I'm nearly 60. What discounts and free stuff can I get when I reach three score years?

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Which_Pound5447@reddit

20% off ferries from Newhaven to Dieppe.

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Mattefx@reddit

Someone already said but the free prescriptions are a big win

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

Definitely. I expected the government to raise the age to 67 on the day before my 60th birthday, but they were prevented from doing so. Which was nice.

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cupboardee@reddit

Picturehouse cinema: over 60 membership

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saladinzero@reddit

Given how reddit's demographics are, I doubt this is the right place to find that kind of info...

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Albert_Herring@reddit

Us owd buggers are all over the place, it's not 1998 any more you know.

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Aye Being in your 50s just means you were using the internet before social media and before Amazon sold everything and before mobile devices. I'm sure we all remember doing our route planning on the AA website then printing out directions, right?

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

Blimey, now there's a memory! I did exactly that on a trip to darkest north Devon.

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Albert_Herring@reddit

ViaMichelin for me, once I moved over from CompuServe to the real internet, because I was abroad back then.

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

I'm waiting for "Sell one of your houses that you bought for 25p each in 1836 and stop scrounging"

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LoccyDaBorg@reddit

Yep, most of them on here will probably propose that you donate your life savings to the Campaign for the Young and Terminally Anxious. And those fuckers should get off my lawn, too.

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heliskinki@reddit

Heh heh.

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oudcedar@reddit

In London it’s free public transport after 9am.

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

How brilliant is that?! If I lived in London I'd be all over the place, exploring. Must be great.

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oudcedar@reddit

I know - I got mine recently- should have got one a long time earlier. It hasn’t changed my habits yet but it’s fun just going places without any concern at all. Even for me to Heathrow.

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Squire-1984@reddit

bus pass? Not too much afaik, slim pickings. Might be some council linked stuff, but normally its more means tested than age tested. Winter fuel allowance?

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Albert_Herring@reddit

Bus pass isn't until pension age. I could really use it as well.

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Deadened_ghosts@reddit

60 in Wales

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Albert_Herring@reddit

Yeah, it's just England where it's 66 and rising. Go on, tell me that Welsh pensioners and disabled don't have to be in bed before 11 pm either...

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grogipher@reddit

Depends were in the UK you are. It's 60 in Scotland.

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NotAProperAccount3@reddit

60 in Northern Ireland to. Then when you're 65 you get one that allows you to travel in the Republic as well.

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Albert_Herring@reddit

I wish we could have civilization down here, but without midges.

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

Every chippie seems to have an OAP day, it's an unwritten law.

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

That sounds more like it!

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Thestolenone@reddit

I'm 59 in three weeks, it never crossed my mind I might start getting freebies at 60. The precriptions will be handy, I get a prepayment at the moment.

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

Me too, and it will be very handy now I'm popping pills like a hippy at Woodstock.

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PerceptionGreat2439@reddit

Senior railcard.

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another_online_idiot@reddit

Woot! Just over three years and I get a Senior Railcard. Wait - it isn't actually free - you have to pay for it.

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jesuisnick@reddit

I noticed yesterday that you can do that "double up" thing where you can double the value of your Tesco vouchers with another company, and that includes some railcards including senior. So if you have £15 of clubcard points, you can double them to £30 and get the railcard essentially for free!

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EconomyFreakDust@reddit

It was triple till about a year ago.

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another_online_idiot@reddit

So I have to start shopping at Tesco first then. That'll be a right pain.

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PerceptionGreat2439@reddit

It's about £30. You get a third off all rail travel for two years. It can pay itself back in one trip if you're going a long way. I go to London and get half cut on the free booze in 1st class. I then fall asleep, miss my station and get half cut again going home. It's brilliant! Embrace your 60s you crusty old fart.

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sevensufjans@reddit

There was a great article in the Guardian about this recently: https://theguardian.com/money/article/2024/may/07/from-holidays-to-shopping-eight-discounts-for-uk-over-60s-you-might-not-know-about

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gingertomgeorge@reddit

The Odeon Cinema give you cheap tickets !

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BoomalakkaWee@reddit

Check your local cinema or theatre - you may find their senior discount price on tickets is for anybody aged 60 and over, rather than at state pension age.

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steveakacrush@reddit

OAP discounts at cafes, hairdressers, etc.

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Freelander4x4@reddit

I like the acknowledgement of unforeseeable death.

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eastkent@reddit (OP)

I don't like to assume.

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Ecstatic_Effective42@reddit

Free back ache Free grunts every time you get up Free drool on the pillow Free visits into each room trying to remember why you are in the room Free snark about your 7th decade on Earth. 7th... Well.. shit

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Whole-Sundae-98@reddit

Free prescriptions & eye tests

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Own-Lecture251@reddit

I turned 60 in January, got my eyes tested in February and was pleasantly surprised to discover it was free. This is in England.

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SirLoinThatSaysNi@reddit

Free prescriptions.

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another_online_idiot@reddit

I get free prescriptions in Wales already and I'm only 56.

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