Admin Team Sir Penguin 648 Posted November 11, 2014 Admin Team Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) I'm aware that accepting discount and 'freebies', if you will, may cause you a problem in the future - but what discounts are you entitled to as an officer? Locally or nationally. Edited November 11, 2014 by Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoppedreality + 279 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Varies force by force. The Met have a "Met Offers Reward Scheme" - other discounts are national, such as Nandos, with a 20% discount on production of warrant cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR8623 243 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Varies force by force. The Met have a "Met Offers Reward Scheme" - other discounts are national, such as Nandos, with a 20% discount on production of warrant cards. That's not just for Met officers... That's a nationwide offer. Usually if you Google a company that you think might offer discount, it will tell you. Such as Nandos, there is a dedicated page on their website that gives emergency services discount and informes you how to claim it etc. same for Dominos. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJazzPolice 279 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 In WYP officers are allowed free bus travel throughout West Yorkshire on the Metro network. For the regulars there is also free rail travel on the Metro system when travelling to and from work, however that has not (yet) been extended to specials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaFoxtrotBravo + 12 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 In WYP officers are allowed free bus travel throughout West Yorkshire on the Metro network. For the regulars there is also free rail travel on the Metro system when travelling to and from work, however that has not (yet) been extended to specials. Is the metro network just all the buses run by First or does it include Arriva etc as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJazzPolice 279 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 As far as I know it covers Arriva. I was wondering the same as I recently moved into an area where Arriva does all buses so I checked the policy and as far as I can remember it did say all buses on the Metro network. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaFoxtrotBravo + 12 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Good to know just in case, especially for getting to Wakefield for OH or whatever I 'spose in future. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-KAY 1,630 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Funny how Nandos was the first one to come up! Some of them do 50% in uniform. Funnily enough they are the most frequented on my borough! Also for Met officers there is (an offically OK'd) deal with vodaphone, 20% off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJazzPolice 279 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 30% off your airtime bill with O2 (currently excludes the iPhone 6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty McFly 658 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) You get discounts on everything from self storage to airport lounges to Apple. All depends on force policy as to what you can and can't use. Some forces are a free for all, some approved discounts only, etc. Edited November 12, 2014 by Marty McFly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traffic Rat + 287 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 There are thousands of offers out there that you can officially use. The old days it was called GTP - Good to Police. This was frowned upon from the mid 90s These days there are sites such as Blue light card, Rewards for Police, Both National and Local Fed websites. Even Hilton Hotels have their own website for public sector workers. No ID is ever asked for but you get 33% off room rates at time of booking. Alton towers, Thorpe park etc all have corporate rates available to you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HampshireSaint 35 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Nandos / Dominos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkor 3 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 "there's no such thing as a free lunch" and Brad started off by saying "I'm aware that accepting discount and 'freebies', if you will, may cause you a problem in the future" well reading this thread you really wouldn't come to that conclusion would you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockney_Doris 29 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 "there's no such thing as a free lunch" and Brad started off by saying "I'm aware that accepting discount and 'freebies', if you will, may cause you a problem in the future" well reading this thread you really wouldn't come to that conclusion would you ? I'd never use a police discount off duty because I don't want to show out where i live. However, I don't see the problem in accepting it on duty grabbing refs in nando's or wherever. They don't expect any favours for it. Obviously if there's an incident you'll have to deal with it but that would be the case whether there was a discount on your bill or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soap + 1,575 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 You get discounts on everything from self storage to airport lounges to Apple. All depends on force policy as to what you can and can't use. Some forces are a free for all, some approved discounts only, etc. Or my force, "Check the approved discounts page" *approved discount page is blank* Oh... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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