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milladam
Post subject: Ashes 2014
PostPosted: 12:10 on 7th Feb 2013

Joined: 12:08 on 7th Feb 2013
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 hi,

im looking to purchase 2 tickets for the sydney test in 2014. does anyone know when the tickets will be released to be purchased??

Adam
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Minhosa
Post subject: Re: Ashes 2014
PostPosted: 14:03 on 7th Feb 2013

Joined: 08:07 on 21st Jul 2010
Posts: 92
 I don't know hen they will be released but if it is anything like last time it will be around June/ July time.

I would keep an eye on the CA website or this forum... :)

M
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anothercricketfan
Post subject: Re: Ashes 2014
PostPosted: 16:27 on 7th Feb 2013

Joined: 15:57 on 16th Jul 2012
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 ive just been looking on cricket australia site i rekon i might buy tickets for as many games as i can when the come out. i take it they dlevier to uk? or do ya pick them up? just trying to get my head round it.
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addtamx
Post subject: Re: Ashes 2014
PostPosted: 21:10 on 7th Feb 2013

Joined: 21:02 on 9th May 2008
Posts: 748
Location: Australia
anothercricketfan Wrote:
ive just been looking on cricket australia site i rekon i might buy tickets for as many games as i can when the come out. i take it they dlevier to uk? or do ya pick them up? just trying to get my head round it.


Tickets go on sale first to members of the Australian cricket family. To get in on this initial sale you need to a) first become a member b) Pay with a credit card with an Australian billing address......I'm not sure if they will post to the UK or not at this stage??

They will then go on general sale a week or so later where you can purchase with an Eng credit card and they will certainly post to the UK.

If you have friends etc in Oz that can purchase for you in the initial sale then that is obviously ideal, if not I wouldn't worry too much........in 06/07 when they introduced this crap system getting tickets was very hard, last time though was much easier.....don't think I heard of anyone missing out during the general sale.

I wouldn't think demand will be any greater this time.
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perth spitfire
Post subject: Re: Ashes 2014
PostPosted: 21:12 on 7th Feb 2013

Joined: 14:45 on 31st Jan 2013
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 In previous years and I have no doubt the same will be for this year, the tickets have been sold in stages,

Stage one is someone who is a member of the Australian Cricket Family (ACF) and have an Australian address.

Stage two is a member of the ACF who have an overseas address

Stage three is open to anyone, but no guarantee that all tickets for all days are left.

The ACF is free to join, so may well be what you need to do.
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Big Harvey
Post subject: Re: Ashes 2014
PostPosted: 20:22 on 8th Feb 2013

Joined: 09:14 on 23rd Apr 2008
Posts: 2208
perth spitfire Wrote:
In previous years and I have no doubt the same will be for this year, the tickets have been sold in stages,

Stage one is someone who is a member of the Australian Cricket Family (ACF) and have an Australian address.

Stage two is a member of the ACF who have an overseas address

Stage three is open to anyone, but no guarantee that all tickets for all days are left.

The ACF is free to join, so may well be what you need to do.


Not entirely accurate.

Last time (and the time before) there were only two stages. As far as getting tickets went, there was no advantage to being a member of the ACF unless you had an Australian address and credit card.

There were tickets guaranteed to be available for all days of all matches when the tickets went on general sale, regardless of whether the ACF allocations sold out in the first stage.

If you wanted tickets for days where the ACF allocation had sold out, you needed to get in quick, but they were certainly available at stage 2, and plenty of people got them that way, including ACF members who had missed out at stage 1.

Of course, there's no guarantee that they'll do things the same way this time, so feel free to join the ACF. To give yourself a genuine advantage though, your best bet is to get someone you know in Australia to join the ACF and buy your tickets for you.

I did hear of a few people last time who successfully bought tickets in stage 1 with UK credit cards. My understanding is that by doing that you're running the risk of getting your tickets cancelled, so I wouldn't personally recommend it. I didn't hear any stories of that actually happening though.

I can confirm that any tickets bought when they go on general sale can be mailed to a UK address. At least I know for certain that's been the case for the last 3 or more Ashes tours.
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