2025 Season Tickets/Renewals

[FChairbanks]

Every time I've purchased tickets for a large group of friends who come into town for a game the best larger blocks of adjacent seats and rows is on the west side. I think they hold blocks back on that side for alumni groups and other special event options at a higher price (as @FightCu1414 mentioned above).

 

[CarolinaBuff]

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

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The Prime Effect thread is over there

 

[hokiehead]

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given that they never publicize which and how many tickets are sold as season packages, I question how significant this is.

for all we know, the CUAD is really enjoying the premiums on individual seats that come with dynamic pricing and thus lowering the number of seats designated for season tickets YoY (I'm not saying that's what they're doing).

 

[CarolinaBuff]

given that they never publicize which and how many tickets are sold as season packages, I question how significant this is.

for all we know, the CUAD is really enjoying the premiums on individual seats that come with dynamic pricing and thus lowering the number of seats designated for season tickets YoY (I'm not saying that's what they're doing).

But didn't they say after Prime's first year that they were reducing student tickets and single game sales so they could sell more season tickets? Or maybe I'm remembering that wrong...

 

[Bread]

Has anyone run into this before?

My parents are getting their trust set up since they are getting older and it brought about the conversation of the tickets.

They are in my dad’s name but the emails come to me and I have the login information. We asked the ticket office about transferring the tickets to be in my name so that when my parents pass, I will retain the tickets and Buff Club priority points. The ticket office made it seem like the policy was that tickets can be transferred but not points which is frankly bull**** since I’ve been going to these games for 30 years. They told me to call the Buff Club to hear a more thorough explanation of the policy but wanted to check here and see if anyone has found a way around this or heard a different story from CU?

My initial thought is just always keep them in my dad’s name and since I have the email/login it shouldn’t be an issue? I doubt CU is checking a persons living status.

 

[manhattanbuff]

Has anyone run into this before?

My parents are getting their trust set up since they are getting older and it brought about the conversation of the tickets.

They are in my dad’s name but the emails come to me and I have the login information. We asked the ticket office about transferring the tickets to be in my name so that when my parents pass, I will retain the tickets and Buff Club priority points. The ticket office made it seem like the policy was that tickets can be transferred but not points which is frankly bull**** since I’ve been going to these games for 30 years. They told me to call the Buff Club to hear a more thorough explanation of the policy but wanted to check here and see if anyone has found a way around this or heard a different story from CU?

My initial thought is just always keep them in my dad’s name and since I have the email/login it shouldn’t be an issue? I doubt CU is checking a persons living status.

When your dad passes, don’t tell them. Just keep the points and the legacy going.

 

[66BUFF]

When your dad passes, don’t tell them. Just keep the points and the legacy going.

This. Doubt they have his DOB or SS#

 

[Bread]

When your dad passes, don’t tell them. Just keep the points and the legacy going.

This. Doubt they have his DOB or SS#

Yeah I guess I doubt they have either, maybe DOB? But I’m more wondering if they have any flagging in their system like “hey this guys account says he’s 110 years old and still buying tickets every year. Something seems off”

 

[SewallBeach]

Yeah I guess I doubt they have either, maybe DOB? But I’m more wondering if they have any flagging in their system like “hey this guys account says he’s 110 years old and still buying tickets every year. Something seems off”

They would likely only have his DOB if he was a student or if they sent out some "Fan Profile" email where he willingly submitted it. A good way to check is, if they have it, they probably send a "Happy Birthday" email - otherwise there's really no reason to have it.

The automatic flag almost definitely doesn't exist within the Paciolan system, but if they have the DOB, they could manually check - which would be a lot of work and highly unlikely.

 

[Bread]

They would likely only have his DOB if he was a student or if they sent out some "Fan Profile" email where he willingly submitted it. A good way to check is, if they have it, they probably send a "Happy Birthday" email - otherwise there's really no reason to have it.

The automatic flag almost definitely doesn't exist within the Paciolan system, but if they have the DOB, they could manually check - which would be a lot of work and highly unlikely.

He was a student. But since my email is the one on file for tickets, I would have seen a DOB email if they sent one and he does not get one.

 

[Darth Snow]

Has anyone run into this before?

My parents are getting their trust set up since they are getting older and it brought about the conversation of the tickets.

They are in my dad’s name but the emails come to me and I have the login information. We asked the ticket office about transferring the tickets to be in my name so that when my parents pass, I will retain the tickets and Buff Club priority points. The ticket office made it seem like the policy was that tickets can be transferred but not points which is frankly bull**** since I’ve been going to these games for 30 years. They told me to call the Buff Club to hear a more thorough explanation of the policy but wanted to check here and see if anyone has found a way around this or heard a different story from CU?

