If you bought a World Cup ticket for your girlfriend who is now an ex-girlfriend, or got a little over excited when the World Cup ticket sales started and have ended up with one too many, you may be able to get a refund or give the extra one to someone else.
To qualify for a ticket transfer you need to have bought your World Cup tickets online via www.FIFA.com or via official paper ticket application forms. If you bought them as part of Authorized Travel Packages or Official Hospitality Packages you should contact the Hospitality Agents directly for all customer service issues.
If you qualify to transfer your ticket, you can do it in two ways: a ticket transfer to someone you know or a ticket resale, where you will receive a refund if your ticket is resold.
Guest ticket transfer
If you want to transfer a ticket from one guest to another you need to submit a transfer request online within the “View your application” menu item of www.FIFA.com/2010 or at a FIFA Ticketing Centre within South Africa. You will also need to give a ‘valid reason’ for transferring the ticket. This can be done from now up until three days before the match that you have tickets for.
Valid reasons for guest ticket transfers include things like a guest being ill or unable to obtain a valid visa to travel to South Africa. Documentation may be required to establish the grounds for the valid reason, and FIFA retains the right to refuse a transfer if the supporting documents are not supplied upon request.
Unfortunately you can’t transfer your own ticket, however if you can’t attend a match you can submit it for possible resale.
Ticket Resales
You need to go through authorized sales channels to resell your ticket, and do it before you have printed out a hard ticket. You will only get a refund if your ticket is resold, and there is no guarantee that this will happen. If your Tickets are resold, you’ll receive a refund no later than 4 weeks after the final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, less a 10% administration fee.
You will also have the opportunity to give tickets that you cannot use to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Ticket Fund, which is a programme designed to allocate tickets for worthy social and development initiatives within South Africa. Read more on FIFA.com.
If you’re coming to Cape Town and haven’t organised your accommodation yet make sure you check out our gourmet backpackers, Highstead House, with private rooms for R600/ night.
Sadly, there are no more tickets available for 2010 World Cup™ matches at Cape Town Stadium following the fifth and final stage of ticket sales, but those who have reserved and paid for tickets can now collect them from FIFA’s Ticketing Centre in central Cape Town.
But the good news is that even though tickets for all eight World Cup™ games to be played at the city’s new 68 000 seat stadium have been reserved, FIFA said that a few tickets may still be released for sale to the public.
“Tickets for these games might still come back (in small quantities) to the public sales in the future,” FIFA said in a statement.
World Cup 2010 Stadia in South Africa
For updates on the availability of World Cup™ matches, visit https://lmsfwctickets.fifa.com/LMS/MatchAvailability.aspx.
The last phase of ticket sales provoked near stampedes across the country where the public were queueing for miles to get their hands on a World Cup™ ticket. Just over 100 000 tickets were sold in the first day and the last few tickets for Cape Town matched were snapped up within hours.
The opening of the 11 FIFA Ticketing Centres across the country also means that fans can now collect tickets reserved and paid for during previous ticket sales phases.
Fans will need to produce their ID/passport, FIFA Original Ticket Confirmation, and proof of residence (such as telephone/ utility account) for Category four tickets, which are reserved for South Africans only.
Cape Town’s official FIFA Ticketing Centre is at The Spearhead, 42 Hans Strijdom Avenue, Foreshore, and is open from 09:00 to 18:00 seven days a week.
A FIFA Ticket Terminal will also be located at Cape Town International Airport from 7 June to 11 July 2010.
All queries relating to games and tickets must be directed to FIFA.
FIFA hotline number: 083 123 2010
Keep an ear to the ground as there still may be a few more tickets up for grabs according to FIFA. If you do have your tickets and need a place to stay while you are in Cape Town for the game, take a look at this affordable accommodation.
Source: Cape Town Government
Tags: 2010, Accommodation, Cape Town, Cape Town Stadium, football tickets, Soccer, World Cup, World Cup 2010
2010, About Cape Town, Football, Soccer, Travelling tips, World Cup | Tamryn Waters April 30, 2010 | 
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This news should make you smile, especially those of you who have missed out on the first four 2010 World Cup ticket sales phases. Here is your last opportunity to say ‘I was there’ and attend a 2010 World Cup Game.
