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Perran and Carenza hit eighteen in February. We celebrated, it was lovely. It was now legal for them to go to pubs and
clubs with their friends and they did!
But then I went to buy a set of museum tickets for a day out
and discovered that our twins, whom I, of course, continue to regard as
children are in fact, full-price adults.
The solution has been to buy NUS Extra cards at £12.50
each. For the month of April the price
also includes a free ISIC card (International Student Identity Card) which should
help us to get concessionary rates if we go abroad over the summer. Hooray!
We purchased these cards for their ID function, and have discovered
that they command so many discounts that they rival Groupon. But incidentally,
rather as an after-thought, it also means that Perran and Carenza are now
members of the National Union of Students.
That is fine by them.
I only hope that the political imperative to campaign for
radical causes and hoist banners at the drop of a hat has not been lost amid
the exciting prospect of discounts from Accessorize and Amazon.
(To be eligible for an NUS card, as the site explains in
more detail, one must be 16 or over and in full time education.)
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the information! Needless to say that most of students do not have a lot of money so they must be frugal and look for various discounts and cheap options. Thus, these cards must be very helpful for them. It’s important to provide discounts in the most popular stores and cafes so students can really save some cash and appraise an advantage of having such cards. When I was in school I dreamt to be financially independent. Now I have a good job but sometimes I turn to online payday loan lenders when financial emergency arises.
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