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Fanfest 2016: Plexing

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Kashada Kumato
Red Phoenix Rising
#1 - 2015-03-26 14:08:35 UTC
Not sure if this is the right place to post but could a CSM please ask CCP about the possibility of making fanfest fully plexable

I don't have a large amount of disposable income and would love to attend a fanfest
but at the moment while i could cover the fanfest ticket i would not be able to pay for the hotel + airfair.

Is it possible to use the partner airline and hotel and pay with plex? even at an increased price

for example 1 plex = £14ish when buying 28
when used for a partner service redeem each plex as being £8

so if flights were £600 , hotel is £500 for 5 nights then make it cost 138 plex

for each plex used this way ccp still make £6 so for every 1 person attending this manner that would be
£1100 for partners
£828 for CCP

and that is if plex was bought in bulk. assuming it was from many single plexes CCP would make an additional £276

a person would still need to pay for food/drinks etc for the duration but the bulk of the financial burden is lifted.
Auduin Samson
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2015-03-29 04:36:57 UTC
You have enough free time/accounts to make 138 extra plex but not to pay for the trip? I think something is amiss here.
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
#3 - 2015-03-29 09:46:33 UTC  |  Edited by: McChicken Combo HalfMayo
Looking forward to hearing about the CEO who used his corp's SRP fund as a travel fund.

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Kashada Kumato
Red Phoenix Rising
#4 - 2015-04-02 01:30:00 UTC
if you must know i am a carer for my partner which brings in little money but leaves me with a fair amount of spare time when i am not needed.

I mine a lot and theorized i can at a stretch including refining, manufacturing etc make 300mil/day


that's 109,500,000,000 over the course of a year subtract 40% for wastage and times i cant make target 65,700,000,000 or approx 82 plex which is a large part of the way, if i buy the rest or can just use part cash part plex then i might just have the finds to attend a fanfest for once
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#5 - 2015-04-02 15:02:45 UTC
I honestly doubt CCP could pull off getting partner groups to accept PLEX as payment for services, or the promise of reimbursement from CCP's coffers for accepting PLEX as a payment. Even if the partner services accepted PLEX, they'd somehow need to coordinate with CCP to provide ways for payment to go through, which would be potentially ridiculous amounts of extra work and maintenance costs for an event that only happens once a year. On top of that, there's other associated nasties of providing services for space monopoly money that'd make me balk if I was a vendor being approached by CCP for partnering.

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Kashada Kumato
Red Phoenix Rising
#6 - 2015-04-02 17:59:50 UTC
i suppose a simple way to do it is for CCP to buy X tickets and rooms and accept the plex themselves but then if they buy in advance they risk losing money if they buy after then they risk not having rooms/flights available.
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#7 - 2015-04-02 20:41:15 UTC
Flights to and from the US need a purchasing customer's name and other identifying info at the time of booking so TSA can pre-screen passenger lists. TSA, at least, is not going to bend that for CCP bulk purchasing tickets without passenger names.

If CCP handles travel affairs for fanfest on a per-customer basis, they pretty much turn into Caribbean Cruise Productions. And although I would love to see CCP Guard and CCP Fozzie in resort wear while they slave away booking my vacation, that's a waste of resources.

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Chance Ravinne
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
WiNGSPAN Delivery Network
#8 - 2015-04-03 02:49:34 UTC
While I am personally a fan of PLEX for tickets etc, I doubt for legal/logistics/cost reasons CCP could do what you are asking. It would basically require them to front the logistics of thousands of players' travel arrangements instead of just printing out tickets/badges etc.

That said, I will try to keep the importance of PLEX as a payment option (where possible) top of mind.

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DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#9 - 2015-04-03 15:59:22 UTC
They did a test program in '14 where yu could use plex to buy beer and things at some local shops and at fan fest. My guess is, it either was not very popular or it did not work out so well, because they did not see to repeat the process nor expand it this past fan fest. So i highly doubt you will ever have them do 'plex for tickets'

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