RB Leipzig has canceled VIP tickets booked through a third party for him and several Saxon entrepreneurs for the Bundesliga top match against FC Bayern on Saturday, according to AfD leader Tino Chrupalla. In response to inquiries, the club stated: "We ask for your understanding that we cannot provide any information on individual ticket bookings for data protection reasons." The statement went on to say that Chrupalla had never ordered a single ticket from RB, neither now nor in previous years.
Error due to overbooking?
According to the AfD leader, the organizer of the tickets received a message from the club stating that there had been an "annoying double booking". The twelve VIP tickets purchased would have to be reversed.
In addition to stating that they do not comment on individual bookings for data protection reasons, RB only said in general terms: "In principle, overbookings and thus cancellations can occur in our VIP areas during particularly popular home games - such as the one against FC Bayern next weekend." With more than one million visitors per season, errors in the ticketing system, which would be corrected immediately in accordance with the general terms and conditions, could not be completely avoided.
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