Retirement is a time to do what you want, when you want.
Right? Well, not always.
But exploring life’s activities and places with discounts definitely helps and it gives you more flexibility.
If you dream of traveling the world, experiencing new things every day, or just want to shop, there are plenty of options out there. so you can have fun without worrying too much about the cost.
Because every dollar adds up when it comes to your retirement budget, we’ve compiled and categorized a list of over 200 discounts, freebies, and deals that are available to seniors only.
(Sidenote: Of course, businesses change their discounts from time to time, so check the sites before heading out. These are active senior discounts as of December 2021.)
Senior Discounts For Restaurants
Applebee’s — 10-15% off at certain locations, may require Golden Apple Card (60+)
Arby’s — 10% off at certain locations (55+)
A&W Senior Discount All American Food — 10% off at certain locations
Backyard Burger — Free drink with purchase (55+)
Ben & Jerry’s —10% off at certain locations(60+)
Bennigan’s — Discount varies by location (60+)
Bob’s Big Boy — Discount varies by location (60+)
Bonefish Grill — 10% off for AARP members
Boston Market — Discount varies by location (65+)
Burger King —10% off and additional discounts on drinks (60+)
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company —10% off for AARP Members
Captain D’s Seafood — On Wednesdays, seniors have a choice of 8 meals + drink for $4.99 or less at certain locations (62+)
Carrabba’s Italian Grill — 10% off entire meal for AARP Members
Carrows Restaurants — Golden 55 Menu with discounted breakfast, lunch & dinner (55+)
Chart House — 10% off for AARP members
Chick-fil-A — Chick-fil-A offers a free refillable senior drink at certain locations
Chili’s Restaurant — 10% off (55+)
CiCi’s Pizza — 10% off at certain locations (55+)
Claim Jumper — 10% off for AARP members
Corky’s Homestyle Kitchen & Bakery — Offers special senior menu and a Senior’s Frequent Diner Card (buy 9 get 1 free) (55+)
Corner Bakery Cafe — 10% off for AARP members
Country Kitchen — Great Senior Menu (55+)
Culvers Corner — 10% off (60+)
Dairy Queen — 10% off and a free small drink at certain locations
Denny’s — 15% off for AARP members at certain locations
Dunkin’ Donuts— AARP members receive a free donut with the purchase of a large or XL beverage at certain locations
Einstein’s Bagels — 10% off (60+)
El Pollo Loco: 10% off (60+)
Friendly’s Restaurants — 10% off meal and a free coffee at breakfast or free small sundae during non-breakfast hours
Fuddrucker’s— 10% off any senior platter (55+)
Gatti’s Pizza — 10% off (60+)
Golden Corral — 105 off at certain locations (55+)
Hardee’s — 10 percent off at certain locations and $0.33 beverages every day (52+)
IHOP — Discounts on senior menu items (55+)
Jack in the Box — up to 20% off (55+)
Joe’s Crab Shack — 10% off on food and nonalcoholic beverages for AARP members
KFC —Free small drink with any meal (55+)
Krispy Kreme — 10% off (50+)
Landry’s Seafood — 10% off for AARP members (50+)
Landry’s Inc. Restaurants — 10% off on food and nonalcoholic beverages for AARP members
Long John Silver’s — 10% off or free drink at certain locations (55+)
Luby’s — Offers a Senior Luann Special $7.99 – 3 p.m. to close
Macayo’s Mexican — 20% off (55+)
McCormick & Schmick’s — 10% savings on food and non-alcoholic beverages for AARP members (50+)
McDonald’s — Coffee discounts everyday (55+)
Mrs. Fields — 10% off at certain locations (60+)
The Oceanaire Seafood Room — 10% off for AARP members
Outback Steakhouse Discounts — 10% off for AARP members
Papa John’s — 25% off for online orders for AARP members
Perkins Senior Discount — 55+ Menu
Pollo Tropical — 10% off (50+)
Ponderosa Steak Houses — Offers senior menus (60+)
Rainforest Cafe — 10% off for AARP members (50+)
SaltGrass — 10% off for AARP members (50+)
Shoney’s of Knoxville —Join the “Golden Age Club” for 10% off (60+)
Sizzler — Offers senior menu (60+)
Sonic — 10% off or free beverage (60+)
