Red Sox News: Boston releases their refund policy for 2020 tickets

With the season heavily delayed, the Boston Red Sox have released their plan for refunding or exchanging tickets that have been purchased for 2020.

As we await the start of the 2020 season, many fans are waiting for some news on how their tickets will be handled. It’s safe to say thousands of tickets have already been purchased for games this season throughout the league and not a single out has been recorded. Today, the Red Sox unleashed their plan for how they’re going to take care of fans that already have tickets in hand for the beginning of the season.

Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy laid out how the franchise is planning on handling the situation as far as the early part of the season is concerned.

"“As we continue to evaluate possibilities for the 2020 season, it’s important that we provide options to our ticket buyers for games scheduled in April and May,” said Red Sox President & CEO Sam Kennedy."

So, as of now if you’ve purchased a ticket for any games in April or May, you may choose a full refund, receive a credit to your account for use in either 2020/2021, or exchange the ticket for a game later in this season.

Those seem like interesting options in my opinion as it offers a few solutions for fans to choose from. As we’ve heard in recent weeks and even in the last few days, anywhere from mid-June to the first week of July is the optimistic target for the league to open. As of now, it’s pretty much guaranteed that your tickets for the first two months of the season are dead in the water.

One thing that confuses me a bit is why is there a cutoff at the end of May? Even if the league gets up and running and play begins this summer, fans most likely won’t be allowed to attend. It seems damn near impossible to go from not being allowed to have more than 10 people in a single close distance place to 35,000.

Even if the coronavirus is contained and close to eradicated, it would seem incredibly dangerous to just go from 0-60 on social distancing regulations. So why not just offer these options to all that have either purchased tickets or have season tickets? I just don’t see a way in which fans will be able to watch games in any stadium, in any sport, in the near future.

I’m also speaking as someone who has already purchased tickets for games this year and would like to have a little more clarification. I understand the options that Kennedy released today, but again, why have such a near cut-off?

I had an entire weekend planned for the end of June to see the Cardinals come to town to battle the Red Sox. It’s pretty clear at this point that I won’t be sitting in my seat with a beer in one hand and a Fenway Frank in the other on that night.

"“We appreciate how patient our fans have been as we worked through the implications of the pandemic on our schedule. We extend our best wishes for the health and safety of the individuals and families in Red Sox Nation.”"

Then we have to factor in the rumored divisions that may be created to cut down on the amount of travel each team will be doing in 2020. Under the possible restructuring, the Red Sox wouldn’t even see St. Louis, so will my ticket just be changed to whichever team is in town on that Saturday night? Per the release, those that will fall under this policy will be notified by the team to make their decision. If no choice is made then the ticket holder will just receive a refund for their purchase.