FIFA have simplified the process of applying for 2010 World Cup tickets in this last minute over-the-counter 2010 World Cup ticket sales phase. This is your last chance, so read these easy steps on how to apply carefully.
From the 15th April 2010 all South Africans can purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets in real time online or over the counter.
4 ways to buy 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets:
• Complete an application form on fifa.com/2010
• Walk into an FNB branch and complete an application form
• Apply in person at one of the FIFA Ticketing Centres
• Call the FIFA Ticketing Call Centre (083 123 2010)
With a mere 62 days to go until kick-off, be sure to buy your tickets and get ready to say ‘I was there’.
And lastly, one more reason to smile – If you are traveling from far and near to be at a game have a look out for great accommodation deals; including these gourmet backpackers in Cape Town.
Source: Shine2010.co.za
Volunteers from all over the country (and world) will be moving to the host cities to proudly support and promote South Africa to the visitors during the tournament. These volunteers have to make their own way to the host city as well as find accommodation for the duration of their stay. Highstead Houses offers ideal accommodation (that won’t break the bank) for volunteers coming to work in Cape Town. They offer discounted rates for volunteers so make sure that you check out their accommodation offers before you book anywhere else.
More about the FIFA 2010 World Cup Volunteer Programme:
After a successful FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) started the drive to recruit 15 000 volunteers for the 2010 showpiece tournament in July 2009. Applications closed in August and the interviewing process took place over January and February 2010.
With 32 teams participating, an expected influx of 450 000 visitors and 64 matches across nine host cities in ten stadiums, the volunteers will play a vital role in assisting the OC to deliver a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup.
“The volunteer programme is an excellent way to get involved in South Africa and Africa’s once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of hosting the world’s biggest sporting event,” said 2010 World Cup organising committee chief executive Dr Danny Jordaan.
“From ushering people to their seats, to assisting the media and foreign language speakers, welcoming people at the airport and driving guests around, it is the volunteers that actually make the tournament happen,” said Jordaan.
In total volunteers are required in 16 functional areas – accreditation, marketing, media, protocol services, spectator services, transportation, administration, environmental services, welcome and information services, information technology and telecommunication, language support, rights protection programme, logistic services, hospitality and ushering services and volunteer management.
Click for more info on the FIFA 2010 World Cup Volunteer Programme
Sources: FIFA.com and SA Good News
Tags: 2010, Accommodation, FIFA, volunteers, World Cup
2010, Football, Soccer, Travelling tips, Uncategorized, World Cup | Tamryn Waters March 11, 2010 | Comments (1)
Soccer City Stadium in Soweto, where the World Cup Final will be played.
If you haven’t booked your tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa yet, then you had better get cracking!
FIFA announced on Friday, 5 February that tickets for the World Cup semi-finals and final, as well as two of England’s first round matches in South Africa, have sold out.
If you are one of the lucky ones who has your football tickets booked already, but are still contemplating where to book your accommodation you’ll be pleased to know that there are places available. But be sure to book soon as it won’t be any fun camped outside the football grounds waiting for the game – or even worse, paying over the odds for accommodation.
If hotels are out of your price range there is plenty more to choose from, such as gourmet backpackers to self catering apartments from Cape Town to Johannesburg and everywhere in between.
For those of you who still need to book tickets, the final phase of World Cup tickets sales opened on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 with approximately 400,000 seats still available.
Fans have until April 7 to bid for tickets for 53 of the 64 matches at the tournament, which runs from June 11-July 11 2010.
The fourth phase of sales is again to be conducted over the internet, and also for South African residents at bank branches, but this time will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
World football’s governing body said it had sold 585,175 tickets, some 70 percent, to local residents, in its third sales phase, which closed last month and which was drawn on a lottery basis and allocated this week.
Sources:
SA Good News, Reuters
