Just renewed mine for my youngest which prompted me to post it on here, just as a reminder for those that know or a heads up for those that don't :smile:
Not for me to take any credit for this so will link to a previous post, there's far more info in them than I can write :wink:
"I use my card at least once a month with the kids, the potential savings a year are easily £100.00+ get it ordered now ready for the summer cinema lineup..
can be used in conjunction with special autism screenings.
If you are a carer of a disabled Person or Child above the age of 8 Years old you can get free access to the vast majority of UK cinemas when accompanying the said disabled person.
The disabled Person needs to be in receipt of disability benefits, DLA, AA, etc..
Its very simple to get you go to ceacard.co.uk/ and complete the on-line application, alternatively you can complete a postal application too.
The application is for the the disabled person so any responsible adult can be considered the carer, you DO NOT need to be in receipt of carer's allowance.
There is an admin cost of £6.00 per application. which is less than a cinema ticket, so pays for itself after one screening.
I use mine for my autistic boys aged 10 and 14 who while enjoy the cinema could very easily be taken advantage of in the wrong situations so need a responsible adult to accompany them.
Go to ceacard.co.uk/par…spx and enter your postcode to see if your local cinemas are participating.
Also remember this is for genuine people who need to accompany a disabled person/s to the Cinema, do not try to take advantage of these schemes as they rely on the goodwill of the cinema and the support of the scheme, fraudulent applications could ruin this in future for genuine users of the scheme.
Repost but been a good 7 months and will benefit many people."
All comments (59)
bluefish2303
26 Jul 17#1
Sorry but although I fully appreciate the benefits of having a CEA card (my daughter has one) this is not a deal in the strictest sense as the cost has increased 20% from £5. Not voted either way.
dawsy16 to bluefish2303
26 Jul 17#2
Wow its £1 more are you serious?
bluefish2303 to dawsy16
26 Jul 17#18
What I said is 'it's not a deal in the strictest sense'. Yes it's only £1 extra but if I had to swallow a 20% increase on all the additional costs my daughter's disability incurs then the potential savings this scheme gives you will be quickly lost ... Am I serious? Yes I am. Sorry if anyone takes offence, it's just an opinion and I stand by it.
golfer2007
26 Jul 17#3
Don't use Showcase Cinemas with your CEA card, they discriminate against disabilities. Long story short, Showcase sell a family ticket for £28, we are a family of four but were charged individually rather than being sold a family ticket. When I queried it with them, I got this reply.
With Reference to your email below , You were charged correctly , I had been through your transaction receipt We cannot deduct the carer from the family ticket , a family ticket will be a set of 02 adults and 02 children So we charged you for 02 children and for 01 adult and the 2nd adult will be a free ticket as carer pass.
Thank you Ash
nexus76
26 Jul 17#5
Excellent value and always will be. Saves me over minimal of around £200 a year on films.
haritori
26 Jul 17#6
Bit of advice, Been using these a for a few years now, but....
Every single cinema I go to will gladly except either a Blue Badge or a DLA/PIP letter or even a GP letter, in fact most will take your word for it and just take a postcode for reference..
The cards are expensive for what they call an admin charge so I am not going to use them again..
Also most local authorities now have a carers card which can be obtained through your local carers trust which gives you carers ID for a lot more than just Cinemas.
Shame: Haverfordwest Palace Cinema, refuses to give a carers discount. only cinema I know of that does this as such they lose all custom from me.
jenmumof5 to haritori
26 Jul 17#38
Can I ask if that is for all levels of dla or only higher rate?
fireman1
26 Jul 17#7
Surely you just use the cheapest method of entry. You can't expect them to discount a family pass and then discount again for a carer. There is zero discrimination here. Maybe you should have bought a family ticket, told them you wanted to add meerkat to take a full price adult off, carer to take another full price adult off, sweet Sunday to take another off and just pay the remaining 20p for the family of 4. Moon on a stick?
lindalindalin
26 Jul 17#8
It is helpful for when the disability is not obvious but the young man I take to the cinema is clearly profoundly disabled and they let me in free as a carer with no quibble so I haven't bothered with the cea card. It would be useful for booking online though
golfer2007
26 Jul 17#9
grow up pal.
Justsuperman
26 Jul 17#10
Exactly
Justsuperman
26 Jul 17#11
There’s nothing wrong with that? Gee greedy people or what Jesus.
golfer2007
26 Jul 17#12
Family of four: can we have a family ticket please? Showcase: That's £28 Family of four: oh, and one of us is a carer Showcase: sorry we can't sell you a family ticket Family of four: why? Showcase: because one of you is a carer Family of four: are we not a family?
