Phoenix Christchurch Game dates moved.

 

not beyond their control.... it was beyond there control that the stadium was unavailable and a solution had to be found...

 

and what they have done is swaped the fixtures around which has put alot of us out of pocket...

 

If all the home games had been in wellington then there wouldnt be an issue...as they werent then there is an issue and whether or not people blame the club or the stadium a substantial amount of them are hundreds of dollars out of pocket which is not there fault either but they are the ones that are having to pay for it

 

off the top of my head without knowing the in's and outs of rules...

 

change date of game - mid week

postpone till end of season

move to mclean park/fmg/basin reserve - travelling distance for most wellingtonians.

 

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reverse adelaides with us for this date... so we play adelaides at westpac when we were meant to be playing at adelaide and then adelaide have home game v phoenix on 5th december. 

 

reverse...

adelaide v phoenix 22nd october

phoenix v phoenix 5th december

 

 

 

Luckily only booked flights - $200 retrun for two of us. I'm sure the stadium people will give me a refund when I write in...

 

All this for a washed up bogan

 

Though yes do feel sorry for those who have already booked flights and time off  is one reason why games shouldnt be taken away like this in the first place.

 

Also another possible solution was a midweek game...in Wellington.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's obvious from reading these posts that the club have pissed off a lot of people, but I'm not entirely sure it's justified.

 

When you buy airline tickets you can buy refundable ones, it's just that they're more expensive. I'm not sure the club should be held responsible for the fact that you didn't. Just because you don't choose to read the small print doesn't mean it isn't there.

 

Concert goers put up with this stuff all the time because bands are forever cancelling shows, moving the date, getting nicked at customs etc. Anytime I buy tickets to go to Auckland for a gig, which I do regularly, I am always aware there's a risk of being out of pocket.

 

On the other hand individual bands don't necessarily expect me to have a repeat purchase experience with them quite like a football club does.

 

 

Only those who got non-refundable tickets to chch are affetced. Sucks for them.

 

However the alternative is moving another game away. This means every single season pass holder loses out on a game worth approx $30. OR theyd have to spend more money travelling to see this game. Overall,that is much worse.

 

This is all assuming that a midweek game was not possible due to FFA or the tv rights holders not allowing it.

 

A move to the following midweek would have seemed the sensible option to me, thus leaving the Chch fixture as it was. Basically any scenario that left the original Chch game where it was would've been preferable!

 

Here's another affect it's had - I might not get a season ticket now because this move now means I would already be missing 2 Westpac games, rather than just one as it was under the original arrangement. I can't go to Christchurch either that weekend, so that's 3 games from the 15 out, therefore the season ticket value goes down a fair bit.

 

Because clubs observe the novel concept of playing home games at home, the issue simply doesn't arise.

 

Did anyone take travel insurance out? It's normally $25 extra on the flights with Air NZ. And if so, does this meet the criteria and allow you to get your non-flexi flights refunded? I must admit I generally don't bother on cheap flights, but it might have mileage for some.

 

Also, Air NZ *might* be sympathetic and cut you a deal. I've always found them good like that - but I am Gold Elite status - whereas the other airlines don't want to know. Ask them nicely and it might work. I had a fixed fee booking for flights and hotels in Auckland last year for the marathon and pulled out because of injury. Both hotel and flights let me transfer without penalty when I asked nicely if it was possible to do something and neither were obliged to do anything.

 

It would be much worse because it would mean the season tickets sold to date would require have to be offered the right to refund their season ticket or at least a refund of the amount of the match being lost. Easy to see why the club swapped the games around - fixture date changes (as opposed to reducing number of games covered) stays within the season ticket purchase conditions.

 

Assuming that wasnt possible due to TV reasons,my personal opinion is they have chosen the option with the least overall damage to club members.

 

TV networks having a cry about it is the only excuse ill accept to not changing it to a midweek game.