Is age discrimination lawful?

ticktack_2

McKneff wrote: »

Can you tell me where this garden centre is where you get a discount off plants.

Capital Gardens give OAPs a discount on Wednesdays, but only in the store, not online. They're mostly in London.

McKneff

Dave_C wrote: »

As a male you can get a bus pass at age 60. IME flashing your bus pass at entry points to attractions etc. does get you concessionary/OAP rates. Strangely enough hairdressers ask if I'm 65.

And a bus pass does wonders for your fuel consumption

Dave

Friend of mine retires this year female 62 and cant get her bus pass till she gets her pension, we are in England, Scotland may be differnet.

cb1979

I turned 60 last november and cannot get my bus pass until july 2013 ,and winter heating allowance untill the winter of 2013/2014

dzug1

McKneff wrote: »

Can you tell me where this garden centre is where you get a discount off plants.

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B&Q with their card on Wednesdays

Dave_C_2

McKneff wrote: »

Friend of mine retires this year female 62 and cant get her bus pass till she gets her pension, we are in England, Scotland may be differnet.

Sorry about that, if you were born after 1950 the state pension age goes up. Looks like the OP has a couple or three years to wait for the bus pass...

Have a look here

Dave

Mrs_Ryan

What about those over 60's who have the misfortune to be disabled? is it doubly unfair that they can get either discount?! Both my parents can - my Dad is over 70 so usually chooses the OAP discount while my Mum who is 62 and draws a state pension prefers to claim the disabled discount (she's VERY severely disabled by the way) I claim student discount despite the fact I'm 31 - (I'm doing an NVQ at my local college) and I dont think that's discriminatory - its still the same service (I mainly use it at the rugby) and they dont tell me I'm too old as I have a valid student card which is good enough for them. So frankly I dont see how it is because there are other discounts that can be had at any age?!

Notmyrealname

tony_lavelle wrote: »

I am 59 and no longer gainfully employed. I cannot understand why over 60s are entitled to so many discounts on train travel etc just for having lived longer. These days surely there's no reason for the presumption that over 60s are poorer than younger people. Many over 60s have well-paid jobs and those who have retired are likely to have better pensions than I ever hope to get.

I am not talking about insurance, where age does have a bearing on what you're paying for, namely risk. Train tickets, cinema, hairdressers and even fish and chip shops have discriminatory pricing.

I ask you, is it actually legal to discriminate by age for the price of the same product or service?

Perhaps if you were gainfully employed instead of living off my hard earned money, you'd not have a problem with it.

Just saying.....

Lum

Yes because someone who has lost their job at 59 is totally going to find another job easily and will never get turned down as soon as the employer realises his age.

tony_lavelle

As it happens, Notmyrealname (if that is your real name) I'm not claiming a penny in benefits. I haven't reached my pension age, so living on savings which are yielding bu**er all. My pension's down the toilet anyway. I don't want concessions, but I do object to assumptions (like yours) about my relative ability to pay for stuff.

Mrs_Arcanum

McKneff wrote: »

Can you tell me where this garden centre is where you get a discount off plants.

Pensioners dont get a discount off fish and chips, they pay the full price for a smaller portion.

Not long to wait now pet anyway.:D

You wont get your OAP discounts anyway at 60, you will get them when you draw your State pension. Ive lost count of when cos the government keeps changing the goal posts.

When you reach the current retirement age for women you can get pension credits (not quite the state pension) and this does give you discounts as my then 62 year old brother discovered.