Subway — 10% off at certain locations (60+)
Taco Bell — 5% off and free beverages (65+)
Taco Bueno — 10% off
Taco Time — 10% off
Tea Room Cafe — 10% off (50+)
The Old Spaghetti Factory — Offers senior menus
Top if Off Frozen Yogurt — 10% off every Tuesday and Wednesday
Uno Pizzeria & Grill — 25% off on Wednesday (55+)
Village Inn — 10% off (60+)
Waffle House — 10% off every Monday (60+)
Wendy’s — Various discounts at certain locations
Whataburger — Free drink with a meal (55+)
White Castle —10% off (62+)
Stores with Senior Discounts
Grocery
American Discount Foods — 10% off every Monday (62+)
Compare Foods Supermarket — 10% off every Wednesday (60+)
Concord Food Co-Op —15% off on Tuesday and Sundays (62+)
DeCicco Family Markets — 5% off every Wednesday (60+)
Fred Meyer —10% off on the first Tuesday of every month (55+)
Fry’s Food Stores — 10% off on the first Wednesday of every month (55+)
Gristedes Supermarket — 10% off every Tuesday (65+)
Harris Teeter — 5% off every Thursday (60+)
Hy-Vee — 5% off every Thursday (55+)
New Season — 10% off every Wednesday most items (65+)
Piggly-Wiggly — 5% every Wednesday (60+) verified
Uncle Guiseppe’s Marketplace — 5% off on Wednesdays (65+)
Retail
Banana Republic Discounts — 10% off (50+)
Bealls Department Store — 15% off every Tuesday (55+)
Belk: 15% off first Tuesday of every month (55+)
Bon-Ton Department Stores — 15% off on senior discount days (55+)
C.J. Banks/Christopher Banks — 10% off every Wednesday (60+)
Clarks — 10% off (62+)
Dressbarn — 10% off on Tuesdays/Wednesdays at certain locations (55+)
Goodwill —10% – 25% off one day a month (date varies by location – 55+)
iParty — 10% off
JOANN — 20% off your purchase, date varies by location (55+)
Kohl’s —15% off on Wednesdays (60+)
Michael’s — 10% off for AARP members (55+)
Ross Stores — 10% off every Tuesday (55+)
The Salvation Army Thrift Stores — 15 to 50% off on different days, but mostly Wednesdays(55+)
SteinMart — 20% off on the first Monday of every month (55+)
TJ Maxx — 10% off on Mondays at certain locations
Value Village — 30% off every Tuseday (60+)
Walgreens — 20% off on the first Tuesday of the month for AARP members (65+)
QVC — 10% off the total purchase (55+)
Other Stores
Ace Hardware — 10% off every Thursday (65+)
Castle Ink — 15% off (55+)
Cheryl’s Cookies — 20% off for AARP members
Dirt Cheap — 10% off (60+)
Goodsey — 20% off gift purchases for AARP members
Lunardi’s — 5% off on Tuesdays and Thursdays (65+)
Personalization Mall — 15% off on personalized gifts (using code PMAAR) for AARP members
Shari’s Berries — 15% Off Chocolate-Covered Strawberries for AARP members
Simply Chocolate — 20% off on online purchases of chocolate, truffles, candies for AARP members
Stock Yards — 20% off on steaks, seafood, poultry, burgers and more for AARP members
The Popcorn Factory — 20% off for AARP members
Tops — Different discounts on the first Tuesday of every month (60+)
Wolferman’s — 20% off for AARP members
SimpliSafe — 15% off for AARP members
The UPS Store — 15% off eligible products and services and 5% off domestic and international shipping services for AARP members
Transportation & Travel Senior Discounts
Hotels
Best Western — 10% or more (55+)
Cambria Suites — 10% off at certain locations (60+)
Candlewood Suites — Discounts vary by location (62+)
Clarion Hotels — Up to 10% for AARP members
Comfort Inn — Up to 10% for AARP members
Comfort Suites — Up to 10% for AARP members
Crowne Plaza — Up to 20%
Days Inn — Discounts vary (60+)
Hampton Inn & Suites — 10% off for AARP members
Holiday Inn —Discounts vary (62+)
Howard Johnson Hotel — Discounts off best available rate (60+)
Hyatt — Up to 50% off (62+)
IHG Hotels & Resorts — Discounts vary (62+)
Knights Inn — Up to 10% off (60+)
La Quinta Inn — Discounts vary (65+)
Marriott — 15% off (62+)
Motel 6 — 10% off (60+)
Sleep Inn — Up to 10% for AARP members
Super 8 — 10% off (up to 20% with AARP card)
Travelodge — Discounts vary (60+)
Wyndham Hotels — Up to 20% with AARP card, AMAC members 20% off
Car Rental