My initial thought is just always keep them in my dad’s name and since I have the email/login it shouldn’t be an issue? I doubt CU is checking a persons living status.

Tell them nothing and when they bring you the field for having season tickets for 60 years straight just smile and nod

 

[AeroBuff99]

Has anyone run into this before?

My parents are getting their trust set up since they are getting older and it brought about the conversation of the tickets.

They are in my dad’s name but the emails come to me and I have the login information. We asked the ticket office about transferring the tickets to be in my name so that when my parents pass, I will retain the tickets and Buff Club priority points. The ticket office made it seem like the policy was that tickets can be transferred but not points which is frankly bull**** since I’ve been going to these games for 30 years. They told me to call the Buff Club to hear a more thorough explanation of the policy but wanted to check here and see if anyone has found a way around this or heard a different story from CU?

My initial thought is just always keep them in my dad’s name and since I have the email/login it shouldn’t be an issue? I doubt CU is checking a persons living status.

That has been the policy for at least 20+ years. It is also a good one. Why should you get the priority points from his giving. Maybe you could start donating and building points now.

The policy is designed to reward those who give without penalizing them for not being legacies. It seems gracious enough to let you maintain the same seats. I have been building my priority for over 25 years, doesn't seem right that someone would be able to leapfrog me because they inherited points from their parents.

Worse thing you lose with the loss of priority points would be possible access to post-season and away games.

 

[Bread]

That has been the policy for at least 20+ years. It is also a good one. Why should you get the priority points from his giving. Maybe you could start donating and building points now.

The policy is designed to reward those who give without penalizing them for not being legacies. It seems gracious enough to let you maintain the same seats. I have been building my priority for over 25 years, doesn't seem right that someone would be able to leapfrog me because they inherited points from their parents.

Worse thing you lose with the loss of priority points would be possible access to post-season and away games.

I do donate, but my donations aren’t giving me priority points because I give through our account that I control. I’ve also bought my own post season and away game tickets myself because my parents can’t always travel to those. It would be pointless for me to use my own account to get lesser seats.

And I disagree that it’s a good policy. It does not encourage season ticket holders to continue support through generations. Starting from scratch would likely cause a lot of people to say no.

And it’s not just post season and away tickets. I want to move our seats when the tickets are my own because I want to have a better location. If I had to do that through my own account, I’d likely have a poor selection because of low priority.

 

[AeroBuff99]

I do donate, but my donations aren’t giving me priority points because I give through our account that I control. I’ve also bought my own post season and away game tickets myself because my parents can’t always travel to those. It would be pointless for me to use my own account to get lesser seats.

And I disagree that it’s a good policy. It does not encourage season ticket holders to continue support through generations. Starting from scratch would likely cause a lot of people to say no.

And it’s not just post season and away tickets. I want to move our seats when the tickets are my own because I want to have a better location. If I had to do that through my own account, I’d likely have a poor selection because of low priority.

So switch the tickets to your name now, you get to keep your current location. Then you can build your priority points. Or upgrade seat location while under your dad's name, then switch. The key here is they don't take away your seat location, only the priority ranking. And you can build that ranking by making bigger contributions.

 

[Bread]

So switch the tickets to your name now, you get to keep your current location. Then you can build your priority points. Or upgrade seat location while under your dad's name, then switch. The key here is they don't take away your seat location, only the priority ranking. And you can build that ranking by making bigger contributions.

Right but then we’d lose our priority for post season and away right when my parents are about to retire. So it would be harder to get tickets for games when they can more easily travel.

 

[skibum]

Right but then we’d lose our priority for post season and away right when my parents are about to retire. So it would be harder to get tickets for games when they can more easily travel.

Start buying tickets in your own name/ account now. Don't feel guilty about selling them on the secondary market.

Start making donations in your own name now.

Instead of donating money without strings, buy season tickets to the non- revenue sports (you get more priority points). Even if you give the tickets away, you're better off.

In your parent's account, do nothing beyond the bare minimum to keep the seats. Anything beyond the minimum (by you, or your parents) is done in your account - (unless they need the tax write off).

 

[skibum]

All that being said, priority points mean nothing when it counts.

In the first year of Prime RG threw priority points out the window in determining who got season tickets.

He did not give a **** how high you were in the system when it came to allocating season tickets that year.

And that was when I quit giving **** about them either.

They pretend like they're important, but when it's something big, they dgaf.

[How do I know this? I had a higher priority point number than many people who got season tickets that year. They didn't even bother to call or email me when my request for tickets didn't get honored. They looked at other factors when deciding who got tickets that year, priority points be damned - and I got screwed because my mailing zip code wasn't in Colorado, despite 15+ years of annual donations and a reasonably high priority point ranking. My "make a donation every year" stopped when RG pulled that ****. ]

 

[CarolinaBuff]

All that being said, priority points mean nothing when it counts.

