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  1. Maybe five minutes or less to leave the station, then you're in that grassy path area in the photo above for ten minutes or so (great place to drink a few cans) and then you're there 

  2. Just now, Pie Of The Month said:

    I'm not going any further to see if it blocks it but it's letting me tick the box to resell my SSC tickets despite the fact they are meant to be non-transferable.

    Non-transferable is more to do with the tickets once they are in the mobile ticketing application on the phone. 

  3. 17 hours ago, welshbairn said:

    Hearing that Slovakia fans were offered tickets yesterday, maybe that was what the playing about with the portal was about. 

    It appears on mine too but only on some pages. That menu has also always been a tad temperamental though. Also now https://euro2024-resale.tickets.uefa.com/ is locked again, where it previously this week you could enter, or for months it showed an error. 

    There was a big sale in the last few hours today with all matches, but it stopped abruptly for half an hour and now all traditional links to the portals just show a long queue. 

     

  4. I don't think it would have been anything to do with the Slovakian FA.  More just the best way to get rid of unsold Slovakian tickets at this stage, given they are currently probably the lowest supported team in a pretty unattractive group if you aren't from Belgium/Romania.  As you saw elsewhere, there were people on Thursday who received offers as "fans of" Slovakia but this was likely unrelated to Wednesday.  

    Wednesday was definitely to do with the resale platform.  You could see in the background that ticket availability had changed and were being added in preparation for the opening later on.  Plus in those hours of the queue on the usual link, the resale link was open, with no queue, although you couldn't add any tickets up for resale at that time.  So once again, if anyone is still considering buying tickets from a tout website and hasn't already done so, really hold off and wait for the resale platform unless you enjoy throwing money away.    

  5. 2 hours ago, Dunfermline Don said:

    I am driving over with the family so I won’t need the long distance trains. 
    I have Airbnbs booked outside of the cities near Munich, Cologne and Stuttgart for a few days around each of the games so that should be ideal for getting into the cities with the local public transport rather than driving. 

    is it just a download on your phone or is there a physical ticket available as well?

    Are these airbnbs close enough to be within each host city's regional catchment area for local transport (ie. as part of the 36 hour included regional travel)? If you are only using the train to go to the host city from your airbnb, then most is included with the 36 hours? Depends on your other plans on non match day if they were to involve local trains, but maybe the 49 euro would not be worth it? Google city/town name and cross-reference it with the transport network on the relevant map on the "ticket holders travel benefits" website, but most likely it is part of it.  However if you say the place is 40km out of Munich it may not be tbf, though you were recommended the MVV app so it sounds like it is.  Or is that the whole reason you are interested in the Deutschland Ticket? it a case of being just outside the catchment area?

    https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/event-guide/ticket-holders/ scroll down to 36 hours for the map

  6. 3 hours ago, immcinto said:

    Yep. So let's assume from the 500000 applicants 10000 got their tix that leaves 490000 chasing the tickets that are resold on UEFA that were not grabbed by the touts. 1000 if you're lucky? So I reckon a 0.1% chance. Round that to 0% chance and that leaves two options - buy from the professional resellers or go to Fanzone. I would love to be wrong BTW. 

    500,000 ticket requests is not equal to 500,000 applicants but sure.

    We won't know until it happens but let's see how many people here end up having success on the resale platform later on.  Not certain about anything, just think it's very much too early to be throwing in the towel and buying from the touts when (SFA tickets aside) we've only had one blind ballot, one heavily subscribed ballot, both where nothing is in your control, and then finally the resale platform where everything is in your hands.  My opinion though is that if we were to quantify your chances of getting the game on the resale portal it is much higher than 0.1& or 1%.  But if you have extra cash to burn, or no time, then go for it.  

  7. 8 hours ago, immcinto said:

    What are these tickets you refer to? I strongly suspect the official resale platform will be oversubscribed and chances of getting tickets this way will be 1% at best. Just to give you some stats here - 500000 tickets applications were made for the Hungary game. 

    Ha yes I saw the tweets the other day too. 

    A one percent chance? It's much higher than one percent. Not even sure how someone could quantify that. But it's not as slim as you'd think. Then the resale platform and subsequent sales days are not for you

  8. 23 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:

    Email confirmation or not the waiting game will continue until the day / 2 days before the game, though.

