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A bit stingy there from the London Transport Museum.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 18.03.25 - 7:19 a.m. | #

Over 65s get a decent discount on the cost of admission to football matches eg At Charlton £23 instead of of £32 full price

Brian | 18.03.25 - 7:22 a.m. | #

I was also going to say the London Transport Museum were being a bit stingy. But the I remembered they charge £45 for visiting a disused station and "concessions" and children get £3 off - which is about 7%. So still stingy on their overpriced stuff.

MKIan | 18.03.25 - 9:18 a.m. | #

I think the National Trust gives a fair fraction - about a third - off life membership for those aged 60+. The annual membership and individual property entry charges are the same though.

dg writes: indeed

I was surprised to see any visitor attraction mentioning concessions for “OAPs” nowadays. The Clink does but I looked in vain for mention of OAPs on the Monument’s page. Other pages suggest it considers “seniors with valid ID” to be 60+.

Andrew | 18.03.25 - 9:18 a.m. | #

Actually the National Trust gives a reduced over 60 rate for annual membership if you have held a "standard rate" annual membership for at least 3 years. This is how we got ours. I guess this is how most people can get it as life membership has been quite a financial commitment for many years so, I'm guessing, relativley few people have it.
It's quite well "hidden" on their site and you have phone to enrol.

MikeK | 18.03.25 - 9:48 a.m. | #

Re: the London Transport Museum.
If you are a Friend (£30 for the first year, then £27pa if you pay by DD), there are many benefits (including free entry to the Museum as many times as you want per year). See here.

dg writes: no senior discount

John Simmons | 18.03.25 - 10:00 a.m. | #

The LT Museum is fairly typical of many attractions that give a token discount, which does at least make you feel you've got some recognition of your seniority. Ultimately discounts are a marketing tool rather than pure benevolence, and attractions have to weigh up the overall effect on income. This might include all sorts of imponderables such as being grumpy about lack of discount so not spending anything in the gift shop or cafe, or grumbling about it later and putting off other visitors or not visiting again.
At the other end of the age range, a small attraction I'm involved with lost adult visitors when it dropped the free child age from 5 to 3, putting off childminding grandparents who felt the overall cost wasn't worth it if the child wasn't old enough for actively engaging rather than just tagging along.

Andrew S | 18.03.25 - 10:10 a.m. | #

Art pass: Discounted for the young (and the mature student/professional), not for the old. Although there is a life option which breaks even in 39 years at current rates.

Some other heritage organisations used to offer life options but when available these were underpriced, and said organisations realised how those who had ready cash to buy a lifetime had abstracted future, if less certain, revenue

MilesT | 18.03.25 - 10:53 a.m. | #

Thanks for the correction MikeK. It is a little hidden but now I’ve found it and filed it away for when it may be useful in a few years.

I also overegged the discount for NT life membership. It is closer to 25% off.

Andrew | 18.03.25 - 12:23 p.m. | #

A host of health-related screenings and checks are triggered at 60; the dubious delights of which will doubtless kick in soon.

cau1khead | 18.03.25 - 1:10 p.m. | #

That Arsenal Stadium discount should come in handy. Eventually.

steven crosby | 18.03.25 - 7:39 p.m. | #

Thanks for this list.
It's interesting that 65 is still regarded as the standard OAP age even though no one can now claim state pension at 65 anymore!

The closer I get to being a 'pensioner' the less I feel the 'Old Age' bit still applies!

Cornish Cockney | 18.03.25 - 8:13 p.m. | #

Oh, the memories of turning 60 :(
There was something I'd wanted to see at the O2 so one of the first things I did was turning up at one of kiosks to get a ticket.
I asked about concessionary rates for over-60s and (having always thought of myself as looking younger than my age) asked if she wanted to see proof.
She didn't. That hurt.

RogerW | 19.03.25 - 11:08 a.m. | #

The first perk I received on reaching 60 was reduced admission to Tower Bridge .Not sure if they have changed it from January 2024 .

Michael | 19.03.25 - 6:12 p.m. | #

Does anyone know why the pass is still triggered at 60?

dg writes: see last month’s post

I could understand this if unemployed or benefits but if full time employed, is this just a perk of living in London. Where I'm from up north it's still tied to pension age. I sometimes wonder if someone is 60+ earning say over 50k, should they be entitled to it until they retired?

Joe | 20.03.25 - 6:44 p.m. | #











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