As you can see it's **** all to do with money.
mickog
26 Jul 17#13
Thanks very much i totally forgot about the card, have now applied.
fishmaster
26 Jul 17#14
So by your reasoning all the people that have never heard of the CEA card are better off not knowing about it because it's £1 dearer now.
fishmaster
26 Jul 17#15
Looks like it's definitely not the place to go and watch a film >
Looking at the terms and conditions I am not happy with this.
"Card only valid for performances of My Left Foot, Rain Man, and Rory O'Shea Was Here."
It's a joke, relax.
skykid3
26 Jul 17#17
Vue cinemas will only allow disabled booking when you present this card even if the disability is obvious
haritori to skykid3
26 Jul 17#35
Carmarthen accepts DLA/PIP Letters, Blue Badge or takes your word for it most days.
lindalindalin to skykid3
27 Jul 17#48
It may be the case where you go ,but I go about once a month and have never yet encountered a problem. It would be very pedantic of them to refuse - especially as there is almost never anyone in the wheelchair seats
Wear_The_Fox_Hat to lindalindalin
27 Jul 17#51
Not all disabled cinema goers use wheelchairs. Also the seats next to the wheelchair spaces are not exclusively for carers. Disabled cinema goers are free to use any seat too, they are only limited to the back row if wheelchair bound. At our local Odeon we have never been asked for a CEA card. They are usually very helpful too and ask if we need assistance.
haritori to Wear_The_Fox_Hat
27 Jul 17#53
Watched Cars 3 last week with my son, and a young guy came in a wheel chair, he then got out a dragged himself to the back of the cinema, as lots of people were looking he said
"what idiot watches a movie at the front of the cinema" he wouldnt let his friends help him either did all himself, so fair play.
but i did find it unusal that he and his mates were watching Cars 3.. seems as they looked in the early 20's
jinkssick
26 Jul 17#19
Your more than welcome to stand by the comment but at the end of the day it is only £1. I am sure you probably lose money in other areas of our life that account to a lot more than £1 that is not emphasized?
jordanc93
26 Jul 17#20
Don't know why some of these people are moaning about a £1 increase the card practically pays for itself after the first visit. Would also say CEA card is more convenient than using Blue Badge as if you are parking in a disabled bay you can't take the badge into the cinema with you or you risk being fined for being incorrectly parked or at least that's what happens at the private car park next to my local VUE.
fireman1
26 Jul 17#21
Family of four: Can we have a family ticket please. Showcase: Certainly, 28 pounds please. Family of four: One of us is a carer, deduct one adult ticket from the already reduced price for buying 4 please. Showcase: So you don't want a £28 family of four ticket? Family of four: Yes we want a family ticket to take advantage of a bulk discount but then we also want you to deduct an an adult price from it. Showcase: not a family ticket then. 1 adult, 1 free carer and 2 kids is £24 so its actually cheaper. Family of four: Yes but then we feel begrudged that we can't take advantage of a deduction on top of a deduction. But I will add this has nothing to do with money and must be discrimination. Showcase: Go to Odeon mate.
phoenixology
26 Jul 17#22
Think we'll be avoiding the cinema for a while.
Vue kicked my wife and 4 yo Autistic son out 30 mins in to the film because of his 'behaviour' with no refund leaving my wife embarrassed.
There was only 4 other people in the whole screen. They intentionally went when it wasn't too crowded for him ;-(
jordanc93
26 Jul 17#23
Nope has nothing to do with money and more to do with you being greedy. The card is issued by CEA to cover a disabled person and one carer hence they have to be per person tickets and not a family ticket. The scheme makes clear a full price ticket must be purchased by the disabled person in order for a free carer ticket to be given. Showcase are following the CEA rules that have been agreed with all particpating cinemas. It's your kind of behaviour that will end up getting these type of schemes closed down to the disadvantage of disabled people.
chrrrissss
26 Jul 17#24
Hey mate there are actually autism friendly screenings at a lot of cinemas nowadays where you can avoid this sorta thing.
jordanc93
26 Jul 17#25
But why should he be restricted to only going to the cinema once a month and also only if they have picked the movie his child wants to see for the autism screening. Their is also the fact that these screenings are usually on at 10 and 11am in the morning not useful for everyone.
nick.soapdish
26 Jul 17#26
1 a month if your lucky
hippy.dave
26 Jul 17#27
They took my money, never sent the card, I emailed saying so, they replied apologising but still didn't send it. I didn't chase it up because I'm a bit rubbish, but a year later they emailed asking me to renew. I told them I never got the first card, they asked for details, I gave them, and they never replied, also ignored my next message.
exhausted
26 Jul 17#28
A lot of those are for "kids " films though. I have a 13 year old autistic son who has grown out of cars, minions etc. I usually try and go to the first showing on a Sunday as they are usually the quietest but have had to leave a few times as he gets quite anxious with too many people around him.
