Jets are allowing season ticket holders to sell back up to 3 games for credit

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

How about the Jets' exhibition game against the Crimson Tide?  That's non-negotiable!  (Take Alabama +3)

[BillsShredder83]

2 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

This is hilariously pathetic. Only the Johnsons would think this sounds good...

 

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Which Games Should You Consider Selling Back?

Not every game on the schedule is equal in appeal or convenience. Here are some thoughts on which games may be worth holding onto, and which ones you might consider exchanging:

• Pittsburgh, Sunday, September 7 at 1 p.m.: The season opener always brings energy and strong attendance. Unless you absolutely cannot make it, this is one to hold onto.
• Buffalo, Sunday, September 14 at 1 p.m.: A divisional game with a rowdy crowd, but early in the season and right after the opener. If travel or back-to-back weekends are tough, this is a solid candidate for selling on the secondary market. You might be able to get more than face value.
• Dallas, Sunday, October 5: Cowboys fans travel well, and resale value will likely be high. If you aren’t going, this is another good secondary market game.
• Carolina, Sunday, October 19: Middle of the season, possibly lower stakes, and fewer traveling fans. This could be an ideal game to swap if your schedule gets crowded.
• Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami, New England: These late-season games could be meaningful if the Jets are in the playoff hunt, or challenging if weather and travel become an issue. If you are heading out of town for the holidays, exchanging one of these games might make sense.

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Essentially telling fans they should just sell their seats on the secondary market to opposing fans for these games.

There is no reason, thats not financial, that would incentivize the team to do this.  Are they re-selling the tickets for more themselves LOL?  Or partnering with stubhub to pass it off to them, where they'll mark it up and kick the Jets a percentage of the overage LOL

 

Slimy feline behavior lol

[stuvian]

As someone who was a season ticket holder during the Bills vs Browns 6 - 3 "hockey classic" in 2011, I think this is an idea whose time has come. 

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/291011002/browns-bills

 

I like that the fact that some teams are admitting they'll miss the playoffs before the season begins. Wager accordingly!

[Albany,n.y.]

3 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

There is no reason, thats not financial, that would incentivize the team to do this.  Are they re-selling the tickets for more themselves LOL?  Or partnering with stubhub to pass it off to them, where they'll mark it up and kick the Jets a percentage of the overage LOL

 

Slimy feline behavior lol

They're locking the fans into buying 2026 seasons, or the credit is worthless.  

[BigAl2526]

There is like a population of more than 10 million people in the Jets' market area.  It doesn't seem to me as if there is much financial risk to the team in buying back tickets.  Then again, I would not have thought that season ticket holders would have much trouble reselling unwanted games for at least the original price.

[Buffalo716]

12 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

This is hilariously pathetic. Only the Johnsons would think this sounds good...

 

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Which Games Should You Consider Selling Back?

Not every game on the schedule is equal in appeal or convenience. Here are some thoughts on which games may be worth holding onto, and which ones you might consider exchanging:

• Pittsburgh, Sunday, September 7 at 1 p.m.: The season opener always brings energy and strong attendance. Unless you absolutely cannot make it, this is one to hold onto.
• Buffalo, Sunday, September 14 at 1 p.m.: A divisional game with a rowdy crowd, but early in the season and right after the opener. If travel or back-to-back weekends are tough, this is a solid candidate for selling on the secondary market. You might be able to get more than face value.
• Dallas, Sunday, October 5: Cowboys fans travel well, and resale value will likely be high. If you aren’t going, this is another good secondary market game.
• Carolina, Sunday, October 19: Middle of the season, possibly lower stakes, and fewer traveling fans. This could be an ideal game to swap if your schedule gets crowded.
• Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami, New England: These late-season games could be meaningful if the Jets are in the playoff hunt, or challenging if weather and travel become an issue. If you are heading out of town for the holidays, exchanging one of these games might make sense.

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Essentially telling fans they should just sell their seats on the secondary market to opposing fans for these games.

They literally just said hey you might as well sell this to Bills fans lol

[PetermansRedemption]

I do not understand people knocking this policy. Did people not watch football pre-Josh Allen? If I was a season ticket holder watching my tickets go for $10 a ticket in December when face value was $100, I would have killed for this policy. This is a really good gesture by the team to keep season ticket holder loyalty. Something the Bills absolutely should have done during the drought. 

[Buffalo716]

8 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:

I do not understand people knocking this policy. Did people not watch football pre-Josh Allen? If I was a season ticket holder watching my tickets go for $10 a ticket in December when face value was $100, I would have killed for this policy. This is a really good gesture by the team to keep season ticket holder loyalty. Something the Bills absolutely should have done during the drought. 

Hey now my tickets went for $20 in December! But I always went when I had seasons

Edited 15 hours ago by Buffalo716

[Billy Claude]

It's not a puzzle why the Jets are doing this and it is not because they will make money selling the tickets on the secondary market. The odds of them making money is the same as the odds of the Jets  having a realistic shot at the playoffs this December.