Alamo Car Rental — Up to 25% off for AARP members Auto Europe — 5% off for online reservations
Avis — $10-$25 off for AARP members
Budget Rent-A-Car — 10-25% on all vehicles for AARP members (50+)
Budget Truck Rental — 20% off Sunday – Thursday and 10% off Friday – Saturday for AARP members
Dollar Rent-A-Car — 10% off (50+)
Hertz — Up to 20% off (50+)
Payless — 5 % off for AARP members
Sixt — 5% off (50+)
Thrifty Car Rental — 5% off (50+)
Zipcar — 33% off yearly membership for AARP members
Air Transportation
American Airlines — Various senior discounts (65+)
Southwest Airlines — Various senior discounts (65+)
British Airways — Up to $200 on flights for AARP members
IndiGo Airlines — 6% off (60+)
United Airlines — Various senior discounts (65+)
Other
National Parks Senior Lifetime Pass — $80.00 (62+) – (P.S. check out our guide to all 63 US National Parks)
Amtrak — 10% off (65+)
Capitol Corridor — 15% off (62+)
Carnival — Discount packages (55+)
Grand European Travel — Up to $100 off for AARP Members
Norwegian Cruises — 5% off all cruises booked at least nine months out
Park Ride Fly USA — 12% off for AARP members
Peter Pan Buses — 15% off (62+)
Red Roof — 10% off (59+)
Royal Caribbean — Discounts vary (55+)
SeaWorld Parks — $5 off (65+)
Trailways — 10% off (65+)
Vacations By Rail — 5% off for AARP members
Health, Wellness, and Insurance Senior Discounts
AARP — With the AARP Prescription Discounts provided by OptumRx you can save money in pharmacies nation-wide
Allstate Roadside — 10% off (55+)
Atera spas — Discounts vary
Rite Aid — Save 20% on prescription drugs by signing up for the Rite Aid Rx Savings Program
CareLinx In-Home Care — 3% off for AARP members
Costco — Save up to 80%
CVS Pharmacy — Offers personalized coupons delivered on receipts, 2-5% back
Dragonfly Hot Yoga — 10 class pass for $150 (65+)
Gifts of Healing — 10% off on a massage, Tuesday through Friday (65+)
Glasses.com — 30% on complete pair of glasses (frames and lenses) for AARP members
HearUSA Hearing Shop — 15% off for AARP members
Kmart Pharmacy — Save on preferred generic drugs (starting at $5 for a 30-day supply and starting at $10 for a 90-day supply), savings on non-preferred generics up to 65%, savings on brand name medications up to 20%, 20% savings on flu immunizations, including high-dose flu
vaccine, 10% savings on all other immunizations
LensCrafters — 50% off on prescription lenses with the purchase of a frame at LensCrafters for AARP members
Lewis Drug — 10% off once a month, does not apply to tobacco products, beer, wine & spirits, prescriptions, lottery tickets, gift cards, or postal services (55+)
PetPlan — 10% off (50+)
Target Optical — $10 on a complete pair of glasses (frames and lenses) for AARP members
Entertainment Senior Discounts
AMC Theatres — Up to 30% off for movie tickets at certain locations (60+)
Angelika Film Center — Free popcorn with ticket purchase every Thursday (55+)
Cinemark — 35% off on movie tickets, on Mondays, save an additional 10% (62+)
Regal Theaters — Up to 30% off for movie tickets (60+)
Showcase Cinemas — Discounts on Wednesdays (60+)
Ticketmaster — Special offers for AARP members
Technology Senior Discounts
Amazon Prime — More than 50% off with a valid EBT Card or have to be on Medicaid
Audible — $30 off on an annual membership for AARP members
AT&T — 10% off qualified monthly AT&T voice and data wireless plans and 15% off eligible wireless accessories
Bay Alarm Medical — Discounts available for ASA, AMAC, AARP, and USAA members
Consumer Cellular — 5% off on usage and monthly fees, 30% off on select accessories for
AARP members
Grandpad — 5% off (50+)
Metro PCS — 5% for AARP members
Phillips Lifeline — 15% off for AARP members
Save on Senior Deals
For seniors, your retired life should be filled with all of your favorite things: family, friends, and yes…discounts.
This list will help you find discounts for everything from your morning coffee to weekly grocery shopping.
Don’t forget to bookmark this article to remind yourself of these great savings you can make the next time you need a discount.
