You will only be entitled to free travel if a ticket is
purchased between these hours regardless of the
scheduled departure time. Free travel is based solely on
the time that the ticket is issued.

I have just been sent a free bus pass, together with a piece of paper called YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Please take a look at the above helpful answer. What do they mean, when we are talking about not paying for a ticket, a free pass?

By the way, do foreign pensioners living in China (maybe in hothot) get a free bus pass or any free beer, like any old Tom, Dick or Harry does in UK? In fact you can order one on-line while still in Poland and collect it when you arrive at Felixstowe, on the way to The Labour Exchange to collect income support forms.