BootzJackson

That's who I dealt with LCA77, he was actually helpful, I was surprised by the response I got from him. Probably the first time I've dealt with the ticket office with a positive outcome. 

I take no issue with your analysis, but it relies on one critical assumption: that you can see all the seats in those sections where people have not yet renewed.  

 

Redskin-All-In says above that his four seats in Section 106 are being held for him until May 23.   I would love for you and he to trade PMs, so he can give you his specific seat numbers, and so you can check to see if his seats are showing as available for purchase.  If they are, then I 100% accept your read of the situation.  

 

If they aren't, though, it conclusively proves that the team is holding back inventory from people who haven't renewed, in the hopes that they can get them to renew before they start the upgrade process.  That was my original premise: that non-renewals have led the team to delay the upgrade process, to try and get those fans back.  They didn't delay upgrades last year or the year before, which suggests that -- if it's happening for this reason -- something *IS* different about the rate of renewals this off season.

Team most definitely is holding back seats. I have seats in section 140 and had no intention of renewing, mainly because I did not want to stand the entire game and go with my son who is 8 and can't see anything. In the beginning of may I got an email from the VP of the ticket office, saying because of seat location he wanted to know why I was not renewing, I told him why and said if he could move me into to 240,241,242,201,202,203 I would renew my seats. He looked and said he had a pair in row 1 in 239 and pair on aisle in row 2 in 240. So I took the 240 and renewed, i can't attend all of the games but figured I'd never get another chance at those seats. IMHO i think the homeside 200 level are the best seats at fedex.

He offered me those seats on May 16, the same day S&S posted his breakdown of available seats, i did not see mention of those being available, I be willing to bet they had some in 241,242,201,202 but keep those for touchdown club.

Just got off phone with ticket office and the AAA fanzone has been dropped with the program being moved to the club level for dream seat and club level holders. They are letting the tailgate club holders keep their seats as general admission, but of course you can upgrade to dream or club to stay part of the pregame festivities.  Also dropped a pair of seats in sec 137 and they did not try anything to talk me into keeping them

I got a letter in the mail yesterday telling me my upgrade window starts on may 2nd and ends on may 5th, I have AAA fanzone seats and the letter stated that account holders with AAA fanzone seats are being given "preferred access to select new AAA Ultimate Fan Zone seats from available inventory", and that if you have additional general admission seats those can be upgraded at a later date.

Locked out as well. Section 125 hoping to get an "upgrade" to the 200 level. Not likely though, I have aisle and only want to move if I stay on the aisle. I am looking forward to sitting down all game though.

BTW, looks like they added some options to the upgrade list. For instance, if you have an aisle seat, you can specify that you want to upgrade, but only if you can stay on the aisle.

I have aisle seats and would like the upgrade but am afraid of the T.O messing it up and me losing my aisle location, you think that's possible?