Re: I reactivated in 2015 when my son started school.

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Some tips for joining IPTAY

Sep 28, 2017, 8:24 AM

Look on the IPTAY website and you'll see the chart for how many tickets you can buy at each level.
Some advice:

1. Consider the $800 level. You'll start ahead in seat selection and move up faster to better seats.

2. if you have kids in school here, make an effort to get to know your IPTAY representative in your county/city. Every city has one. Knowing them is a crucial part on getting help on everything from better seats to being included in some "insider" invites.

3. Be persistent (but kind.) Each year call and talk to a rep about your seating. People make the decisions, not machines, so the more they know you, the more likely they'll remember you when its time to make those decisions. It won't happen year 1, but later, you'll be glad you made those calls.

4. Your initial seats will most definitely be "cheap seats" but here is how our family sat pretty close together even in the early days:

-- we started with two seats together in the end-zone and two seats together in the upper deck (TDH). Over the years, those upper seats moved down the lower bowl and are now on the 50 Yard Line 28 rows behind the Clemson bench. We now buy 3 pair of tickets every year and have one pair on the 50 yard line in section F and the others are together in the WEZ in section X. But when we had the upper decks, we'd sell those season tickets for twice what we paid for them and then go online and buy a pair as close to one of our other pair as possible. At least that way we could all hang together at halftime or before the game. We could even see each other from all three seat locations.

Finally, understand that it's all about the money. Understand that it takes time and money to build up to great seats. We're blessed with our 50 Yard Line seats and the WEZ seats are also great. But it wasn't always that way. Early on, it took effort on my part to make sure I kept my points, but that I also had quality seats. You can do it, but it takes effort.

Sorry so long... good luck.