Town have confirmed details of the 2024/25 Super Blues membership, the Junior Blues and a new International Blues membership.

Last summer, the club replaced the Ultimate, Gold and Silver Member schemes with the Super Blues membership. This will continue in the season ahead priced at £34.99 for season ticket holders and £39.99 for other supporters.

For fans overseas, the International Blues membership offers many of the benefits of the Super Blues scheme including ticket priority, full details below.

The Junior Blues has three age groups, Foals (0-4 years), which costs £25.99, Junior Blues (5-9 years) and Junior Blues (10-16 years), which are £30.99. Full details on the benefits of each level can be found here.

Memberships are available to purchase immediately for existing members - although they don’t automatically renew - and go on sale to new members from 10am on Thursday.

Premier League Home Games

Non-season-ticket-holding members from last season who purchased a match ticket for one or more league game at Portman Road will have the option to enter a ballot for 25 per cent of the available seats, which will be at the top of the priority queue, for home league matches in the 2024/25 season should they renew their membership.

Town say this has been done to thank supporters from 2023/24 by giving them the first chance to secure a match ticket for home league games in the new campaign.
 
Following the ballot, the priority will be as per the example below, although the club reserves the right to add additional priority levels for sales.

Monday, 10am – Ballot opens for 2024/25 members who were members in 2023/24 season and attended at least one fixture during the 23/24 season (25% of available capacity at the time of ballot launch).
 
Tuesday, 5pm – Ballot closes.

Wednesday – Successful ballot applications notified.

Friday, 10am - Sales begin to successful ballot winners.

Monday, 10am – Members who are NOT season ticket holders.

Wednesday, 10am – Members who are season ticket holders. 

Friday, 10am – Season ticket holders.

Away Premier League Games

Members will also receive priority access for away league ticket sales season using the Away Priority Points (APP) scheme introduced last season. 

The APP scheme is based on previous ticket purchases for away fixtures with one point awarded for every away match ticket purchased by a member of any of the three schemes.

All 2024/25 members will also be awarded a five-point bonus at the point of purchasing the membership. Any points awarded from the 2022/23 League One season have now been removed. The same process will be followed next summer, when points from the 2023/24 Championship campaign will be wiped. 

Following feedback, the club is also introducing a ballot for ticket sales once a fixture has sold out with a percentage always be held back for the purpose.

Should an away fixture sell out during the 15+ APP points window, members who fall in the next priority window and below will be eligible to enter a ballot for the chance to purchase a ticket for the selected away fixture.

The number of tickets in the ballot will be determined by the away ticket allocation received for the fixture.

An example of sales windows for away games.

Monday, 10am – Members with 30+ points. 

Tuesday, 10am – Members with 25+ points. 

Wednesday, 10am – Members with 20+ points. 

Thursday, 10am – Members with 15+ points. 

Friday, 10am – Members with 10+ points. 

Monday, 10am – Members with 5+ points. 

Tuesday, 10am – Season ticket holders. 

Should all tickets not be purchased in the above sales windows, then seats would go on general sale.

Memberships can be purchased here, while further details and an FAQ can be found on the club website.

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tempzzzz added 12:43 - Jul 16 Happy with that. I'll get one tomorrow and be on 25 points straight away :)
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blue90 added 12:49 - Jul 16 As someone who went to 12 home games last season it's a shame the threshold for the ballot is only 1 game. Will be very difficult for previous regular attendee non season ticket holders to get tickets given the probable increase in memberships this year.
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BadgerC23 added 12:54 - Jul 16 On the assumption that the away allocation for most games is 3,000, do people have a feel for the number of fans in each away point category and what it will go down to?
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E_I_E_I_E_I_O added 13:05 - Jul 16 I have read and re-read this and can't possibly have it correct. I need some conformation. I go away a few times a year so have always opted against a season ticket. So for the last 5 years have been to 95% of home games therefore handing more cash over to ITFC than a season ticket holder. I go with my son. I cannot have read that correct that my priority is the same as someone that went to ONE time last season? That cannot be right? If so I now have to go into a ballot as with it being 1 per person how does that work with my 9 year old? What if he is successful and I am not? So we might get to 2-3 games together? Yet there we were 4 years ago with crowds of 12k watching dross in the rain on a school night. If I sound entitled I am sorry for that. Please someone tell me I have read this wrong? How can priority work so different from home to away?

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Stu_boy added 13:14 - Jul 16 Be interesting to know what % chance there is of getting an away ticket if you fall into the 15+ pts total to start with. I can see this becoming harder to move upwards from 15+ if everyone with 20+ sells out before anyone with 15+ get a chance
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Stu_boy added 13:14 - Jul 16 Be interesting to know what % chance there is of getting an away ticket if you fall into the 15+ pts total to start with. I can see this becoming harder to move upwards from 15+ if everyone with 20+ sells out before anyone with 15+ get a chance
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E_I_E_I_E_I_O added 13:22 - Jul 16 Okay maybe I had read it wrong....however I do not understand the ballot system for 25% of the available seats when the following week to all intents and purposes when they go on sale to non season ticket holder members it's the same thing. All I can see is it helps people that can't be sitting at their computer at 10am when the mad rush ensues for all remaining tickets.