 

It has to be the Jets are having trouble getting people to renew their season tickets (not surprisingly) and they are offering an enticement that not only encourages the renewal of seasons for the 2025 season but also for the 2026 season.

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Billy Claude

[Gregg]

6 minutes ago, Billy Claude said:

It's not a puzzle why the Jets are doing this and it is not because they will make money selling the tickets on the secondary market. The odds of that happening are the same as the odds of the Jets  having a realistic shot at the playoffs this December.

 

It has to be the Jets are having trouble getting people to renew their season tickets (not surprisingly) and they are offering a enticement that not only encourages the renewal of seasons for the 2025 season but also for the 2026 season.

 

 

What they started doing 2 years ago pissed a lot of people off. In October they would send an e-mail to all season tickets requiring that they start paying for next year's tickets IN OCTOBER. The current season was still going on and they still had a lot of home games left to play in the current season and they were already asking for money for the following season. It wasn't popular with the season ticket holders at all.

[boyst]

21 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

I bet the Steelers, Bills, and Cowboys fans will pack MetLife if Jets fans don't want to go. I know for a fact Bills fans show up in huge numbers at MetLife as I have been there to see it.

So many jokes here...

 

Steelers fans are dying off though. I don't know if I've met a Steelers fan under 30. For living in NC that's quite exceptional. Every die hard or fringe Steelers fan is over 35 here. The remnants of the holdover of the fans who's parents had the Steel curtain and went through he Bettis, Big Ben years who saw glory.

 

I'm tired of people saying the Steelers travel well. They don't travel, they're already there! Pittsburgh is a very spread out city that enveloped the entire region that died off and sent transplants packing. I wish there was metric for air traffic to debunk this. 

 

The only caveat to fans traveling somewhere relates to location/temperature. Someone in Minnesota, Buffalo, New England, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, or a colder climate is going to be a lot more apt to spend the money and fly south for a good game with warm weather than someone from New Orleans or Houston saying "hey, I can't wait to go to Minnesota for the Saints @ Vikings in December and we can check out [checks notes] the Mall of America and Walker Museum, and have great Minnesota food¹"

 

The cowboys fans always pack stadiums full because... Nevermind. Too many "insensitive" jokes can be made. 

 

Like, literally, the only people who like the cowboys are dumb as *****.

 

¹Minnesota doesn't have unique food.

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, PetermansRedemption said:

I do not understand people knocking this policy. Did people not watch football pre-Josh Allen? If I was a season ticket holder watching my tickets go for $10 a ticket in December when face value was $100, I would have killed for this policy. This is a really good gesture by the team to keep season ticket holder loyalty. Something the Bills absolutely should have done during the drought. 

 

When I was a season ticket holder we just went to every game, regardless. Why else would I buy season tickets? NFL fans have gone soft.

[stevewin]

21 hours ago, Draconator said:

 

This didn't come from the Jets front office. This came from a fan website and this is a fan opinion. 

This makes so much more sense

[frostbitmic]

I think that fan that created this realizes that watching 5 or 6 home games might be a little rough on the stomach, for the Jests this is probably a good idea as long as the credit isn't for playoff tickets, that might take a decade or more.

[PromoTheRobot]

6 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

When I was a season ticket holder we just went to every game, regardless. Why else would I buy season tickets? NFL fans have gone soft.

 

1) Tickets are expensive. Selling some makes them affordable.

2) Some people live far away.

 

Ticket holders ought to have the right to do whatever they want with their tickets. They bought them. The teams got their money. The teams don't give money back when no one wants to go to games. Don't forget teams get a cut on all resales too, so they are making money on top. Putting limits on resales is unamerican.

[Captain Hindsight]

9 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:

I do not understand people knocking this policy. Did people not watch football pre-Josh Allen? If I was a season ticket holder watching my tickets go for $10 a ticket in December when face value was $100, I would have killed for this policy. This is a really good gesture by the team to keep season ticket holder loyalty. Something the Bills absolutely should have done during the drought. 

I sold 2 of my Colts snow game tickets for 14 dollars total. At about 630 that night, I had 100 people tell me they wish they had been there

2 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

What they started doing 2 years ago pissed a lot of people off. In October they would send an e-mail to all season tickets requiring that they start paying for next year's tickets IN OCTOBER. The current season was still going on and they still had a lot of home games left to play in the current season and they were already asking for money for the following season. It wasn't popular with the season ticket holders at all.

If there's one thing people love, it's a billionaire asking for money 

55 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

When I was a season ticket holder we just went to every game, regardless. Why else would I buy season tickets? NFL fans have gone soft.

I bought two tickets, one for me and my wife. We have young kids, so typically I go to every game, but she can't . Am i just supposed to eat the cost?