I have one of these cards for my son and as the op says they pay for themselves pretty much straight away although here in Northern Ireland I'm pretty sure not all cinemas accept it
golfer2007
26 Jul 17#29
The only greedy people are Showcase Cinema, we go to the Odeon now, costs less than Showcase without a CEA card and even less with a CEA card. If anything, CEA should remove the likes of Showcase who think they can jump on the disability bandwagon and still rip off the most vulnerable.
golfer2007
26 Jul 17#30
You should try the Odeon they've started trialing 2 Autism screenings a month, one for younger children and one for an older audience such as your son. I think last month they played the new Pirates of the Caribbean and this month it was Spider man.
exhausted
26 Jul 17#31
Thanks I'll look into that
Justsuperman
26 Jul 17#32
You do know cinema barely make a dime on ticket sales? it’s the food and sweets they make dollar on they make 10% of the ticket prices so it wouldn’t matter to them.. a family of 4 is 2 paying adults and 2 children and in you’re case you’re not paying for 4 only 3.
thedvdmonster
26 Jul 17#33
The big problem with CEA cards is people stoop low enough to use it to get a free ticket without caring for someone.
jordanc93
26 Jul 17#34
theirs no point in trying to get your point across to him he seems to hate showcase cinemas even they don't force him to go. if he doesn't like the price he should go elsewhere instead of trying to abuse the CEA card. The system won't allow a family ticket to be used with a CEA card as like you say it is only for 2 children and 2 adults and won't recognise the carer as part of the deal and the option can't be added same at every cinema that has family tickets.
xboxone573
26 Jul 17#36
I didn't know about this...thanks for sharing
jinkssick
26 Jul 17#37
Wow. That is bad.
haritori
26 Jul 17#39
Should be any level.. I think the cinema just wants evidence that your child is disabled, so lower or middle rate should be fine.
jenmumof5 to haritori
26 Jul 17#4
Sorry, I meant for the carers card
haritori to jenmumof5
27 Jul 17#44
For card I just think you need to be in receipt of carers allowance.
driver8
26 Jul 17#40
In our local ODEON, 3 of us went with the usual carer's card, plus the newly acquired meerkat app-code, and politely asked the cheapest way to see Baby Driver. Was told that we only needed to pay the £6-odd for 1 adult ticket. Pleasantly surprised.
scoffer1 to driver8
27 Jul 17#56
Cineworld also take Meerkat and CEA on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so 3 for 1.
micpwelsh
26 Jul 17#41
So is this like that student card con ? Do you have to limp ?
haritori to micpwelsh
27 Jul 17#52
Well aside from you have to send evidence in the form of a DLA or PIP Award Notification.. but you could always try limping eh.. cause thats what most disabled people suffer from isnt it... limps.
jay_leeds
27 Jul 17#42
does this have to be renewed every year?
zyany
27 Jul 17#43
Yes it does.
mehmeh
27 Jul 17#45
Another vote for saving yourself £6 and simply have a DLA/PIP award letter handy in the unlikely event you're asked. Homepage of the site even says cinema should be helping regardless of whether you have this card or not!!!
kijihoon
27 Jul 17#46
I've never heard of this before. Just checked the eligibility and I qualify! Thanks for this.
westernise
27 Jul 17#47
I just hope people don't take advantage of these very good schemes, because like the poster said, it spoils it for the genuine folk. Unfortunately, some disabled people are very limited in what they are able to do so a day out to the cinema is a big thing to them.
H0THEAD
27 Jul 17#49
I have a CEA card but hardly get to use it. Get excited about going but then too ill to go. Haven't been once this year. Hope to be able to use it soon. It's a good scheme tho. I have to go with someone especially if there are no seats at the bottom as my brain doesn't like stairs :disappointed:
gordo1964
27 Jul 17#50
I do money saving presentations to retired groups and always mention the CEA card and most have never heard of it. Mind you most local authority carers don't either before I let them know. Always include a section on HUKD in my segment also.
golfer2007
27 Jul 17#54
One of my nephews is 24 and wants to watch Cars 3, the first one was his favourite movie as a kid so I guess that age group still love the Cars series.