In the first year of Prime RG threw priority points out the window in determining who got season tickets.

He did not give a **** how high you were in the system when it came to allocating season tickets that year.

And that was when I quit giving **** about them either.

They pretend like they're important, but when it's something big, they dgaf.

[How do I know this? I had a higher priority point number than many people who got season tickets that year. They didn't even bother to call or email me when my request for tickets didn't get honored. They looked at other factors when deciding who got tickets that year, priority points be damned - and I got screwed because my mailing zip code wasn't in Colorado, despite 15+ years of annual donations and a reasonably high priority point ranking. My "make a donation every year" stopped when RG pulled that ****. ]

I remember hearing stories like this 2.5 years ago when Prime got hired and it sounded weird because some on here were saying they didn't get Tix and they had a higher priority point value than I do. And you confirmed it with what you just said above. I remember a lot of people were also saying how illogical the whole process seemed.

 

[Buffnik]

I remember hearing stories like this 2.5 years ago when Prime got hired and it sounded weird because some on here were saying they didn't get Tix and they had a higher priority point value than I do. And you confirmed it with what you just said above. I remember a lot of people were also saying how illogical the whole process seemed.

They were so worried about Nebraska fans snagging tickets. I had dipped down on priority points to where I probably should have been waitlisted, but actually got a call and was told that because of my history of women's tix & sports pass they knew I was a legitimate Buffs fan.

 

[skibum]

They were so worried about Nebraska fans snagging tickets. I had dipped down on priority points to where I probably should have been waitlisted, but actually got a call and was told that because of my history of women's tix & sports pass they knew I was a legitimate Buffs fan.

Meanwhile, skibum who had moved to the east coast but purchased tickets for one game a year (about 50/50 home/away), but always through the ticket office, got nothing despite a reasonable priority point ranking.

I mean, "what games are they buying tickets for" should have been an easy way to exclude nubs fan. What cornholer buys tickets from the cu ticket office for ASU in Tempe, the Alamo Bowl, etc?

I think that annoyed me more than anything: they knew which games I bought tickets for because I specifically did not buy them in the secondary market, but from the ticket office and they ignored all that in season ticket allocations.

I'd have to think about it, but I don't think I've purchased a ticket through the cu ticket office since.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

I think you guys have a in inflated perception of the CU ticket office, particularly around the December 2022 timeframe. It wasn’t a well oiled machine with much experience dealing with a lot of demand. I assume it’s better now and if I’m not mistaken, I’ve read that they have studied how bigger programs handle these things and copied a lot of it

 

[skibum]

I think you guys have a in inflated perception of the CU ticket office, particularly around the December 2022 timeframe. It wasn’t a well oiled machine with much experience dealing with a lot of demand. I assume it’s better now and if I’m not mistaken, I’ve read that they have studied how bigger programs handle these things and copied a lot of it

Doesn't counteract the fact that the AD spent decades building up the priority points system, and telling the fans that this is how tickets are allocated, and then, when demand spikes, do they use the system that they had been building for years? The system they had told fans they use?

Nope, throw it on out the window and poorly implement something else on the fly.

Good job RG.

 

[leftybuff]

I inquired about season tickets in 2023. I was told I had a pretty good chance because I had bought single game tickets over the years to FB and MBB and had made donations. Then, I checked and my number on the list nose dived from what I was originally told. I think people just made big contributions and shoved small fries like me down in the pecking order. So, no season tickets for me. They were kind enough to call and tell me they had a "27 point proprietary metric" they used to determine ticket priority. So, my wife and I being alums with the previous qualifications do not make the cut. I stopped having interest in acquiring season tickets at that point. I will snag tickets however is convenient for me now.

It kind of annoyed me because I was one of the dopes who still bought tickets and gear when DII Danny was playing Daddy ball and Karl Dorrell was on a one man mission to destroy CU FB. If they don't care, I guess I don't either. I'll go when it suits me.

 

[Not Sure]

Has anyone run into this before?

My parents are getting their trust set up since they are getting older and it brought about the conversation of the tickets.

They are in my dad’s name but the emails come to me and I have the login information. We asked the ticket office about transferring the tickets to be in my name so that when my parents pass, I will retain the tickets and Buff Club priority points. The ticket office made it seem like the policy was that tickets can be transferred but not points which is frankly bull**** since I’ve been going to these games for 30 years. They told me to call the Buff Club to hear a more thorough explanation of the policy but wanted to check here and see if anyone has found a way around this or heard a different story from CU?

My initial thought is just always keep them in my dad’s name and since I have the email/login it shouldn’t be an issue? I doubt CU is checking a persons living status.

I think this is bull****. When my Dad passed, I’m almost certain I retained the points.