There I was thinking I could get a discount on a new Aussie passport...

[giddyup]

Heard on the grapevine of misinformation that if you were an OAP you could get a discount on a new Aussie passport. As mine will expire next year, but my retirement extension is due in August, I am going to Bangkok next month to renew. Turns out, there is no discount, all they do is offer a 5 year passport to people over 75 for half the price of a 10 year passport, big deal! Thought it was too good to be true.

[howard ashoul]

Well, if you're over 75, it could be actually a good idea to start buying things for 5 years instead of 10, right?   

 

[BEVUP]

And you thought you came from a country where they looked after their citizens

I Australia your better of not being one as now all the entitlements have changed - it only a matter of how many years you've been there

[tlcwaterfall]

It is cheaper to get the passport renewed in Australia.

Handy if you are planning a trip home prior to your passport expiring.

[giddyup]

9 minutes ago, tlcwaterfall said:

It is cheaper to get the passport renewed in Australia.

Handy if you are planning a trip home prior to your passport expiring.

Which I'm not.

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, howard ashoul said:

Well, if you're over 75, it could be actually a good idea to start buying things for 5 years instead of 10, right?   

 

No you're not, not funny either.

[tlcwaterfall]

24 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Which I'm not.

Thanks for your great response.  Always happy to assist a fellow Aussie.

Edited May 21, 2017 by tlcwaterfall

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, tlcwaterfall said:

Thanks for your great response.  Always happy to assist a fellow Aussie.

You said handy if I'm planning a trip home, I said I'm not. What's the problem?