Bus passes

Oh, I've just realised they were on a motorbike, not a tandem!! Just ignore me.

Your post made me laugh, Falconbird. I read it out to DH and he commented that your MIL couldn't have been pedalling very hard if FIL didn't notice the difference.

just applying for mine born December 1952.Form completed,ready with copied documents to return to Norfolk county council..just need my mugshot and its good to go...My first pension will be 8th October 2015 paid 4 weeks in arrears so my retirement date is 6th September 2015...have also checked up to see if my fuel allowance comes automatically...apparently it does,but have been told by DWP anyone retiring after September has to apply for it.

My in laws in their youth went to Wales on a motorbike with MIL riding pillion.

MIL fell off at some point and FIL didn't realise she'd gone for several more miles.

She wasn't hurt thank goodness, but of course he never lived it down.

shifty! glad I spelled that right!!!!

Sounds good to me Maggie ohhhh Blackpool I was at Morecambe for a few days this week, in fact I shall put some picys on my profile of me dancing with "Eric" he's a shfty mover!

bikergran and Maggie that is how my parents went on honeymoon from Scotland to Blackpool, by tandem and my father apparently kept accusing my mother of not peddling.

The only time ours are used is every Friday night when OH comes home from the pub.

Swap that around, bikergran, and you're on!

Maggiemaybe what if we got a Tandem!! you could peddle I will sit chilling at the rear '''

Agreed Shysal I know that different areas have their own rules though.DH born in 1946 got his bus pass at 60 even though state pension is for 65.

I will repeat myself. It states on the Oxford County Council website that for men and women, it is the women's state pension age that determines bus pass entitlement, there is an on line calculator too. If Nicki's husband is already 65, he is now eligible, but has to apply.

It is state pension age. I was 60 yrs and 11 months but you have to be much older than that now. You won't get one unless you apply.

Here in N.Ireland I got my bus pass 6 years ago when I was 60 and this covers the whole of the UK. At 65 this converted to a Smart Pass which includes the Republic of Ireland.

DH was born in 1953, he's 61 and won't get government pension until he's 65. But he did get his bus pass at 60. If we decide to go to Dublin which is over the border then DH has to pay the partial fare once we hit the border.

Bus pass also covers the train service.

AS Ana said, it depends on when you were born.

I was 60 in 2003, and hubby in 2004, we didn`t get the bus passes automatically, we had to apply, but all it entailed was turning up at the Municipal Buildings, complete with birth certificate, getting photo taken, and voila, I was handed my bus pass! Nowadays I`m told we have to apply to the County Council in Lincoln, it`s not done locally anymore.

Oh, it is right, unfortunately. I'm 1955 too and don't get my pension or my bus pass till I'm 66, even though I have 41 years of contributions already. Don't get me started....

Wouldn't you? He's missed out on a lot of free travel. It's opened up a whole new world to my DH - he loves the goings on on our local bus!

That doesn't seem right, biker! Over to you, Maggiemaybe...

OK I admit it, you are right and I was wrong! I was concentrating on the 'retirement age' and didn't scroll down to see the bit about bus passes - sorry .

I can only assume the OP's DH didn't apply using the correct form, although you'd think the LA would have put him right on how he should have gone about it.

Or blimey, even. Who the heck is Bliley??!

Oh Bliley, cross posts Ana! The bus pass age is the same for men and women, as it's linked to the woman's state pension age. As it says in your earlier link.

I won't get my bus pass until I am 66
my birthday is 28th October 1955
live in Lancashire.

www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension/y/age/male/1950-05-14

I'm hoping this link works, Ana! It should show State Pension Age, then a paragraph about Pension Credit, then you get the Bus Pass heading with the date 6 July 2010.

Fingers crossed. If it doesn't work, I'm giving up and hitting the .

Now I see, having done it again.

Your date is the one applicable for a woman, Maggie, not a man.