Full price babies at the Olympics

[littlepinklizard]

I'm shocked by the conversation I just had with the London 2012 ticketing poeple. My dh and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the horse jumping on 8 August. Our baby is due 2 June, so was enquiring about what I need to do about tickets for the new baby.

They said eveyone needs a ticket - fine.
Children's tickets are £1 - fine.
But there are no children's tickets for the horse jumping so I have to pay £95 to have a 3 month old in a sling!!!
I said I was planning to bf and couldn't go without the baby.
They said the only alternative was to re-sell my ticket or give it to someone else.

I can't justify £95 and I know lots of people who would love the ticket so I guess I just have to transfer it. But I am fuming.

AIBU or are the 2012 people?

do your coat up when you go in and have a lovley big handbag accross the front ;)

Have you seen the plans for security at the Olympics? Smuggling things, including babies, will not work.

I would have thought if the baby was in a sling they could not possibly refuse you entry.

Horse Jumping

This is not news. Mnetters have been complaining about it on the Pregnancy Forum since November or even earlier.

It is bloody rididculous though!

"I would have thought if the baby was in a sling they could not possibly refuse you entry"

Why not? The policy is quite clear - babies pay. They have to have a seat. If you choose not to use it, that's your choice.

Also, if the event was eligible for children's tickets, the baby would get in for £1. If no child tickets are available, it is presumably one of the most popular events. Therefore the baby in question would be using a seat that someone else, who actually wanted to watch the show jumping, could have been using.

If the OP wants to watch the show jumping enough, she will have to make arrangements for someone else to care for her baby. It can be done. But with such a small baby, she may find it less stressful to sell the ticket to someone else and relax at home in front of the TV.

The pay your age ticketing was limited to a very small number of tickets as far as I know. A seat is a seat as far as it goes so we're paying full whack for 4 for swimming. I'm surprised about a baby in a sling though.

korma babies in slings do not use seats, it is not a matter of choice but a fact of life.

I had this situation when I had tickets for Harvest At Jimmy's Festival in 2010.

The organisers weren't interested and I had to buy another full price ticket.

Write to the Maily Dail about it - discriminating against women etc!

Horse jumping :) ???

The beauty of the Olimpics is that they popularize some sports that are not normally in the headline news.

Those who mock OP's innocent mistake come out looking rather petty methinks.

But what are 'olimpics' bemybebe

haha, sorry, "Olympics" (was typing too fast)
Also, English is not my first language and if you are as fluent in mine as I am in yours I would be every impressed

i'm not mocking - i like horse jumping. i think all events should be more descriptive. like "throwing the long stick far" and "bouncing". i prefer it :)

You are about fourth to bring up "horse jumping" out, hardly just quietly point out it is not the correct event title... but then there is nothing like joining in with the crowd, eh (and I mean it in the nicest way)?

I think you probably got some numpty on the phone. Just turn up with him/her- I am 99.9% confident that no-one will challenge you. Although in your shoes I'd be extremely tempted to go the press now with it.

Anyway, I am sorry for derailing a serious subject of two parents not able to join the family event with their 3mo baby in the sling unless they pay 95£.

its because i DO horse jumping IRL - so it tickled me. DH calls it "prannying about" so i prefer the ops title.

I thought so catgirl. Good luck for the Olympics (or was it olimpics?)

It isn't just a numpty on the phone. They have clearly stated on their website that this is their policy.

I'm a liiiiiitle way from olimpic standard I am not sure team GB close their eyes when the jumps are big :)

Nevermind, maybe next time! But you would be supporting the Team, so "good luck" is still relevant.

Catgirl, people who do trampolining generally call it bouncing and themselves as bouncers, I reckon more sports should go for the simple descriptive

oh yes - and thank you! go team gb! :)

i did not know that midnight -i love the term bouncing - it sounds so happy! i agree this is the way forward! :)

I have four tickets to the tennis: me and DH, Ds1(£2) and DS2 (£1). I only applied fir tickets where children's prices were available.

But do you really think they are going to let a 2yo and an 8mo into centre court?! Not sure I would....