    UEFA won't be releasing the tickets to mobile devices until then and surely until they do the reseller obviously can't send them on?

    I'm in that boat for the Swiss game but doubt I'll fully relax about them until A the tickets are in my app and B they've been activated and let me through the turnstile.

    Why the day or two days before? Tickets from UEFA come roughly three weeks before in most cases for group matches, sometimes slightly shorter sometimes longer.  If the seller on the tout website is legit they (the scummy piece of sh*te) too will send it in a timely manner as they probably have lots of tickets to deal with.  Then once you have it on your mobile ticketing app, there are zero problems from then on.

    But for me, no need to pay touts for something I can find myself.  But I understand if you don't have the desire or patience or ability for the official resale platform, and to queue in any last minute sales situation.  No judgement though, it's whatever you are comfortable to pay for access to the same football game whether it's 30/60 euro, the dearer categories, way above face value for the same ticket, hospitality etc.  as long as you are there 

  9. 3 hours ago, welshbairn said:

    My bet is the 30th, that's when it happened for 20/21. They usually play about with the portal leading up to it though, so maybe tomorrow or Friday.

    The 30th was the general expectation across the community too.  But yesterday in the source code it changed to reveal an initial payment deadline of the 29th (and usually this then gets extended by a few days after the deadline expires).  Unless it was just some sort of placeholder, this would point to a reveal by Friday as you say.  Good luck to all, whenever it ends up being.  

  10. There are one or two properly moderated FB groups that do a good job as a place to safely trade tickets, or places such as BigSoccer forum which are mostly safe aside from a few people.

    But I'd personally hold tight for now.  It's an awkward time to make a deal and in most cases unless the perfect offer came along from someone super reliable (eg. trustworthy, good track record and won't go back on their word) you may as well wait the five weeks until everyone has their next ballot results and then there will be loads of spares flying around.  

  11. 6 hours ago, Arch Stanton said:

    I don't have match tickets so was on the bahn.de website bang on 11pm (12am CET) to book tickets from Munich to Cologne on Sunday 16th. Cheapest at a reasonable time was €48  but lunchtime and afternoon fares were double that.

    Advice is, book as early as you can.

    Yes definitely.  Know your way around the website, and have a first and second option .  For the popular days, the trains even sell out after a few minutes (or the price increases).   The prices are higher than expected as some people had already bought them as part of group bookings (which have been open for longer) or a few other booking tricks.  

  12. 20 hours ago, welshbairn said:

    Any tips on the best places on the trains for reserving a seat? 

    It comes down to what you need and if you like to walk around the train often. 

    Maybe aisle maybe on a table? If it's an after midnight one and you want to sleep then maybe window. 

    A carriage closer to the restaurant cart if you plan to want to use it. 

    Also is important if it's anyone's first time is just to look in advance on the platform where your carriage will line up once the train gets there. It will be on the electronic destination signs, and/or on a board somewhere on platform. Yes it's common sense for most people but if you've never taken a train like that before it saves you having to rush to the carriage (or miss it, just get on), especially when the train is only at platform for 40 seconds in some cases. 

  13. 11 hours ago, betting competition said:

    Booked the ICE train this morning, price of train was really expensive which was a surprise as it was the first day booking.  Ended up booking first class as the same price - 5 min change at Cologne worries me though 

    Many people on the very popular german football tickets forum (the last two midnights have been popular booking times for them too for heading to the opener from various locales) have also noticed that not all the trains started at the rock bottom saver price.  One reason may be because certain routes aren't yet finalised for how long the carriages will be.  And of course to be quick as the prices go up after a few minutes.  It's my turn to try tonight so let's see how it goes.  I just want one or two important train bookings made at this price but will wait for the football trains on Jan 17th for the rest of bookings.

    And yes, I would hesitate to book a 5 minute change.  I take the ICE all the time around that part of Germany and half the time you end up with a ten minute delay for whatever reason as for example somewhere you had to wait for a late train to pass on the track if you aren't late departing yourself.  I'd be happy with 15 or 20 minutes minimum.  Pick up a pretzel or something from the station bakery and then wait for the next train.  

  14. 3 hours ago, Billy Jean King said:

    Pretty sure it's a ticket specific to a game in that region for the 36hr free local travel window. For example having a ticket to the Scotland game in Munich wont allow you to travel on local trains around Cologne for free even during the 36hr validity window. It would only allow travel in and around the specified area around Munich. 

