{"id":410107,"date":"2026-06-05T10:19:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=410107"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:19:35","slug":"fifa-regrets-free-ticket-error-but-demands-fans-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/fifa-regrets-free-ticket-error-but-demands-fans-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifa regrets free ticket error but demands fans pay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/2b75\/live\/11b21080-60b7-11f1-9b5a-5531746793c9.jpg\" alt=\"The Toronto sign decorated with FIFA World Cup graphics is seen at Nathan Phillips Square \"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toronto is one of 16 World Cup host cities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fifa has admitted an error on its website allowed 60 fans to purchase World Cup tickets for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Football&#8217;s world governing body has cancelled the tickets with incorrect prices, and given the affected fans the opportunity to re-purchase the tickets at full price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Fifa can confirm that approximately 60 fans received a communication on Wednesday, 3 June regarding tickets that had been allocated at no charge due to a prior payment issue during the checkout process,&#8221; it said, adding that it &#8220;regrets any inconvenience caused&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ticket Talk Network, a social media account which highlights ticketing errors, shared a letter which confirmed the fans have seven days to pay for the tickets before they are removed from their accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is understood the affected tickets were for group stage matches in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Cup, which is being hosted in Canada, the United States and Mexico, gets under way on Thursday, 11 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The glitch is just\u00a0the latest ticket issue facing Fifa,\u00a0which promised the event would be sold out but still has seats available less than a week before the tournament begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey\u00a0started an investigation\u00a0into Fifa&#8217;s ticket practices, following allegations of &#8220;artificially inflating prices&#8221; and &#8220;misleading fans&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifa is using a process it calls &#8216;variable pricing&#8217; for ticket sales. It means ticket prices can be adjusted throughout the sales phases based on demand and availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifa&#8217;s final open sales window began in April. At the time it said that more tickets could be released right up to kick-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifa has admitted an error on its website allowed 60 fans to purchase World Cup tickets for free. Football&#8217;s world governing body has cancelled the tickets with incorrect prices, and given the affected fans the opportunity to re-purchase the tickets at full price. &#8220;Fifa can confirm that approximately 60 fans received a communication on Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410108,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410107\/revisions\/410108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}