I had this email (in response to some questions around the 2019 premiership circle changes) .... as well as a phone call around 4pm on Friday (cant fault responsiveness and on the phone the RFC team where genuinely happy to explain the changes in a very friendly manor).
(email 1 response)
In regards to the seating – Before every game, you can reserve a seat in Bay N6 through Ticketek. There is a small fee involved in reserving a seat so we have reduced the cost of your membership slightly to compensate for this.
In blockbuster events (Dreamtime, Anzac etc) we will require all Premiership Circle Great Southern Stand members to reserve a seat so you have a guaranteed spot.
As for the rest of the games, as noted above, you can still reserve a seat in N6 OR you can sit anywhere in Bays N1-N5. If you get up to go to the bar/toilet, it is highly unlikely that anyone would take your seat. Someone would have to leave their own seat to take yours and we would hope that as loyal Premiership Circle members, you wouldn’t do that to each other anyway.
And this brings me to the point that we aren’t selling this membership to anyone else. The current members will remain the only members. So therefore, it won’t be anyone you don’t already know in these seats/bays that could be in your seats.
The main idea behind this wasn’t to sell more seats and memberships, rather, to give you guys more flexibility in seating if there were better seats in front of you not being used.
email 2 response
Further to the below email, I can confirm:
- $0 booking fee for Etihad game
- Approx. $3.50 booking fee for all seats reserved (Including Blockbuster games)
- We haven’t finalised when you can reserve seats yet. We will let you all know when we have made a decision
The only thing that raised me eyebrow was that if this "wasn’t to sell more seats and memberships, rather, to give you guys more flexibility in seating" and the members raised a complaint, then why the change. For me they should have pushed hard for those not using their seats by Wed/Thursday - allowing them to be available for anyone via Ticketeck - and giving some credit/$$$ back to those not using the seats.
Is what it is now. roll on 2019 - I'll bet as creatures of habit we will simply go and sit in our 2018 seats LOL !!!