Club Arnage

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Aco Members - 6th November.


How much of a farce will it be this year do we think?

Thanks
Probably worse than ever, I would imagine!

Just checked out the ticketing website, no mention of Tertre Rouge in the campsite section!

I appear to have been able to purchase my tickets, despite the sale not officially opening for another 20 minutes!
Anyone else had the same?

I got as far as being given the option of which grandstand and entrance package I wanted but nothing more.  Now waiting to be allowed back in at 10...

Complete bollox. Firstly queuing on the site for ages followed by the site throwing us out. Second attempt we were able to get to ticket ordering but ALL the ACO grandstand seating shown as already sold out, less than an hour after the pre-sale opened to the membership! I know it's always been a bit haphazard, and the ACO never seemed to be able to get their IT sh*t together, but that used to be part of the challenge. Now it's just tiresome.

After 25 years membership of the ACO the time has come to reconsider whether it is worth renewing as there don't appear to be any benefits for our loyalty and the increasingly elevated cost. Shame.

 

That's one of the reasons that I won't be at the circuit next year. I'll be in France over that period but will enjoy a bit of a tour around and watch it on TV at various bars. Apart from covid, it will be the first year that I haven't attended since my first trip in 2005!

Got thrown out the first time (but, I had logged in at 8am........)
Logged back in, says waiting time over an hour.

This rapidly reduces, waited about 30 minutes in the end.
Managed to get 12 seats more or less together and 6 camping passes, sorted within half an hour.
(THREE Laptops)

Apart from limited availability (no front rows available), just about managed to get what we wanted.

Better than last year, I would say..........

It seemed to open at 8am bst 2 of us got in at 8 and acquired everything we needed with no hassle whatsoever. (Which is a first)

Not for me - compared to last year it was a complete disaster.    Was in and waiting long before 10 am CET and of course then got bounced out and was made to wait the best part of an hour to get back in again.  By that time there was next to nothing left in T17/T18.  I ended up with 2 tickets together in T17, 2 tickets together in T18 and a single 'orphan' ticket in T18.  A lot of use when there will be three of us.   Complete shambles with tales of people getting in to the online ticketing and buying tickets long before the 10 am start.  Like pretzel, I'm beginning to wonder why I am bothering to maintain my 27 year membership of the ACO.  This year it has got me absolutely nowhere. 

Trouble is, without a membership you are pretty much guaranteed to get nothing, whereas with a membership there is some chance of getting something close to want you want!

Grandstands and some of the campsites are the big problem, we didn't bother with grandstands for next year and managed to get the camping and parking we wanted, but only by getting in the queue early.

2 more days then the none ACO members get to tackle the incompetency. I mean people logged in ready to go that where ACO members and some people where in 2 hours before due to an error!

You're right of course Geoff.  I suppose I can be grateful for the fact that I don't camp.  I have my accommodation sorted, car parking sorted too.  Trouble is that health issues now make it imperative for me to have a grandstand seat and the facilities on offer in T17/T18 make it a no brainer.  Booking for 2023 was fine, for 2024 not quite as good but I did OK, but this time, really bad.  As I said, if the playing field was completely even I'd take it with a pinch of salt, but hearing of people (in various parts of Europe) having secured their tickets long before the online ticket office was supposed to open - that simply isn't right.  

Do you think they have any tickets left!

They will keep something back to say "we sold out in record time"

I emailed about the members area and adding an additional non member on completely sold out already ! (I though this used to be obligatory that you got the option of at least one non member)

I miss the days when you could bring in 3 more people for €15 each and any under 16s you had with you for free too, plus there was another members area before the ford chicane.

Way too many memberships being sold for the infrastructure available. The joy of WEC becoming so popular with the manufacturers I suppose.

Seen many pictures in a group chat today that when people got in to buy tickets nothing is left

C3 grandstands only left, few entrance tickets and the odd camping at BSJ or Clos keep popping up otherwise nothing