fieldtripcoordinator

I'm ready to purchase Alhambra tickets and the site (ServiCaixa.com) is giving me discount options. They don't offer any explanation of how to qualify and they are in Spanish!

Minusvalias>33 (disabilities, what why the 33?)
Jubilados (Rejoicing, according to Babelfish)
Estudiantes DTO (students, but what kind? What kind of ID?)
Ninos Menores 12 (children under 12?)

Advice needed!!

Maribel

From www.alhambra-patronato.es, the official Alhambra site-

Minusvalías=handicapped, or "people with disabilities-with more than 33% disability and upon presentation of valid document"

Jubilados=Retired, or "EU senior citizens (65+), pensioners and holders of the Tarjeta Andalucía Junta sesenta y cinco or similar ones"

Estudiantes DTO="EU students under 30 with valid ID, showing Youth ID, 30 card or similar"

Niños Menores 12="children under 12"

Alec

Further explanation of above:
* If you are disabled with disability ID; in much of Europe, disabled ID carries the degree of disability in % terms, but if you can just show a similar ID from your country, they are likely to accept it. For all nationalities.
* Retired or those aged 65+ holding EU citizenship (with passport etc as ID), or those holding 65+ card issued by local Andalucian autonomous government (residents only).
* Again only students aged 30 and under with EU citizenship.
* Children 12 or under, of all nationalities.
So unless you fall into one of those strictly defined categories, you have to pay the full adult price of 12 euro plus 1 euro service charge.
And yes, they do check IDs of those holding reduced tickets when they are scanned at one of the entrances.

Alec

To be precise, Jubilados = pensioners

fieldtripcoordinator

Thank you!

I knew that Babelfish was not correct in its translation!

lincasanova

The word came from "rejoicing" as retired folks with a pension are considered to be rejoicing at this point in their lives.

Maribel

Which is exactly what I did, "rejoice", when I retired quite early, even without my pension!

For anyone purchasing tickets for a child, the exact wording of the "niños menores 12" in English on the official Alhambra site, is "children under 12". I've never seen them check a child's ID, but just to be completely accurate...

Alec

In Spain, 'niños menores 12' normally means 'hasta la edad de 12 años' or 'until 12 years of age'. So unlike English expression, 'under 12' which excludes 12-year olds, in Spain it actually includes them. Hence my explanation, '12 years and under.'