As hundreds of Arsenal fans descend on Germany, the price of a last-minute ticket to watch the Champions League match against Bayern Munich has reached a hefty £6,000, MailOnline can reveal.
Such is the demand for seats for the long-awaited quarter-final second leg. Secondary sites are charging thousands of dollars for a seat.
One site was offering a ticket to Wednesday night’s match at the Allianz Arena in Munich for an incredible £4,000.
A £1,500 booking fee was added to the price, meaning a fan must shell out the average cost of three season tickets at a Premier League club for a single match.
Popular secondary sites such as Stubhub and Viagogo sell tickets with a face value of £150 for over £1,000.
Arsenal are in Germany for their crucial Champions League clash against Bayern Munich.
Arsenal received an allocation of just €3,779 for the match at the 75,000-capacity Allianz Arena.
Those looking to get last minute tickets could have to pay up to £6,000 to get a seat.
Popular secondary sites such as Stubhub and Viagogo sell tickets with a face value of £150 for over £1,000.
Home fans in Munich have been able to buy a standing ticket for £18, and most seats at the stadium, where the Euro 24 final will be played in the summer, cost an average of £70 each.
Hundreds of ticketless Arsenal fans pouring into the city are driving up high prices as they try to watch their team’s first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years.
While secondary ticketing sites are known to charge a premium, airlines are also cashing in on fans.
Flights back to the UK the day after the match have skyrocketed.
Budget airline EasyJet is charging £800 for a one-way seat back to London Gatwick, the same price as a return economy class trip to New York.
Other airlines have also raised their prices and a flight to Heathrow with British Airways was sold for £681.
Arsenal have sold out their entire allocation of 3,779 tickets, a fraction of the stadium that has a capacity of 75,000.
Due to fears of violence among fans, the German club has said that fans wearing Arsenal team colors or scarves will not be admitted to the ground unless they have a confirmed ticket for the away match.
There will be police and hostesses at the turnstiles used by the vast majority of Bayern fans.
There are fears of violence and Bayern have warned fans wearing Arsenal colors that they will not be allowed onto the pitch unless they have a confirmed ticket for the away match.
Arsenal fans took turns punching a Bayern Munich fan who had infiltrated the Emirates last week.
Aware of the violence that broke out at the Emirates stadium last week when a Bayern fan was punched while being sent off, they are keen to avoid a similar scene.
Bayern fans were unable to use their allocation of 7,000 spectators following UEFA’s ban on fans traveling following a previous crowd problem against Lazio when fireworks were launched onto the pitch.
A handful of Bayern players were able to buy tickets online on the secondary resale market and socialize with local fans.
A video of a Bayern fan being punched while being sent off went viral and led to an investigation by the north London club.
Bayern want to avoid a repeat of the violence and will only allow Arsenal fans through the turnstiles at the north end of the stadium, where they have allocated seats.
Hundreds of police will be on duty during the match as there is the added threat of an ISIS attack at Champions League matches.
An ISIS propaganda outlet published a photo before a league match showing fans with a red target, although Munich police have said they are on high alert.
An ISIS propaganda outlet called Sarh al-Khilafah posted a photo of the Allianz Arena before a national league match over the weekend showing fans with a red target.
Next to the photo were words in Arabic that mean “after the game.”
There was no sign of trouble, but city police said they are on high alert and the police presence at the match between Bayern and BVB was increased substantially.
Munich police were active when thousands of Arsenal fans began arriving with several vans and cars lining up at the main train station as it was one of the main entry points for trains from the airport.
Mark Davis, 62, from Coventry, said they had been able to pay just £40 for a ticket as they were Arsenal season ticket holders.
‘We booked in advance with flights around £160 and hotel £90. Tickets for the match were only £40, but that was because we were able to book in advance, he said.
Tony Murphy, 61, from Warwick, said: “It’s not cheap to follow our team overseas but we think it’s worth it.”
Mark Davies (third from right with friends Tony Murphy, Adam Murphy and Dean Stringfellow) said he was able to pay just £40 for a ticket because he was an Arsenal season ticket holder.
Home fans in Munich have been able to buy a standing ticket for £18, and most seats at the stadium, where the Euro 24 final will be played in the summer, cost an average of £70 each.
Friends Sundeep Pabla, Harriet Chadda and Dave Deo said their three-day excursion to Munich will have cost £1,500.
As season ticket holders, they were able to pay just £50 for match tickets they bought through Arsenal.
Hotels, plane tickets and meals brought the total to £1,500, but everyone said watching Arsenal was worth every penny.
“It’s not cheap, but we wouldn’t be anywhere else,” Sundeep said.