ST waiting list experience

[Nevi]

I've joined the waiting list in may 2024 over a year ago. Confirmation email stating my place is row 4 seat 13 whatever that means. In comparison if you'd join today your place would be row 60 seat 59.
Was fully expecting to be in front of the queue but haven't received invitation email. With community shield tickets being released out of desperation I've contacted box office and been told my place in the queue approximately 3100.
I find it hard to believe it could take another few years to get in front. Old forum post searching people waited no longer that a year.
I get the team is right on the top now, record renewal rate, only 300 new season ticket this year. But 3100? Joined way over a year ago.
The only way I can think of it there's tons of users joined the waiting list and never bothered to accept invitation and they're forever stuck at the front.
What was your experience of the waiting list and finally getting a st?

 

[martin2412]

I've joined the waiting list in may 2024 over a year ago. Confirmation email stating my place is row 4 seat 13 whatever that means. In comparison if you'd join today your place would be row 60 seat 59.
Was fully expecting to be in front of the queue but haven't received invitation email. With community shield tickets being released out of desperation I've contacted box office and been told my place in the queue approximately 3100.
I find it hard to believe it could take another few years to get in front. Old forum post searching people waited no longer that a year.
I get the team is right on the top now, record renewal rate, only 300 new season ticket this year. But 3100? Joined way over a year ago.
The only way I can think of it there's tons of users joined the waiting list and never bothered to accept invitation and they're forever stuck at the front.
What was your experience of the waiting list and finally getting a st?

Didn't have a waiting list when I got mine. Then again, not everyone wanted to watch championship football.

 

[grundfunken]

I joined the waiting list in Feb this year and got the invitation email on Thursday as per the website. I thought the process was surprisingly straightforward so yours might have got stuck somewhere. Assume you checked spam etc

 

[Nevi]

I joined the waiting list in Feb this year and got the invitation email on Thursday as per the website. I thought the process was surprisingly straightforward so yours might have got stuck somewhere. Assume you checked spam etc

Thanks for confirming they screw up something. I've been constantly checking all mails since 9th July.

 

[Nevi]

That's the screenshots with all dates. Will try to contact them again.

 

[Isley46]

Thanks for confirming they screw up something. I've been constantly checking all mails since 9th July.

Have you checked your Spam / Junk - mrs email notification ended up in Spam

 

[Nevi]

Have you checked your Spam / Junk - mrs email notification ended up in Spam

Nothing in there.
When your mrs joined the list?

 

[Isley46]

I've joined the waiting list in may 2024 over a year ago. Confirmation email stating my place is row 4 seat 13 whatever that means. In comparison if you'd join today your place would be row 60 seat 59.
Was fully expecting to be in front of the queue but haven't received invitation email. With community shield tickets being released out of desperation I've contacted box office and been told my place in the queue approximately 3100.
I find it hard to believe it could take another few years to get in front. Old forum post searching people waited no longer that a year.
I get the team is right on the top now, record renewal rate, only 300 new season ticket this year. But 3100? Joined way over a year ago.
The only way I can think of it there's tons of users joined the waiting list and never bothered to accept invitation and they're forever stuck at the front.
What was your experience of the waiting list and finally getting a st?

I don't think its straight forward - especially since Ticketmaster took over.

I know of lots who managed to get Season tickets straight after Covid without much of a wait.

We originally signed up for waiting list 2-3 seasons ago got an email to purchase but when went online none were available (just when ticketmaster took over) - Gave up trying for ST - didn't know if we 'kept our place' in ST line - weren't really bothered at the time and moved on (was watching Son play academy football at the time so couldn't make lots of KO times anyway)

This year we thought maybe try again and entered waiting list in Feb (2025) - paying again for both myself and Mrs.

I received an email last week saying priority to purchase ST (Mrs didn't but transpires her email was in Spam) - logged in at allocated time and managed to purchase two in Upper HOL - linked as friends and family (albeit not together-only different rows available).
At first the system kicked us out at the basket and said unable to purchase - second try the purchase went through and got a purchase confirmation email.

Don't know if our original buy-in to waiting list had cycled around to the top or the earlier in the year waiting list purchase was the one that kicked in.

Personally, I think it's pot luck and the box office don't really know what the list is or who is near the top.

 

[Nevi]

I don't think its straight forward - especially since Ticketmaster took over.

I know of lots who managed to get Season tickets straight after Covid without much of a wait.

We originally signed up for waiting list 2-3 seasons ago got an email to purchase but when went online none were available (just when ticketmaster took over) - Gave up trying for ST - didn't know if we 'kept our place' in ST line - weren't really bothered at the time and moved on (was watching Son play academy football at the time so couldn't make lots of KO times anyway)

This year we thought maybe try again and entered waiting list in Feb (2025) - paying again for both myself and Mrs.

I received an email last week saying priority to purchase ST (Mrs didn't but transpires her email was in Spam) - logged in at allocated time and managed to purchase two in Upper HOL - linked as friends and family (albeit not together-only different rows available).
At first the system kicked us out at the basket and said unable to purchase - second try the purchase went through and got a purchase confirmation email.

Don't know if our original buy-in to waiting list had cycled around to the top or the earlier in the year waiting list purchase was the one that kicked in.

Personally, I think it's pot luck and the box office don't really know what the list is or who is near the top.

Thanks for sharing. I did contact them again. Will see. Not expecting much. I was interested in lower homesdale C-D-E blocks only. Most likely gone by now.