Use Your "Senior" Discount at the Movie Theaters and Save a Few Dollars with Each Ticket [Discounts]

Movie theaters offer discounts to seniors, which isn't very helpful to those of us who have yet to reach our golden years. Redditor Drax3 gets around this agist restriction by using an automated ticket kiosk instead of the box office:

Next time you go out to the movie theater, purchase your tickets at the automated ticket purchasing kiosk. When selecting how many tickets you want for the movie, click on the +1 for a Senior Ticket instead of a General Admission Ticket. At the theaters in my area, a Senior Ticket is $10 while General Admission is $14. Saves me $4 every time, and the person who checks the ticket has never noticed/bothered to say anything. Might not seem like a lot of money, but if you frequent the theater as much as I do, it can add up pretty quickly.

Of course, redditor DrowZeeMe used to work at a movie theater and did, indeed, notice this senior scam:

I worked at a movie theatre, ripping tickets, for 2 and a half years. And I LOVED catching people like you. Also under age kids were funny too. Sometimes, I'd let them through, only to stop them 3 steps later, "Hang on, let me see your ticket again"

Basically, your mileage may vary with this tip and you'll have to judge how attentive the employees at your theater are before you give it a try. On the upside, whether you do this online or at a ticket kiosk you can always claim to have pressed the wrong button and pay the difference if you're caught. That way there's no harm done if things go awry. Of course, you can get a better discount by just buying your tickets in bulk, and that requires no risk or ethical concerns at all.

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