if they do,thomas cook need sackedIf Sport Options manage to put on a trip then serious questions need to be asked about Thomas Cook
Serious question.
There’s corporate bears permitted to pay to go on the official team flight.
Is that cost viewed as ‘excessive’ ?
Folk don’t pay £20 or even £50 a year for the travel club to email them saying ‘sorry no flight its too dear’
Do you need to pay for corporate hospitality at Ibrox to ‘be allowed’ to pay for a flight ?
We didnt pay £20 to have you act as our bank manager.
We paid £20 for you to provisionally arrange a flight and tell us the cost.
If folk pay it, the flight goes ahead.
Mugs.
I really think people need to be realistic , it was always going to be unlikely they’d be running day trips
Thomas Cook ain’t exactly is great financial health at the moment , I doubt they are going to waste time booking a flight which no doubt would then be cancelled when folk ain’t going to pay £500+ to go Luxembourg (especially when people were there 2 year ago
People are also getting confused , the TC membership fee is for the administration of the scheme ,giving the right to apply for away euro tickets tickets , not as a guarantee on flights
lets not forget ALL away game tickets cost Rangers Fc money to administer , it’s a loss making exercise for the club , so away European tickets , the £20 is nowhere near going to cover the time & resources that this extra facility takes up
If Sport Options manage to put on a trip then serious questions need to be asked about Thomas Cook
Contract should be with Sport OptionsThomas cook contract should be terminated no matter what they are shambles and no doubt receiving a fee from us for f*ck all.
How many tickets r we meant to be getting?Thats two off us booked(1 off us on 1point ,me on zero:-( )
How many tickets r we meant to be getting?Thats two off us booked(1 off us on 1point ,me on zero:-( )
On Zero myself. We should be fine if not the home end will doHow many tickets r we meant to be getting?Thats two off us booked(1 off us on 1point ,me on zero:-( )
You did the charity donation?
Didn't charge me anything and just registered.no it was a web purchase fee. I assume they will be refunded for those who were charged.
Didn't charge me anything and just registered.
I get your upset, you want to go to the game and a one day trip suits you , it’s a tricky situation (& I’ve went with TC day trips myself in the past / have went indie so can see pros & cons of bothYour assertion that demand would in some way be affected by country isnt relevant. Do the admin, propose the trip, give 48 hours to pay or its cancelled. Theres 5000 members and a great number are happy to pay to only need 1 day out their lives to go support the club.
5000 members at 20 quid is 100,000 pounds , that is plenty enough man hours paid for.
If the email said ‘we cant get a plane’ its not Rangers problem
For Rangers to say, we can kinda get a plane but its too dear so not bothering, is a problem.
I get the frustration, people want to go to the games & a day trip can be very handy / big saver on the holidays from work front, especially if hoping to do a few trips each season,
Good post but not sure Torino play in Rome.I get your upset, you want to go to the game and a one day trip suits you , it’s a tricky situation (& I’ve went with TC day trips myself in the past / have went indie so can see pros & cons of both
however you are arguing about the obvious mathematics / finances involved of running a flight at this time of year (as well as in my opinion overestimating the popularity of these early qualifying group games amongst the Travel club membership , the vast majority of which a) aren’t interested in going to Luxembourg , they are only in travel club in case we get a more intersting / glamour away game / and also when it’s not during the summer they have family holidays / kids off school
& b) the majority of the TC members who go every game would’ve already booked for Luxembourg / have no intention of going on a £500 day trip, especially to a place we were at two years ago (as well having nearly two weeks to sort alternative / cheaper route (or even go by bus)
It’s a no win situation for rangers / Thomas Cook , they announce a flight for £500, people then pile on saying the fans are being ripped off / it’s only for the fat cats (when comparing it with the bargain £60 flights some people have got for Luxembourg with Ryanair , the flight doesn’t sell & then rangers have to backtrack / embarrassment all round, leaving those little time to book alternative arrangements if they still want to go, at least by announcing now , folk have got some time to plan what they want to do
(& bear In mind this is before the draw on Monday , when depending on the opposition even less people may be inclined to pay the money to go to Luxembourg on day trip when for example they can save their days & money for a trip to Rome (Torino), Barcelona (espanyol) etc etc
Organising flights / tickets at these early round games within short time periods, it’s a very tricky balancing act that is never going to suit everyone
apologies got my destinations / properly screwed up there!Good post but not sure Torino play in Rome.
It certainly would be!apologies got my destinations / properly screwed up there!
I never made trip to Juventus all those years ago so Turin would be great trip for me