Well, unbeknownst to me, and at odds with any information I have previously found on the FIFA website, or any other site on the internet come to that, the first of the ticket sales phases for World Cup 2018 Russia has started…??
The Sales Phases are organised as follows:
Sales Phase 1
- Random Selection Lottery Period – From 14th
September to 12th October 2017
- First Come, First Served Period – From 14th
November to 28th November 2017
Sales Phase 2
- Random Selection Lottery Period – From 5th
December 2017 to 31st January 2018
- First Come, First Served Period – From 13th
March to 3rd April 2018
Last Minute Sales Phase – From 18th April to 15th
July 2018
So that means that Yates and I need to sort our ticketing strategy
to make the most of the 5 available opportunities we have to buy tickets. We
need a ticketing strategy as we are after tickets for 8 location-specific matches,
split between St. Petersburg & Moscow, for up to 8 people. This is a
problem in itself as applicants can only apply for a max of up to 7 matches,
and for a maximum of up to 4 tickets per match. But we have a cunning plan…..
If ticketing works out the way it has over the past handful
of World Cups, we will get some of the tickets we want in each sales phase,
with the only real sticking point being getting our hands on tickets for the
World Cup Final, which we have been unable to do for the past 6 World Cup Tournaments.
But we will be in Moscow at the time of the Final and will try everything we
can to get are sweaty little hands on those oh so elusive Finals tickets….
Wish
us luck…!
