I've been on the tier 1 list for 4 years (membership bought every year, tkts bought for every match )Im not sure whether it’s random or based on how long you’ve been on it, but I’ve been an official member for the past 3 years and I know that has a positive impact, or is supposed to.
Asked the phone rep how the ST allocation was decided , was told that they were randomly chosen by the computer but in the next breath told me .......
"It depends on where in the ground you want to sit , I got mine after 6 months as I wanted to sit in the Park End .....a less popular area of the ground . You want the Paddock and that's very popular .
There's nothing on the website to inform them of a preferred seating area , unless I've missed something .