{"id":535,"date":"2018-10-09T02:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T02:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cardhacks.com.au\/?p=535"},"modified":"2018-10-10T02:13:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T02:13:14","slug":"seniors-travel-visiting-sydney-dont-leave-home-without-your-senior-pensioner-opal-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cardhacks.com.au\/2018\/10\/09\/seniors-travel-visiting-sydney-dont-leave-home-without-your-senior-pensioner-opal-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors Travel: Visiting Sydney? Don’t leave home without your GOLD Senior\/Pensioner Opal Card"},"content":{"rendered":"
Don’t confuse the Concession Opal Card and the Seniors\/Pensioner Opal Card – there’s a big difference.<\/p>\n
If you’re leaving for Sydney soon, don’t think you can arrive there and pick up a Gold Senior\/Pensioner Opal Card from a ticket office when you get there – you can’t. You can show your Seniors Card and buy a Concession Opal Card which will give you a 50% discount on all your train, bus, ferry and light rail trips. But the card you really need is the Gold Senior\/Pensioner Opal card .<\/p>\n
With the Gold Senior\/Pensioner card, you’re entitled to the $2.50 travel anywhere in the Sydney Opal network deal. Go back and forth to Manly all day on the ferry, or take a train to Katoomba AND a ferry ride to Parramatta, it all caps out at just $2.50 for the whole day. Like your shopping, you can travel around Sydney until you drop! All for just $2.50. (excluding the shopping)<\/p>\n
To get a Gold Senior\/Pensioner Card you’ll need to prove you’re eligible. Once you’ve convinced them you’re eligible, they’ll send you your card in the mail.<\/p>\n
The place to start is the Opal site card order page<\/a>. Or, give TransportNSW a call on 13 67 25 (13 OPAL)<\/p>\n If you call, just be certain to have your NSW or ACT Seniors, NSW War Widow\/er card or your Pensioner Concession card ready.<\/p>\n You’ll need to apply 2-3 weeks before your departure to Sydney as the card will be posted to your address.<\/p>\n Only Pensioner Concession card holders can apply online or over the phone. Go to the\u00a0Opal site card order page<\/a>. Or, give TransportNSW a call on 13 67 25 (13 OPAL)<\/p>\n If you hold an Australian State or Territory Government issued Seniors card, you need to fill out this application form\u00a0Interstate Seniors application form (pdf 270KB)<\/a>Interstate seniors<\/h2>\n
\nand post or email it back. They’ll then send you your card in the mail.<\/p>\n