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VanDusen added 13:25 - Jul 16 That ballot thing is wrong pure and simple. Many of us have spent years going away when the team was rubbish. The away priority system should have been done based on a five year spread anyway, but to now start giving away tickets to people who just fancy going to the big grounds having opted not to trek up to Blackburn or Preston for season after season is just wrong...

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MysteriousMick added 13:36 - Jul 16 The club have made completely the wrong call when it comes to the away match ballot. They should have at least waited one season so that only people with points can have their loyalty rewarded for one Premier League season. A person who has not been to a single away game last season may now stand the same chance as someone who is within a particular points bracket, that’s madness, it defeats the point of the system surely!?

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ITFCson added 13:36 - Jul 16 The threshold being 1 match last season makes bit of a mockery of the priority system. I don't understand why home priority cannot work similar to away priority with the points system (1 point for every home game attended last year)
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glasso added 13:55 - Jul 16 *stamps feet* I was there at the worst games of them all! We were worse when I was there. In fact, even in our brilliant Championship season, I managed to go to the games when we got beaten. I demand a special ticket just for that, please.
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PutneyBlue added 14:02 - Jul 16 I read it the same as E I E I E I O. As a London-based Superblues member, I can't make all the home games, so last season's system worked well for me. If I wanted to go, I would be in the top priority group. This season, I can choose to go in the ballot, but only 25% of the seats are allocated through the ballot, so 75% are available to the next group, i.e. 2024-25 Superblues members. So what's the difference?

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SurreyBlueGirl added 14:16 - Jul 16 For those worried about the ballot apparently you can you can request seats together
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cressi added 14:26 - Jul 16 I got a season ticket I just accept as I don't buy membership I won't get away tickets half will be on tv or on at stupid times anyway.
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Roola added 14:51 - Jul 16 It appears junior blues can enter ballot, what happens if my young son and I enter ballot and he gets a ticket and I don't? He's 8 so can't go alone ..
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Bagsys added 14:54 - Jul 16 I also live outside the Suffolk area & stand more chance of getting into an away game with bigger Premiership stadiums in the London area - what advantage do I get in taking up a membership?
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BotesdaleBlue added 15:44 - Jul 16 Sounds a bit like Numberwang!
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Jugsy added 16:58 - Jul 16 The Away ticket system is overly complicated and has too many priority tiers. It continues to reward only those in the top decks and makes it inaccessible to other fans (loyal in a number of ways over the years, many can't commit to every game of the season, particularly on cost). I'd prefer to see limited numbers of tickets made available at each priority tier and reduce the number of tiers so there's more opportunity for other fans to attend. Currently the system is divisive and leads to fans parading that they should have more entitlement than others. Fair opportunity to get tickets should be the club's focus. I like the ballot idea for the home tickets, whilst I imagine this only accommodates 800 - 1,000 tickets (maybe that's even too high). I'll still try for every game I can.

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Carberry added 17:02 - Jul 16 Last season there were 18,000 members, that might get up to 25,000 now we are in the Prem. I asked how many tickets would go on sale and was told that couldn't be disclosed because it varies from match to match, wouldn't even give me a ball park figure. So let's say with season tickets, comps and away supporters, it might come to 5000 tickets. 25% go in the ballot, that leaves 3,750 for 23,250 of us to fight over, while the club make nearly £1M in membership fees. Ticketing transparency has never been the new regime's strongpoint, has it.

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PackwoodBlue added 17:11 - Jul 16 Very true @Botesdaleblue! ;-D Please just build a new stand so everyone that wants to attend can attend.
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blues1 added 17:32 - Jul 16 MysteriousMick. No, bcse the ballot for away games only comes in after the 15 points time is sold out
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SheptonMalletBlue added 17:35 - Jul 16 It says membership available to purchase immediately, yet when you go to renew it says "coming soon "
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EghamBlue added 17:39 - Jul 16 The max number of away games last year was 23, plus 5 points for buying this year's membership, means the max away points (at the start of this season) is 28? I'm sure I've must have miscalculated!
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bleudavidlowe added 07:31 - Jul 17 Been to 20 homes games for the last 2 seasons and now given the same respect as someone who turned up for one game last season. Poor from Ipswich in my view and based on maximising the money for membership. Welcome to the premier league I guess where money is prioritised.
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dubblue added 15:34 - Jul 17 I was able to renew but only on second attempt - as a Dublin based fan I thought I would opt for this but was not allowed, presumably because last year's Super Blues membership is just valid. To be honest the two packages seem broadly the same except for the price! I was able to renew Super Blues membership Agree the away tickets process is unduly complex.
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