seat with there MFC membership? I am not sure weather to spend $75 bucks to reserve a seat or wait in line for a couple of hours.

[demon191919 60]

1 minute ago, trout said:

Curious if any MCC / MFC members are going to pay for a reserved seat with there MFC membership? I am not sure weather to spend $75 bucks to reserve a seat or wait in line for a couple of hours.

I'm planning on waiting in line. The other option is applying for the dining room ballot which gives you a reserved seat and would end up being less than $75 I believe 

[trout 385]

18 minutes ago, demon191919 said:

I'm planning on waiting in line. The other option is applying for the dining room ballot which gives you a reserved seat and would end up being less than $75 I believe 

Cheers, thanks for the heads up.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,468]

49 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Out of curiosity I stuck with the computer browser. After 35 minutes, got through, enter barcode ...

 There are no tickets available that match
the entitlements of this password or group code.

I owe someone a beer!

That's because you already used your barcode to buy tickets on the phone

[jnrmac 20,375]

50 minutes ago, Rafiki said:

I cant get any tickets in the MCC anywhere.. the site must be broken. I was in there at 12

I got in at around 12:05 and got 5 tix?

[Wilbur 447]

Missed out  on  these  ones.  ill try the  walk  ups  and  il be  carrying a very  big  stick  so no  cutting in   got it ?

[Diamond_Jim 12,773]

Interesting contrast between the approach of the AFL and the MCC to selling finals tickets in their respective membership reserves.

Both roughly the same size:

AFL sells as many as it can as pre-reserved and then allows walk up for what is left.

MCC seems to sell around one third as pre-reserved and then has walk up for the rest. (Not sure how many they allot by ballot for the GF.)

I know its traditional for MCC members to walk up but one wonders if it is the future.

Edited September 10, 2018 by Diamond_Jim

[MT64 1,148]

1 hour ago, Monocology said:

Now in same boat. What time you plann'n on queueing from?

Four of us missed out on MCC reserved seats in our group so around 1pm we shall be there. Gates open at five so four hours to kill. Geez that's a game of golf.

[deebug 1,754]

12 minutes ago, MT64 said:

Four of us missed out on MCC reserved seats in our group so around 1pm we shall be there. Gates open at five so four hours to kill. Geez that's a game of golf.

Make sure the toilet is open as well or it could get very messy.

[deebug 1,754]

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

went to ticketek outlet. No wait and got M9 (did "have" M13 online) so not so bad. Also saved the $7.50 booking fee.

And I used the "rejected" credit card with no problems

ticketek can gagf

Glad you were able to tickets dc?

[frankie_d 1,471]

1 hour ago, trout said:

Curious if any MCC / MFC members are going to pay for a reserved seat with there MFC membership? I am not sure weather to spend $75 bucks to reserve a seat or wait in line for a couple of hours.

Yep - just bought one for me and one for the son and heir

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

Missed out of MCC tickets (reserved seats). I am a full member and will line up. Fortunately I am a school teacher and can cut away from work around 2.30. Just wondering what people's experiences were last week. As in, what time did you arrive. Once the gate opened how long did it take for the line to progress to the entrance. 

[DeeGee 181]

1 minute ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Missed out of MCC tickets (reserved seats). I am a full member and will line up. Fortunately I am a school teacher and can cut away from work around 2.30. Just wondering what people's experiences were last week. As in, what time did you arrive. Once the gate opened how long did it take for the line to progress to the entrance. 

I got to the line at 4.30 and the gates opened at 5 pm. Once they opened it didn’t take long to get in. By 5.25 the only walk up seats we could get (there were 6 of us) was at the top of level 4. 

Couldnt get tix today, so will be a similar experience this Friday.

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

2 minutes ago, DeeGee said:

I got to the line at 4.30 and the gates opened at 5 pm. Once they opened it didn’t take long to get in. By 5.25 the only walk up seats we could get (there were 6 of us) was at the top of level 4. 

Couldnt get tix today, so will be a similar experience this Friday.

Thanks Dee Gee,

 

So how far back were you in the line up when you rolled up at 4.30? 

[Arrow 1,257]

13 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Thanks Dee Gee,

 

So how far back were you in the line up when you rolled up at 4.30? 