    The one sort of thing that may catch those out that are familiar with the region and the usual travel areas, is that for EURO they have combined the VRR and VRS travel regions.  Usually these are separate and you need to really be aware of which city/town is in each when going to any club football and using the included travel, but for EURO a ticket to a match in either Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Cologne is enough to go between either of the two transport regions during the 36 hours (6am matchday til 6pm the following day).   Check the map down the page here https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/event-guide/ticket-holders/

  15. 11 hours ago, Stevie Kirk said:

    Apologies if covered already ! 
     

    I’m planning on travelling from Rotterdam to Cologne by train the morning before the Switzerland game - I’m assuming that means no free transport option ( on the German leg) as it’s too early for the 36 hour window ?
     

    Secondly does anyone know a good website for booking this type of train journey? It’s maybe just too early to book for June ATM but I can’t seem to find any options so if anybody could give me any pointers or any tips on discounts etc would be greatly appreciated. 👍

    You're right in there being no free transport for you that early. 

    Preferably book on https://int.bahn.de/en or https://www.nsinternational.com/ these are the national carriers. The 2nd link you can even set reminder emails (I do one for the date before the day I want to travel too). 

    Keep an eye on whether the official euro 2024 train deal end up adding a long distance service that would suit your trip. https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/event-guide/ticket-holders/

  16. Indeed you will know the two teams who are playing in that match, and yes it can be two teams from any two pots that end up in group e. It will be very clear and obvious when watching the draw, though the kickoff time will be likely released hours later. 

  17. 2 hours ago, Arch Stanton said:

    Cheers for that. Using similar thinking I've booked Neuss for the 4 Rhineland cities, Nuremberg for Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich, and Hannover for Hamburg, Berlin and Leipzig.

    Thank you for the Neuss recommendation. It wasn't open for booking back when I did most accomodation reservations but it's definitely a little easier than the Dusseldorf option I have booked for a few separate blocks of dates. Can cancel those one now. 

    Stuttgart is the only place I never booked Accommodation for any matches. I wonder if I'll end up being sent there after Saturday evening's draw. 

  18. 11 hours ago, Super Staggie said:

    Thinking of just city hopping and just camping? I know it's a bit clique but would be a laugh. Thoughts?

    It's definitely possible. I know the Danes and the Dutch supporters clubs both had camping offers in their recent email, and have seen Germans advertising places in small towns near host cities to pitch up tents or park campervans. You definitely won't be alone in the thinking! Would be a fun adventure 

  19. 9 minutes ago, VictorOnopko said:

    Got tickets for pot 3 v pot 4 teams in TBC group in Munich on 17/6. So theoretically could be a Scotland match. 

    Worst case scenario would be the Welsh of but hopefully they're not in it. 

    More like guaranteed Group E but TBC from which two pots they come from :)

    But yes hopefully Scotland.  

  20. 7 hours ago, Sugar_Army said:

    Fir my own

    8 different names

    8 different emails addresses

    6 different home addresses

    All but two if the accounts had been set up previously for other tournaments so was just a case of logging in and applying for Euro 24.

    Used 2 laptops and two mobiles.

    All done using VPN/Incognito

    I know two other mates put in one application each.

    Not sure how my third mate did his, think he used 4 different names/addresses using different computers/phones and different Internet providers.

    None of the tickets were linked using the linking ID for tickets to sit together.

    We a put in for tickets all the way through to the final, which should not have been am issue if it is a fair ballot but might have flagged up something  ;)

    It is what it is. Just have to suck it up and hope we get lucky further down the line.

     

     

     

    While I took took extra care in every account application on a different network, device, address etc.,  I've seen enough evidence on other popular euro forums to believe it had no impact on ballot results. 

    Yes UEFA have done extensive fingerprinting previously for ballot applications but I'm told by those who "looked under the bonnet" that not everything was there this time. Personally I don't believe the bots story that they ran, or that it was pretty insignificant overall. 

    The ballot results seemed pretty in line with expectations. Most people applying for the big games, weekends, the Western venues, cheaper categories which there are less and less of in this phase. This is the toughest tournament for ticketing since maybe Brazil 14 or Germany 06. UEFA blatantly withholding tickets to a handful of games such as M25 too. Having any success in an application seemed to be at an average of about 5 percent. 

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