West Virginia is giving season-ticket holders a new way to move unused seats and pick up MAC priority points in the process.
The Mountaineer Ticket Office and the Mountaineer Athletic Club have launched Gold Rush Returns, a ticket-return program aimed at lower-level men’s basketball season-ticket holders - Courtside, padded seats and 100-level - as well as baseball season-ticket holders. The idea is simple: if you can’t make the game, you can return those tickets to help another Mountaineer fan get in.
Returned tickets will be made available to other fans, creating a chance to experience WVU Athletics from seats they might not otherwise land. The resale proceeds will also go toward WVU student-athletes and the continued success of WVU Athletics.
Participants will receive priority points through the MAC, with totals ranging from 5-10 points depending on the game. The points are tied to the account, not each individual ticket, and the amount will vary by game type. Those points will be posted within two weeks after the event.
To return tickets, fans need to log in at WVUGAME.com, go to “My Tickets,” choose “Return,” select the game and seats, then click “Next” and confirm by selecting “Yes, Process Return.”
The deadline to return tickets is 24 hours before game time.
Fans can still sell unused tickets through SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace of WVU Athletics. But tickets turned back in to the MAC come with a catch: the move is final.
Once they’re returned, fans lose access to those seats, and the Mountaineer Athletic Club will not issue order credit, only priority points. Returned baseball tickets also cannot be exchanged or refunded if a game is postponed or canceled.
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