Update: The game 7 first pitch sold for 501K Starpoints.
Clearly Dodgers/Astros fans aren’t as passionate as Indians/Cubs fans. Or they just aren’t as obsessive in the mileage game 😉
You can bid now for World Series Game 7 tickets or for a once-in-a-lifetime experience throwing out a first pitch before game 7.
- Bid Starpoints for 2 tickets to game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday, November 1. Auction ends Monday, October 30 at 12pm EDT. Currently 97.5K Starpoints.
- Bid Starpoints to throw out a ceremonial first pitch before game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday, November 1. You’ll also get 2 tickets to the game. Auction ends Monday, October 30 at 2pm EDT. Currently 232.5K Starpoints.
Note that the auctions are extended by 5 minutes with each bid, so the auctions will likely end after the stated end time.
Points will be refunded if the Astros win the World Series in game 6.
A DD reader won the rights to watch batting practice from the field level before game 2 at Dodgers Stadium for 187K Starpoints. He got Preferred Field Box seats, which are going for over $2,200 each for game 7 on Stubhub.
Prices are a lot cheaper than that were last year. Of course that will happen when a team that hasn’t won since 1908 is playing a team that hasn’t won since 1948. SPG gave us diamond box seats in the 2nd row behind the Cubs dugout when I spent 1.06 million Starpoints to throw out the first pitch before game 7 last year.
People that bought tickets on Stubhub to sit in seats by the Cubs dugout had to shell out $20,000 per seat (before Stubhub’s 20% or $4,000/ticket buyer’s commission) on Stubhub! Too bad they didn’t just use Starpoints and get to throw out the first pitch as well 😀
Someone just bought two seats right by the Cubs dugout for Game 7 on StubHub. Paid $19,900 each — and that does not include fees.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 2, 2016
Because who would want to spend a month in a stuffy Manhattan hotel anyway 😉
Daniel Eleff cashed in 1.06 million Starwood Starpoints for right to throw 1st pitch at Game 7. Points = 30+ nights at St. Regis New York.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 2, 2016
Tickets from SPG last year:
Officially I was only supposed to bring 1 guest with me onto the field, but SPG actually allowed me to bring 3 guests, so I brought my brother JJ, my grandfather, and my wife with me onto the field. All of us got to stay for the rest of the game without needing separate tickets. MLB did not allow me to bring Charlie Sheen, aka Indians closer Wild Thing in Major League, onto the field as a guest…
I won’t rehash it again. You can read all about it here:
-8 Years Ago Was The Biggest Night Of My Life, Tonight Will Try To Come Close As I Toss A Ceremonial First Pitch At Game 7 Of The World Series
-On The “Value Proposition” Of Spending A Million Starpoints For The Experience Of A Lifetime
-Video And The Experience Of Throwing Out The First Pitch In Game 7 Of The World Series
-10 Final Thoughts On Throwing Out The First Pitch
Short on points?
You can buy up to 30,000 Starpoints per year here. Plus you can buy more than 30K with multiple members by transferring points for free between members living at the same address.
You can earn Starpoints with the Starwood Consumer or Business AMEX or the Chase Marriott Consumer or Business Visa. You can view credit card offers by hovering over the “Credit Cards” tab. You can then click on “Credit Cards From All Banks“ to find card offers via the logo of the bank you’re looking for.
Will you redeem Starpoints for the experience of a lifetime?
What if the Astros win Game 6 and there is no Game 7?
Read the post 🙂
Dan what is the like likely hood of them giving me the highest section tickets? Also will I know before I go to the will call to pick them up, what seats they are?
Dan are you bidding this year?
any interest in attending games?
Dan are you bidding this time?
going to the games?
“diamond box seats in the 2nd row behind the Cubs dugout ” i would have sold the seats after i threw out the first pitch got my money back and get seats somewhere else for less cost. would come out i threw the first pitch for free!!
That would have been nice.
Alas I only got the actual tickets after I through the pitch.
oh well anyway thanks dan for all that you do im greatful for all that i have gained from you. now a tanya shuir via teleconference would be nice to !
How much did the first pitch end up going for?