Binter and Residents Discount

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Article from Canarias 7
From this Thursday BinterCanarias passengers can fly without having to prove his residence through a physical certificate at the time of shipment.

Thanks to a pioneering initiative in Spain, customers will save the hassle of managing the certificates in the respective municipalities.

The system that will make it easier to fly between the Islands is called SARA (automatic residency accreditation system) and is a pilot project which BinterCanarias has developed jointly with the Ministry of development.

The SARA system is based on the accreditation of the residence at the time of purchase.

When a customer purchase a ticket through the web www.bintercanarias.com will be a consultation telematics to the database of the Ministry of development, from which will proceed to the validation if the customer is resident.

Through this process, if the passenger figure as a resident will be marked on the system, your electronic ticket or boarding card, so it will not be necessary to present the certificate of residence at flying.

An important aspect to take into account whether the passengers want to enjoy the advantages that allows SARA is the ticket must be issued, and therefore purchased, with the same name that appears in the DNI (national identity document).

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Island connections article. 21.10.2012 -

After the massive inconvenience inflicted on passengers by the reinstated requirement to produce a certificate proving residency in the Canaries, it appears that the authorities and airlines have got their act together and devised a way to avoid the need to go in person to the local town hall for the all-important piece of paper for the 50 per cent subsidy. Starting with regional airline Binter, which announced earlier in the month that it reached an agreement with the Ministry of Transport to use a new computerised system to verify eligibility when issuing tickets, Naviera Armas followed soon afterwards and Iberia and Air Europa say they are likely to implement the same system by the end of the year. Called SARA (System for Automatic Residency Accreditation), the real-time verification procedure will allow the airlines to access the Ministry's data base and confirm that the passenger is legally resident here before applying the discount at the time of booking. Sources in Madrid say the introduction of the system has been delayed due to data protection concerns, but these have now been resolved. Please note if you had already booked before the system was introduced you will still need to provide the certificate from your town hall.

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Residents Discount

- Personally i think this should be abolished it is a blatant tourist rip off there should be no difference in charges for eu members