[billsfan89]

2 hours ago, boyst said:

So many jokes here...

 

Steelers fans are dying off though. I don't know if I've met a Steelers fan under 30. For living in NC that's quite exceptional. Every die hard or fringe Steelers fan is over 35 here. The remnants of the holdover of the fans who's parents had the Steel curtain and went through he Bettis, Big Ben years who saw glory.

 

I'm tired of people saying the Steelers travel well. They don't travel, they're already there! Pittsburgh is a very spread out city that enveloped the entire region that died off and sent transplants packing. I wish there was metric for air traffic to debunk this. 

 

The only caveat to fans traveling somewhere relates to location/temperature. Someone in Minnesota, Buffalo, New England, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, or a colder climate is going to be a lot more apt to spend the money and fly south for a good game with warm weather than someone from New Orleans or Houston saying "hey, I can't wait to go to Minnesota for the Saints @ Vikings in December and we can check out [checks notes] the Mall of America and Walker Museum, and have great Minnesota food¹"

 

The cowboys fans always pack stadiums full because... Nevermind. Too many "insensitive" jokes can be made. 

 

Like, literally, the only people who like the cowboys are dumb as *****.

 

¹Minnesota doesn't have unique food.

 

I know plenty of Steelers fans in their 30's and 40's so it isn't quite as dying off a fanbase as you mentioned. But I do agree that under 30 Steelers fans aren't as common as they used to be. The 2000's and early 2010's era built off the "mystique" of the 1970's era. The Steelers played in 3 Super Bowls from 2005-2010 and won 2 of them. So I don't think the fanbase is running on fumes from the 1970's. I will say that the Steelers "mystique" that was built during the 70's and further cemented with the Big Ben era is starting to dwindle since Big Ben's decline and retirement. The Steelers haven't won a playoff game since 2016 and they were last really a threat in 2017 when they got a bye but got bounced by the Sacksonville Jags. Then in 2020 they had a good record but faded down the stretch and were never really a threat. 

 

Since 2018 they have been relevant for one year in 2020 and even that year they faded down the stretch and got bounced early. So it's getting late early for the Steelers so to speak as larger non-local fan bases will eventually age out if you just don't have a competitive sphere. Even Dallas despite a marketing machine and back to back "Good" QB's in Romo and Dak still have declined nationwide because they haven't made any deep playoff runs since the 90's. 

[Sierra Foothills]

On 6/19/2025 at 7:01 AM, DrDawkinstein said:

This is hilariously pathetic. Only the Johnsons would think this sounds good...

 

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Which Games Should You Consider Selling Back?

Not every game on the schedule is equal in appeal or convenience. Here are some thoughts on which games may be worth holding onto, and which ones you might consider exchanging:

• Pittsburgh, Sunday, September 7 at 1 p.m.: The season opener always brings energy and strong attendance. Unless you absolutely cannot make it, this is one to hold onto.
• Buffalo, Sunday, September 14 at 1 p.m.: A divisional game with a rowdy crowd, but early in the season and right after the opener. If travel or back-to-back weekends are tough, this is a solid candidate for selling on the secondary market. You might be able to get more than face value.
• Dallas, Sunday, October 5: Cowboys fans travel well, and resale value will likely be high. If you aren’t going, this is another good secondary market game.
• Carolina, Sunday, October 19: Middle of the season, possibly lower stakes, and fewer traveling fans. This could be an ideal game to swap if your schedule gets crowded.
• Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami, New England: These late-season games could be meaningful if the Jets are in the playoff hunt, or challenging if weather and travel become an issue. If you are heading out of town for the holidays, exchanging one of these games might make sense.

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Essentially telling fans they should just sell their seats on the secondary market to opposing fans for these games.

 

Your post implies that this was attributable to the New York Jets.

 

Others came in to say this is from a fan site.

 

Clarification?

 

[co_springs_billsfan]

Gotta lock the fans into season 2 of the 'Justin Fields experience' before they get wise

[DrDawkinstein]

11 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Your post implies that this was attributable to the New York Jets.

 

Others came in to say this is from a fan site.

 

Clarification?

 

 

Fan site, but I'm not letting these so called "facts" stand in the way of laughing at the Jets org. It's still the team idea to do the buy back since they know their own fans dont want to go to the games.

 

2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

1) Tickets are expensive. Selling some makes them affordable.

2) Some people live far away.

 

Ticket holders ought to have the right to do whatever they want with their tickets. They bought them. The teams got their money. The teams don't give money back when no one wants to go to games. Don't forget teams get a cut on all resales too, so they are making money on top. Putting limits on resales is unamerican.

 

1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:

I bought two tickets, one for me and my wife. We have young kids, so typically I go to every game, but she can't . Am i just supposed to eat the cost?

 

Guys, dont take a thread and comments ribbing on the Jets too seriously or personally.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by DrDawkinstein