Baby2007
27 Jul 17#55
My son for one we went other day I only paid for three kids I got in free why wouldn't u use it
scoffer1
27 Jul 17#57
I have posted details of a similar deal for theatre and the arts which may be of use to some - hotukdeals.com/dea…015
daz_75
27 Jul 17#58
So if we just take my lads dla award letter would we actually need the card?
kcspurs
23 Aug 17#59
I just phoned up my local cineworld to ask if they accept DLA letter and they said it's just for people with care.or need Care. I tried to explain that my disability is Not obvious. I guess I'll have to apply for this cea card. it clearly states for people that receive DLA
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Opening post
Not for me to take any credit for this so will link to a previous post, there's far more info in them than I can write :wink:
CEA card
"I use my card at least once a month with the kids, the potential savings a year are easily £100.00+ get it ordered now ready for the summer cinema lineup..
can be used in conjunction with special autism screenings.
If you are a carer of a disabled Person or Child above the age of 8 Years old you can get free access to the vast majority of UK cinemas when accompanying the said disabled person.
The disabled Person needs to be in receipt of disability benefits, DLA, AA, etc..
Its very simple to get you go to ceacard.co.uk/ and complete the on-line application, alternatively you can complete a postal application too.
The application is for the the disabled person so any responsible adult can be considered the carer, you DO NOT need to be in receipt of carer's allowance.
There is an admin cost of £6.00 per application. which is less than a cinema ticket, so pays for itself after one screening.
I use mine for my autistic boys aged 10 and 14 who while enjoy the cinema could very easily be taken advantage of in the wrong situations so need a responsible adult to accompany them.
Go to ceacard.co.uk/par…spx and enter your postcode to see if your local cinemas are participating.
Also remember this is for genuine people who need to accompany a disabled person/s to the Cinema, do not try to take advantage of these schemes as they rely on the goodwill of the cinema and the support of the scheme, fraudulent applications could ruin this in future for genuine users of the scheme.
Repost but been a good 7 months and will benefit many people."
All comments (59)
With Reference to your email below , You were charged correctly , I had been through your transaction receipt
We cannot deduct the carer from the family ticket , a family ticket will be a set of 02 adults and 02 children
So we charged you for 02 children and for 01 adult and the 2nd adult will be a free ticket as carer pass.
Thank you
Ash
Been using these a for a few years now, but....
Every single cinema I go to will gladly except either a Blue Badge or a DLA/PIP letter or even a GP letter, in fact most will take your word for it and just take a postcode for reference..
The cards are expensive for what they call an admin charge so I am not going to use them again..
Also most local authorities now have a carers card which can be obtained through your local carers trust which gives you carers ID for a lot more than just Cinemas.
Shame: Haverfordwest Palace Cinema, refuses to give a carers discount. only cinema I know of that does this as such they lose all custom from me.
You can't expect them to discount a family pass and then discount again for a carer. There is zero discrimination here.
Maybe you should have bought a family ticket, told them you wanted to add meerkat to take a full price adult off, carer to take another full price adult off, sweet Sunday to take another off and just pay the remaining 20p for the family of 4.
Moon on a stick?
It would be useful for booking online though
Showcase: That's £28
Family of four: oh, and one of us is a carer
Showcase: sorry we can't sell you a family ticket
Family of four: why?
Showcase: because one of you is a carer
Family of four: are we not a family?
As you can see it's **** all to do with money.
tripadvisor.co.uk/Sho…tml
"Card only valid for performances of My Left Foot, Rain Man, and Rory O'Shea Was Here."
It's a joke, relax.
It would be very pedantic of them to refuse - especially as there is almost never anyone in the wheelchair seats
"what idiot watches a movie at the front of the cinema" he wouldnt let his friends help him either did all himself, so fair play.
but i did find it unusal that he and his mates were watching Cars 3.. seems as they looked in the early 20's
Showcase: Certainly, 28 pounds please.
Family of four: One of us is a carer, deduct one adult ticket from the already reduced price for buying 4 please.
Showcase: So you don't want a £28 family of four ticket?
Family of four: Yes we want a family ticket to take advantage of a bulk discount but then we also want you to deduct an an adult price from it.
Showcase: not a family ticket then. 1 adult, 1 free carer and 2 kids is £24 so its actually cheaper.
Family of four: Yes but then we feel begrudged that we can't take advantage of a deduction on top of a deduction. But I will add this has nothing to do with money and must be discrimination.
Showcase: Go to Odeon mate.
Vue kicked my wife and 4 yo Autistic son out 30 mins in to the film because of his 'behaviour' with no refund leaving my wife embarrassed.
There was only 4 other people in the whole screen. They intentionally went when it wasn't too crowded for him ;-(
I have one of these cards for my son and as the op says they pay for themselves pretty much straight away although here in Northern Ireland I'm pretty sure not all cinemas accept it