senior discounts

Publish date: 2024-05-02

For those of you in AARP (yes, this IS dataLounge), do you use senior discounts often? What restaurants, shows, etc. do you use them for?

by Anonymousreply 44January 13, 2024 4:44 PM

What are the best discounts for 55? I will turn 55 this month.

by Anonymousreply 1January 10, 2024 9:55 PM

I used my AARP discount to get into a museum at a reduced price once. The reduction was also extended to my two friends that I was traveling with, both seniors but not AARP members.

by Anonymousreply 2January 10, 2024 9:58 PM

I’m 50

I’m not a senior citizen

by Anonymousreply 3January 10, 2024 10:00 PM

I'm still waiting for rentboys to start offering discounts.

by Anonymousreply 4January 10, 2024 10:04 PM

T-Mobile has the 55 and up phone plan, R1.

by Anonymousreply 5January 10, 2024 10:05 PM

[quote]T-Mobile has the 55 and up phone plan, [R1].

But they don't permit dialing with a pencil.

by Anonymousreply 6January 10, 2024 10:08 PM

Amtrak offers a 10% senior discount.

by Anonymousreply 7January 10, 2024 10:15 PM

My Wendy's offers a senior citizen discount.

by Anonymousreply 8January 10, 2024 10:26 PM

AARP did its first solicitation when I was still 49 and not ready for being called a senior citizen. That was strike 1. Strike 2 was the excessive mail that followed from them with none of their perks being worth to cave into their aggressive advertising.

by Anonymousreply 9January 10, 2024 10:38 PM

r10, you should know since you belong to it - American Association of Retarded People.

by Anonymousreply 11January 10, 2024 10:45 PM

I tried to get a senior discount at McDonalds for shits n grins and the girl at the counter paused and gave me a real dirty look. I’m 50. I looked at my receipt and got it.

by Anonymousreply 12January 10, 2024 11:17 PM

Pro tip for AARP - if you join, spend $45 and get the 5 year membership.

It's more cost effective.

Haven't used a ton of discounts but on the hotels alone, we saved way more than the cost of membership. AARP doesn't have a ton of everyday sort of discounts (other than Dennys)

by Anonymousreply 13January 10, 2024 11:19 PM

If there is a Walgreen’s in your area, and you have an AARP membership, register your AARP with the Walgreen’s rewards program. First Tuesday of the month is Senior Day in the store and usually the week online. 20% off non sale items.

by Anonymousreply 14January 11, 2024 12:34 AM

What is the over 50 discount at House of Dildoes?

by Anonymousreply 15January 11, 2024 12:37 AM

I don't actively look for discounts but when booking a round trip on Canada's Via Rail Montreal to Ottawa I bought the seniors (62) discount. The seat both ways had no window. I was visiting Canada and really wanted to see the countryside. It certainly wasn't worth the few dollars saved.

The ticket guy at the Quad Cinema gave me the senior discount without even asking me which really annoyed the shit out of me. When I got in the theater, a weekday afternoon show of a documentary on Vermeer, everyone was old. At 62 I was probably the youngest person in the place.

by Anonymousreply 16January 11, 2024 3:11 AM

Not a question specific to AARP, but my friend who is 58 told me that many senior discounts don't take effect until 65, not 55. I just turned 55 about a week ago, and I'm wondering if anyone has found that to be the case (not getting a senior discount unless you're 65)?

by Anonymousreply 17January 11, 2024 3:18 AM

You can google senior discounts by age.

by Anonymousreply 18January 11, 2024 3:22 AM

Well since none one has mentioned the obvious, and OP is challenged, AARP is not a 'senior citizen' organization. A simple google search would have cured this.

It stands for American Association of Retired People and is basically an interest group for lobbying for people at age 50 and over. And also offers discounts as do many other interest groups you pay a membership fee for.

It has nothing to do with specific companies that offer senior discounts which normally only apply to people over age 62 or 65, since those are the ages a person is consider a 'senior citizen.'

by Anonymousreply 19January 11, 2024 3:29 AM

Miss R19 Has Stated Her Boundaries!

by Anonymousreply 20January 11, 2024 4:53 AM

Yeah leave it to dl dumbfucks to fuck up information

by Anonymousreply 21January 11, 2024 8:27 PM

Their Hartford auto insurance was half what I was quoted by State Farm.

by Anonymousreply 22January 11, 2024 8:31 PM

IHOP has an over-55 menu.

by Anonymousreply 23January 11, 2024 8:47 PM

I got that insurance as well, R22. If I don't pay my AARP membership, I don't get that discount.

But I've generally found that, when traveling, my discount for being a veteran exceeds that of a senior citizen.

The problem is, I could have been getting a veteran's discount for many years at many places, but I didn't know about it. It took until they asked my brother-in-law (who was with me at at Lowe's) if he was a veteran (of course, he's not), and I said, "I am!" for me to start asking. They never ask women that question.

