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Senior Citizen And Retirement Age
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Will I become a senior citizen and be able to get SC rates when I am 60 or will I become a SC at my now retirement age of 67?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I found that barbers were charging me the 'senior citizen' price, without asking me whether I qualified for it, not long after I was 50!
A few things are fixed but many are entirely discretionary. (e.g. Hairdressers can give you the lower price when you're 50, insist that you wait until you're 70 or simply not offer any discount at all).
For what it's worth though . . .
You qualify for free bus travel at the age when you first get your state pension (or, for a man, when a woman born on the same day as him first gets her state pension) in England. Elsewhere in the UK you qualify at 60. (Passes are only valid in the relevant country. You can't, for example, use a Welsh bus pass in England or vice versa).
You can get a Senior Coachcard (giving you a third off National Express coach services) for £12 (+£2 p&p) when you're 60.
You can get a Senior Railcard (giving you a third off rail travel) at 60. It costs £30 per year (online or from rail stations) or £70 for three years (online only).
Organisations such as English Heritage offer discounted membership fees from age 60. (With the National Trust though you also need to have paid the full rate for 5 out of the previous 10 years in order to qualify).
Museums vary. Some give a discount for people over 60; others insist that you're at least 65. However I've never known any to actually ask for proof of age anyway.
A few things are fixed but many are entirely discretionary. (e.g. Hairdressers can give you the lower price when you're 50, insist that you wait until you're 70 or simply not offer any discount at all).
For what it's worth though . . .
You qualify for free bus travel at the age when you first get your state pension (or, for a man, when a woman born on the same day as him first gets her state pension) in England. Elsewhere in the UK you qualify at 60. (Passes are only valid in the relevant country. You can't, for example, use a Welsh bus pass in England or vice versa).
You can get a Senior Coachcard (giving you a third off National Express coach services) for £12 (+£2 p&p) when you're 60.
You can get a Senior Railcard (giving you a third off rail travel) at 60. It costs £30 per year (online or from rail stations) or £70 for three years (online only).
Organisations such as English Heritage offer discounted membership fees from age 60. (With the National Trust though you also need to have paid the full rate for 5 out of the previous 10 years in order to qualify).
Museums vary. Some give a discount for people over 60; others insist that you're at least 65. However I've never known any to actually ask for proof of age anyway.
No actual law but a 'Senior Citizen' is normally taken to mean a person male or female, over 60.
I get the senior citizen haircut rate of £7.50 and my local fish and chip shop does a 'senior citizen fish and chips' for £2.85 which I also get. Never needed to prove my age ! I'm 66 by the way.
Keep meaning to get a bus pass ( it is free) as well as free travel for all bus journeys starting in my home county you get 1/2 price rail fares ( out of peak hours ) anywhere between London and Cambridge without having to buy a senior rail card
I get the senior citizen haircut rate of £7.50 and my local fish and chip shop does a 'senior citizen fish and chips' for £2.85 which I also get. Never needed to prove my age ! I'm 66 by the way.
Keep meaning to get a bus pass ( it is free) as well as free travel for all bus journeys starting in my home county you get 1/2 price rail fares ( out of peak hours ) anywhere between London and Cambridge without having to buy a senior rail card