Am I eligible for the Eurail Youth pass? I am 27.5 years old
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I will be 27 years and 5 months old this June, when I'll take the first train. Will I be eligible for the EU rail Youth pass?
It shows 12-27 years old for Youth, and 28+ for the Adult. I think I fall in between 27 and 28.
Which one should I get?
eurail
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
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I will be 27 years and 5 months old this June, when I'll take the first train. Will I be eligible for the EU rail Youth pass?
It shows 12-27 years old for Youth, and 28+ for the Adult. I think I fall in between 27 and 28.
Which one should I get?
eurail
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
1486
If the drinking age is 18, do you think you'd be able to buy alcohol if you're between 17 and 18?
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Mar 18 at 8:17
@DmitryGrigoryev I understand your point. But, there's a clear line in your example, anything below 18 is not eligible, anything above is eligible. If you check here, it's not clearly given what happens to people between 27 and 28.
– Parthapratim Neog
Mar 18 at 8:21
3
You cannot be "between" 27 and 28 years old in this context. When laws or regulations decree that a certain age, in years, provides, or removes, an entitlement or obligation, you reach that age on the appropriate birthday, and you keep that age until your next birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 13:09
2
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a legal question. I re-asked on law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859 where it belongs.
– chx
Mar 20 at 5:15
@chx What's the legal aspect? It's a question about eligibility for a particular kind of travel pass, which simply hinges on whether "12-27 years" means "If your age is completed years is between 12 and 27 inclusive" or "If you're between your 12th and 27th birthdays."
– David Richerby
Mar 20 at 12:32
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I will be 27 years and 5 months old this June, when I'll take the first train. Will I be eligible for the EU rail Youth pass?
It shows 12-27 years old for Youth, and 28+ for the Adult. I think I fall in between 27 and 28.
Which one should I get?
eurail
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
1486
I will be 27 years and 5 months old this June, when I'll take the first train. Will I be eligible for the EU rail Youth pass?
It shows 12-27 years old for Youth, and 28+ for the Adult. I think I fall in between 27 and 28.
Which one should I get?
eurail
eurail
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
1486
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
1486
edited Mar 18 at 8:22
Parthapratim Neog
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
1486
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
Parthapratim NeogParthapratim Neog
1486
asked Mar 17 at 7:34
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If the drinking age is 18, do you think you'd be able to buy alcohol if you're between 17 and 18?
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Mar 18 at 8:17
@DmitryGrigoryev I understand your point. But, there's a clear line in your example, anything below 18 is not eligible, anything above is eligible. If you check here, it's not clearly given what happens to people between 27 and 28.
– Parthapratim Neog
Mar 18 at 8:21
3
You cannot be "between" 27 and 28 years old in this context. When laws or regulations decree that a certain age, in years, provides, or removes, an entitlement or obligation, you reach that age on the appropriate birthday, and you keep that age until your next birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 13:09
2
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a legal question. I re-asked on law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859 where it belongs.
– chx
Mar 20 at 5:15
@chx What's the legal aspect? It's a question about eligibility for a particular kind of travel pass, which simply hinges on whether "12-27 years" means "If your age is completed years is between 12 and 27 inclusive" or "If you're between your 12th and 27th birthdays."
– David Richerby
Mar 20 at 12:32
add a comment |
If the drinking age is 18, do you think you'd be able to buy alcohol if you're between 17 and 18?
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Mar 18 at 8:17
@DmitryGrigoryev I understand your point. But, there's a clear line in your example, anything below 18 is not eligible, anything above is eligible. If you check here, it's not clearly given what happens to people between 27 and 28.
– Parthapratim Neog
Mar 18 at 8:21
3
You cannot be "between" 27 and 28 years old in this context. When laws or regulations decree that a certain age, in years, provides, or removes, an entitlement or obligation, you reach that age on the appropriate birthday, and you keep that age until your next birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 13:09
2
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a legal question. I re-asked on law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859 where it belongs.
– chx
Mar 20 at 5:15
@chx What's the legal aspect? It's a question about eligibility for a particular kind of travel pass, which simply hinges on whether "12-27 years" means "If your age is completed years is between 12 and 27 inclusive" or "If you're between your 12th and 27th birthdays."
– David Richerby
Mar 20 at 12:32
If the drinking age is 18, do you think you'd be able to buy alcohol if you're between 17 and 18?
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Mar 18 at 8:17
If the drinking age is 18, do you think you'd be able to buy alcohol if you're between 17 and 18?
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Mar 18 at 8:17
@DmitryGrigoryev I understand your point. But, there's a clear line in your example, anything below 18 is not eligible, anything above is eligible. If you check here, it's not clearly given what happens to people between 27 and 28.
– Parthapratim Neog
Mar 18 at 8:21
@DmitryGrigoryev I understand your point. But, there's a clear line in your example, anything below 18 is not eligible, anything above is eligible. If you check here, it's not clearly given what happens to people between 27 and 28.
– Parthapratim Neog
Mar 18 at 8:21
3
3
You cannot be "between" 27 and 28 years old in this context. When laws or regulations decree that a certain age, in years, provides, or removes, an entitlement or obligation, you reach that age on the appropriate birthday, and you keep that age until your next birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 13:09
You cannot be "between" 27 and 28 years old in this context. When laws or regulations decree that a certain age, in years, provides, or removes, an entitlement or obligation, you reach that age on the appropriate birthday, and you keep that age until your next birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 13:09
2
2
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a legal question. I re-asked on law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859 where it belongs.
– chx
Mar 20 at 5:15
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a legal question. I re-asked on law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859 where it belongs.
