"up to the age of"

[tuggy]

Can I have your opinion here please?

If a website says that a childs ticket is free

"up to the age of 16 (or 18 if they are in full time education)"

Does this mean that an 18 year old can get a free ticket? I am the website owner and what I WANT to mean is that on the childs 18th birthday, thats it, they're no longer a child - no free ticket.

So 17 years, and 364 days is fine... 18 years, 0 days is not fine

So "up to the age of 18" what does it mean, Pedants?

How about "under 18s" ?

yes, i'd say under-18s.

or before your 18th birthday.

I think that "up to" is inclusive, not exclusive.

"Under 18" is exclusive and is the same as "up to 17 and 364 days" (365 in a leap year).

OK, a customer is saying that they believe their child should get a free ticket, based on the text above. The 'child' is 18. What do you think the text above means please?

"up to the age of 18"

Up to the age of definitely includes 18 yr olds.
So, yes, under 18s would be what you need to say.

'Before the age of 16 (or 18 if they are in full time education)children can have a free ticket'

'Before their 16th birthday (or 18th if they are in full time education)children can have a free ticket'

'Children aged 15 and under go free (17 and under if in full time education)'

Don't leave any shades of grey.

"younger than 18"

before their 18th birthday is good.

Ok, excellent thank you pedants! will get it changed!