Such is life.

by Anonymousreply 24January 11, 2024 8:49 PM

R24 I know a fair number of stores near me - local stores, grocery stores, etc. - will give vets discounts. I think in the example of a grocery store it's one or two days a week (midweek like Tuesday, when it's least busy) but they do it, so never hurts to ask.

Lowe's asking your BIL surprises me because it seems most big corporations won't ask anything to volunteer a discount, they only tell you if you ask. Those cheapskates!

by Anonymousreply 25January 11, 2024 8:55 PM

I never ask nor use senior discounts. I don't need them. My friend's 79 year old husband was in the service during WWII, for some reason he was sent somewhere and spent his time in the military doing some kind of arms testing, very hush hush and he took an oath of secrecy. He has every kind of discount allowed for veterans. His favorite is the 15% off dining at MGM casinos. When the bill is being calculated, the server always returns with the card and says thank you for your service. We all struggle to keep a straight face, since the man in question is a physical coward and hypochondriac who spent his time in a secret army camp in California.

by Anonymousreply 26January 11, 2024 11:22 PM

My two little dogs are sweet seniors

by Anonymousreply 27January 11, 2024 11:24 PM

That friend's husband - is he 79 now, in 2024?

by Anonymousreply 28January 11, 2024 11:38 PM

If you're going to fly British Airways, they offer a discount between $65-$200 for BA tickets. It used to be $300!

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by Anonymousreply 29January 12, 2024 3:25 AM

R26 WW2 was 78 years ago. Your friend served as an infant? Fetus? No wonder the Army wants to keep that a secret.

by Anonymousreply 30January 12, 2024 3:48 AM

R26 here. I must have had a senior moment myself there. I think I somehow mixed up my uncles' tales of WWII service with his.

My friend's husband just turned 80. He was in the service and did do secret military testing out west (or so he says). He served before they were married, they have been married for 53 years. So he served before that. I guess I had everything all cocked up since he was born in 1942 or 43. So likely he served in the sixties.

He does whip out his vets discount card and we do struggle not to laugh. We all just say thank you for your service.

by Anonymousreply 31January 13, 2024 3:39 AM

I honestly never think about it. I pay the same as everyone else.

by Anonymousreply 32January 13, 2024 3:52 AM

Many senior discounts have been discontinued.

by Anonymousreply 33January 13, 2024 4:31 AM

Veteran discounts have been, too.

by Anonymousreply 34January 13, 2024 5:46 AM

I always found people always looking for a senior discount kinda annoying especially they're wealthy and still wanting their 10% off breakfast.

by Anonymousreply 35January 13, 2024 5:48 AM

My sister and a friend use that T-Mobile "Magenta" plan. Apparently, it's a good deal.

by Anonymousreply 36January 13, 2024 7:11 AM

Fuck AARP. It’s a group full of MAGAts pushing libertardian propaganda.

They used to tell their members about proposed cuts to social security or Medicare, but too many Boomers are members and AARP doesn’t want to upset the coots by telling them The Truth. So they no longer inform their members about what the rethugs are up to.

They kept pestering the fuck outta me to join until I sent them a letter telling them that I would NEVER join an organization that gave tacit approval to gutting social security because they don’t want to upset the MAGAts.

by Anonymousreply 37January 13, 2024 7:36 AM

My corporate hair salon offers 10% Mon, Tues weds. Make sure you tip on the original tota for servicesl, bitches!

by Anonymousreply 38January 13, 2024 9:16 AM

This is a very good site that tells who which restaurants, grocery stores, retail stores, travel related companies, etc. give discounts AND at what age.

I had no idea these discounts were available.

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by Anonymousreply 39January 13, 2024 10:03 AM

Just an fyi, people of any age can join AARP and get the discount

by Anonymousreply 40January 13, 2024 10:27 AM

[quote]I tried to get a senior discount at McDonalds for shits n grins and the girl at the counter paused and gave me a real dirty look. I’m 50. I looked at my receipt and got it.

Are you my dead mother, R12. Among her many annoying habits: chatting up cashiers and waiters with stupid 'cute' jokes like yours that were never once received well, but that didn't stop her.

by Anonymousreply 41January 13, 2024 11:56 AM

We gays have a hard time claiming any senior citizen discount because after 40 we always look 20 years younger than we are. Everybody says so.

by Anonymousreply 42January 13, 2024 1:49 PM

I don't go to Perkins often, but did order off the Senior Menu list recently.

I'm 63, but could easily pass for 65. However, not worth it for the humiliating risk of being "carded" if asked.

by Anonymousreply 43January 13, 2024 4:01 PM

Anyone get the magazine still? They used to have great vitamin coupons in there.

by Anonymousreply 44January 13, 2024 4:44 PM

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