Originally Posted by
k3k3
When I left the RAF in 1983 after nine years service I had no knowledge of preserved pensions, I thought if you left before 22 you got nothing. It was only decades later that I heard something from people currently serving that I started asking questions.
If I hadn't met those people I would never have known, I wonder how many other people are in the same boat?
My brother-in-law (12 years army) didn't know either.
I often wondered if this was a deliberate ploy, after all, if they can trace you for your state pension, I cannot see why they can't for your service pension as well.
I too have met people that simply did not know, one was well past his due date, like 10 years plus! he was staggered when he got a pile of money paid into his account and a monthly income that he never thought he was due. Pleased was an understatement.