Drove past the line at 4:45 and they know set up cow herding barricades so people can't cut in like they used too but had it been a straight line like the old days it would've been at the Pullman. The line gets considerable from about 3:30 onwards so given you are lucky and can knock off early I'd suggest getting there around that time (3:00-3:15ish) and you'll be maybe 500-1000 back and a certainty for a pick of Level 1, 2 or 3 seat depending on your preference. The moment you get your seat at 5 and get your card you can bugger off to the pub or for dinner or head home for a while depending on location and arrive 2 and a half hours later ready to rumble 

[Males 578]

3 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

A hearty thank you to who suggested using a phone.

I got nervous after seeing the "Thousands of AFL fans are transacting right now. The Ticketek website is up and running and you are in a queue, waiting for your turn." message on my computer screen for an uncomfortably long time.

Got on the phone, got through the queue in the first 10 seconds, enter barcode etc ... select seat, go to pay YOUR SESSION HAS TIMED OUT

Get f***ed! still had 6 minutes on it!

Back on, this time success.

And the whole time, the computer browser has been patiently sitting in the chumps queue and still is. "Thousands of chumps  are transacting right now. The Ticketek website is up and running and you are in a queue, waiting for your turn. This is a normal part of our f***ed up operation."

Thank you again!

I'd check your email, you may have still gotten those tickets? I had the same thing happen, told me I had timed out when I payed, luckily I then checked my email, there were the tickets. ?

[Woodyy 26]

looking for a MCC visitors ticket can be adult or child, it would mean i can sit with my Dad and Sister- cheers.

[DeeGee 181]

20 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Thanks Dee Gee,

 

So how far back were you in the line up when you rolled up at 4.30? 

Hard to say as the line snakes around in corrals. I’d say maybe 200m, but in terms of numbers perhaps 2000-3000.

[Monocology 1,109]

13 minutes ago, Arrow said:

Drove past the line at 4:45 and they know set up cow herding barricades so people can't cut in like they used too but had it been a straight line like the old days it would've been at the Pullman. The line gets considerable from about 3:30 onwards so given you are lucky and can knock off early I'd suggest getting there around that time (3:00-3:15ish) and you'll be maybe 500-1000 back and a certainty for a pick of Level 1, 2 or 3 seat depending on your preference. The moment you get your seat at 5 and get your card you can bugger off to the pub or for dinner or head home for a while depending on location and arrive 2 and a half hours later ready to rumble 

This is good intel - thank you. 

The old 'jibby tummy' trick won't work at the salt mine this Friday for many of us.....

[mrjonesandme 35]

1 hour ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Missed out of MCC tickets (reserved seats). I am a full member and will line up. Fortunately I am a school teacher and can cut away from work around 2.30. Just wondering what people's experiences were last week. As in, what time did you arrive. Once the gate opened how long did it take for the line to progress to the entrance. 

Last week I rocked up at 4.40pm. Line was very long. I got into the ground at 5.12 and found a seat a few rows back behind the players' race. 

[Mazer Rackham 14,972]

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That's because you already used your barcode to buy tickets on the phone

Fair enough. But the map showed nothing available.

Ticketek 1 -- rest of the world 1,000,000

[Mazer Rackham 14,972]

42 minutes ago, Males said:

I'd check your email, you may have still gotten those tickets? I had the same thing happen, told me I had timed out when I payed, luckily I then checked my email, there were the tickets. ?

Yes, got my payment details in with literally 3 seconds to spare. Didn't relax until the email came through.

[Sparkledemon 81]

Absolutely shattered. Missed out on MCC tix and I joined queue at 11:40 as one DL member recommended doing. Tried to then get 3 tix using MFC membership but couldn't get them as I kept getting the message that that amount was not available. I even tried general admission when it opened-nope. I guess I'll be watching on from home

[Watts2Hogan 56]

4 minutes ago, Sparkledemon said:

Absolutely shattered. Missed out on MCC tix and I joined queue at 11:40 as one DL member recommended doing. Tried to then get 3 tix using MFC membership but couldn't get them as I kept getting the message that that amount was not available. I even tried general admission when it opened-nope. I guess I'll be watching on from home

Try again, still category 5, 6 and 7   available.

 

On twitter Ticketek are saying the queuing starts at the insane time, not before hand.

Good luck!