I always thought the playoffs are, financially, the best way to get promoted due to ticket sales, which would only really make sense if it included the ticket sales for Wembley.
Good observation Swords. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm looking forwards to the play offs.
For the club "administrators" the play offs are the worst way of gaining promotion as you have less time to get ready for the Premier League, unless, of course, you have Briatore and Ecclestone looking to sell the club. I've heard through more reliable sources than Wikipedia that the losers of the playoff final get all the gate revenue. I'm sure it is a gentleman's agreement rather than in the rules though.
Can we make the play off's? I'm very confident we can sneak in there, can we win the playoff's? Who knows! Automatic would have been better and less stressful but I personally would look forward to a day out at Wembley, we don't often get occasions like that at QPR.