FC Barcelona Tickets- There's No Need To Pay Over The Odds!
Autor: Tiago Vaz | Publicado: 2009-06-03T12:26:00-07:00

The Camp Nou has a capacity of nearly 99,000 so for most matches, so getting FC Barcelona tickets at a reasonable price is not so difficult. As long as you're prepared to put in a little time and energy, there's no reason why you shouldn't pay the same as the locals.    The public can buy Barcelona tickets from the official FC Barcelona website a month before a home game or fifteen days before the match from the ground. Tourist Information offices in Barcelona, FNAC and Carrefour shops throughout Spain act as ticket sales outlets.   Furthermore, the Barcelona bank - La Caixa - sells tickets on-line through its website and you can pick your tickets up in most Spanish cities from a ServiCaixa ATM with the credit card you used to book.      In this article, I'll provide you with all the information you need to get hold of Barça tickets without having to pay through the nose . . . These recommendations are appropriate for the majority of Liga and cup matches, but if you want to go to a particularly important game . . . Click Here To Buy Your FC Barcelona Tickets from my recommended on-line ticket agency.    FC Barcelona Ticket Prices And AvailabilityThe price and availability of tickets varies depending on the category of the match (D, C, B, A or A+) and where you want to sit. The majority of matches fall into the categories D, C and B and during the 2008-09 season prices ranged from as low as 14€ for a category D match sitting in the highest tier of the stadium to 110€ for a category B match sitting in the Grandstand. Sitting in the Grandstand is too expensive for me and sitting in the Third Tier is like watching a game of football played by ants, so I generally sit in the First or Second Tier of the Lateral and have never had any problems getting tickets either from the website – where you print them off yourself - or from the ServiCaixa ATMs, and expect to pay anything from 50€ to 90€ depending on the game. Category A matches, include the Barcelona-Espanyol derby and the last three matches of the season and as tickets are much more difficult to get hold of, it's a good idea to book them as soon as they go on sale. I permit myself the luxury of one of these games a season as I expect to pay about 100€. For Category A+ games – Barcelona-Real Madrid and the later stages of the Champions League – I resign myself to going down to my local bar and watching the match on their big screen with my mates. If you can get a ticket, prices start at about 80€ and go up to 180€ - I'd expect to pay about 150€ to sit where I like. It's only for these games that it's worth booking on-line through  on-line ticket agency  DO NOT BUY FROM TICKET TOUTS – if your ticket turns out to be a forgery, it serves you right.The Advantages Of FC Barcelona Membership        There are two ways of showing your love for Barça and guaranteeing your seat.  You can either become a season-ticket holder or become a member (soci) of the club.  If you want a season ticket, you'd better think about re-mortgaging the house but for about 120€ a season, it's probably worth becoming a member especially if you plan to go to a lot of games.   You get a 20% discount on tickets and priority over the general public. This means that you can book two tickets per game at the beginning of the season, and as soon as tickets goon sale to the general public – 15 days before the match – you can buy as many as six. Also the club has a system called Seient Lliure – Free Seat – where season-ticket holders can put their seat up for sale through La Caixa. If your a member and prepared to take the risk, you might be able to get hold of a reasonably priced ticket for a Category A+ match.Ticket Sales Points Internet: via the club website  Telephone: 902 1899 00 o +34 93 496 36 00 (from outside Spain)  Servicaixa: website and Servicaixa ATMs (only in Spain)  FNAC and Carrefour stores in Spain  FC Barcelona General Ticket Office (access 14): Monday to Thursday, from 9.00 to 13.30 and 15.30 to 18.00  Friday, from 9.00 to 14.30  Saturday from 9.00 to 13.30 on weekends of matches played at the Camp NouFC Barcelona Boulevard Ticket Office (access 7/9): Monday to Thursday from 10.00 to 18.00  Sundays from 10.00 to 14.15 FC Barcelona Gol Nord and Gol Sud Ticket Offices:on Match days: from 11.00 until kick off booths Gol Nord (North Goal) and Gol Sud (South Goal).   Or on-line from  WorldTicketShop