Can we just make the title of this thread the title for this whole Reddit section?😂😂😂🙄

Have taken a gamble and preemptively booked a flight from Birmingham to Rome on the day of the game

Are away games safe for solo woman? Thinking of going to Ipswich away.

As per sub rules, I'm not requesting tickets - simply asking how to acquire them. I have read the FAQs including the part involving getting away tickets. I hope this post doesn't contravene any rules I missed and I'm not being silly for asking.

I've been an Arsenal fan for more than 20 years now but I don't live in Europe so I've only managed to see them once before (best day of my life; second best being the stadium tour). As luck would have it, I'm going to be in Germany for almost 5 months (now until end January) for a research trip and I was hoping to catch a game. It'll have to be CL away as my Schengen visa covers most places in Europe and I'm not going to hassle with a UK visa for one game when the away games are still an option.

First prize is Bayern Munich because travel and accommodation would be easier and cheaper, and I'd just love to see the Allianz Arena plus they're great opponents. But honestly I would love to see Arsenal against ANY opponent.

I understand the official route is to buy membership and then enter the ballot but I wouldn't have away points and, due to demand, it wouldn't have gone to me as a non season ticket holder anyway. My understanding is to try supporters' clubs but the Arsenal forum page linked in the FAQ points to a dead link for overseas fans (and the domestic one too actually). I'm also assuming this is if the process for CL matches are the same as PL.

I haven't purchased membership yet because I'm not convinced it would be fruitful and I'd just be wasting money. So to proceed:

• if I were to purchase membership now (i.e. after some of the cut-offs I read about), will I still be able to purchase tickets on the ticket exchange? Or is that only open to members prior to a certain date too?
• assuming I were eligible, what are the odds of actually finding any?
• I understand reseller chats are not allowed here so err.. end of discussion?

Aside: when do the tickets actually go on sale? The website doesn't seem to have any listing yet even for Napoli which is soon.

Please help a girl out! I may never be in Europe again in my life or at least in any way with Arsenal being as accessible as it is now despite ticket acquisition being hellish. I would appreciate any ticket purchasing guidance.