– chx
Mar 20 at 5:15
@chx What's the legal aspect? It's a question about eligibility for a particular kind of travel pass, which simply hinges on whether "12-27 years" means "If your age is completed years is between 12 and 27 inclusive" or "If you're between your 12th and 27th birthdays."
– David Richerby
Mar 20 at 12:32
@chx What's the legal aspect? It's a question about eligibility for a particular kind of travel pass, which simply hinges on whether "12-27 years" means "If your age is completed years is between 12 and 27 inclusive" or "If you're between your 12th and 27th birthdays."
– David Richerby
Mar 20 at 12:32
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In Western countries, ages for eligibility purposes are reckoned in whole years. You became "27 years old" on your 27th birthday, and you will remain so up to, and including, the day before your 28th birthday. Travellers who, on their first day of travel, have reached their 12th birthday, and have not reached their 28th birthday, are eligible for the Eurail Youth Pass. Even if they have their 28th birthday during travel, the pass remains valid.
To travel with a
discounted Youth Pass, you must be aged from 12 up to and including 27
on the start date of the Eurail Pass.
Conditions of this Eurail pass
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
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The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
1
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
2
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
3
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
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In Western countries, ages for eligibility purposes are reckoned in whole years. You became "27 years old" on your 27th birthday, and you will remain so up to, and including, the day before your 28th birthday. Travellers who, on their first day of travel, have reached their 12th birthday, and have not reached their 28th birthday, are eligible for the Eurail Youth Pass. Even if they have their 28th birthday during travel, the pass remains valid.
To travel with a
discounted Youth Pass, you must be aged from 12 up to and including 27
on the start date of the Eurail Pass.
Conditions of this Eurail pass
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
1
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
2
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
3
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
|
show 2 more comments
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In Western countries, ages for eligibility purposes are reckoned in whole years. You became "27 years old" on your 27th birthday, and you will remain so up to, and including, the day before your 28th birthday. Travellers who, on their first day of travel, have reached their 12th birthday, and have not reached their 28th birthday, are eligible for the Eurail Youth Pass. Even if they have their 28th birthday during travel, the pass remains valid.
To travel with a
discounted Youth Pass, you must be aged from 12 up to and including 27
on the start date of the Eurail Pass.
Conditions of this Eurail pass
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
1
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
2
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
3
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
|
show 2 more comments
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In Western countries, ages for eligibility purposes are reckoned in whole years. You became "27 years old" on your 27th birthday, and you will remain so up to, and including, the day before your 28th birthday. Travellers who, on their first day of travel, have reached their 12th birthday, and have not reached their 28th birthday, are eligible for the Eurail Youth Pass. Even if they have their 28th birthday during travel, the pass remains valid.
To travel with a
discounted Youth Pass, you must be aged from 12 up to and including 27
on the start date of the Eurail Pass.
Conditions of this Eurail pass
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
In Western countries, ages for eligibility purposes are reckoned in whole years. You became "27 years old" on your 27th birthday, and you will remain so up to, and including, the day before your 28th birthday. Travellers who, on their first day of travel, have reached their 12th birthday, and have not reached their 28th birthday, are eligible for the Eurail Youth Pass. Even if they have their 28th birthday during travel, the pass remains valid.
To travel with a
discounted Youth Pass, you must be aged from 12 up to and including 27
on the start date of the Eurail Pass.
Conditions of this Eurail pass
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
edited Mar 19 at 10:27
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
answered Mar 17 at 9:17
Michael HarveyMichael Harvey
36617
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The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
1
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
2
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
3
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
|
show 2 more comments
The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
1
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
2
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
3
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
The linked page doesn't say anything about birthdays. Without additional sources I would be cautious with this. The full T&C is mum on this as well.
– chx
Mar 18 at 7:16
1
1
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
If you are 27 and 5 months you are "27". Unambiguously.
– Mark Perryman
Mar 18 at 9:54
2
2
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
@chx - "A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger than 28 years of age on the first day that the Pass is valid." You become 28 years old at 12 midnight immediately preceding your 28th birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 12:11
3
3
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
@chx It's not a matter of a particular set of T&C because "everybody knows" how to reckon ages -- namely as a whole number of years, rounding down. Children learn this without even being taught, if they grow up in the west. The OP may not know this, if he's from a culture that handles birthdays and ages differently - or if he knows that some cultures do it differently and is unsure if Europe is one of those - but that doesn't mean a particular company's documents would spell out things that "everybody knows".
– Henning Makholm
Mar 19 at 9:21
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
No, everyone knows doesn't matter. The law does. law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859
– chx
Mar 19 at 17:01
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If the drinking age is 18, do you think you'd be able to buy alcohol if you're between 17 and 18?
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Mar 18 at 8:17
@DmitryGrigoryev I understand your point. But, there's a clear line in your example, anything below 18 is not eligible, anything above is eligible. If you check here, it's not clearly given what happens to people between 27 and 28.
– Parthapratim Neog
Mar 18 at 8:21
3
You cannot be "between" 27 and 28 years old in this context. When laws or regulations decree that a certain age, in years, provides, or removes, an entitlement or obligation, you reach that age on the appropriate birthday, and you keep that age until your next birthday.
– Michael Harvey
Mar 18 at 13:09
2
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a legal question. I re-asked on law.stackexchange.com/q/38255/6859 where it belongs.
– chx
Mar 20 at 5:15
@chx What's the legal aspect? It's a question about eligibility for a particular kind of travel pass, which simply hinges on whether "12-27 years" means "If your age is completed years is between 12 and 27 inclusive" or "If you're between your 12th and 27th birthdays."
– David Richerby
Mar 20 at 12:32