Timeline for Identification on German trains
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| Aug 12, 2018 at 2:02 | history | edited | user67108 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 16:00 | comment | added | pbu | Book the train tickets online (Cheap). Download he DBahn app to show the ticket to the inspector. They will ask your credit card you used to book. dont worry about anything else. Have traveled extensively in German trains. Dont go to train station counter for tickets (expensive and time consuming) | |
| Mar 17, 2017 at 9:42 | history | edited | JonathanReez♦ |
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| Jan 7, 2017 at 13:00 | history | edited | pnuts | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 7, 2017 at 8:17 | answer | added | mts | timeline score: 20 | |
| May 30, 2015 at 23:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackTravel/status/604792722982072321 | ||
| May 24, 2015 at 21:22 | vote | accept | None | ||
| May 22, 2015 at 13:07 | comment | added | Calchas | @Tor-EinarJarnbjo, I think the German Electronic Cash card is a different system to a regular debit card. A foreign debit card looks like a credit card. Not entirely sure actually! | |
| May 22, 2015 at 9:55 | answer | added | Jonathan | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 22, 2015 at 8:00 | comment | added | neo | @Tor-EinarJarnbjo Those German debit cards (known as Girocard) don't have a credit card number and are not branded with a credit card logo. On the other hand I have a German-bank issued debit card that is branded with a Visa logo, does not mention "debit" anywhere but the chip identifies itself as a debit card. I'm pretty sure most customers don't know it's not a real credit card and it doesn't says so clearly on the Bank's website. Haven't used that for identification though. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 6:13 | history | edited | None | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 22, 2015 at 5:18 | comment | added | None | @Tor-EinarJarnbjo: Yes, it has the full MasterCard logo (not Maestro) and my full name is also printed on the card. However the number is not embossed and only printed on the card and the 3D logo says Debit. As I already commented it functions as a credit card online and payment is accepted when I have a positive balance that covers the expense. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 1:00 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | @DividedUniverse: Does your debit card look (and not only function) like a credit card? Does it have the logo of a 'full' credit card service like Visa or Mastercard (and not only 'Visa Electron', 'V Pay' or 'Maestro')? Is your name and the card number embossed or only printed on the card? | |
| May 22, 2015 at 0:56 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | @Calchas: Debit cards are in Germany colloquially called EC cards. The regulations clearly specify that these are only accepted when issued by a German bank. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 0:54 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | @DividedUniverse It is not recommended here to ask multiple questions in one post and here you have actually three: 1: Is my debit card accepted as id? 2: Can I buy discounted DB tickets somewhere else? 3: What proof is required for a foreigner to get the student discount for a bahncard 25? At least the last question is completely unrelated to the previous two. Please move that question to a new post, otherwise you may risk that this one is closed as 'too broad'. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 23:33 | answer | added | Vince | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 21, 2015 at 23:04 | answer | added | neo | timeline score: 9 | |
| May 21, 2015 at 22:33 | comment | added | Vince | However, digging more into this, it looks like it is stricter and I think this is indeed not a duplicate a whole explanation on its own. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 22:28 | comment | added | Vince | @Gilles I'd tend to agree with Calchas. I still have doubts because even though a couple years ago I bought multiple online tickets with a debit/credit card and I don't remember being asked to show my bank card at all, maybe the rules have become stricter since then. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 22:24 | comment | added | Calchas | In Germany debit cards are much more common than credit cards. I don't think you will have a problem substituting one for the other. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 22:22 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | @Vince That thread doesn't cover debit cards vs credit cards | |
| May 21, 2015 at 21:58 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 21, 2015 at 21:40 | comment | added | Vince | possible duplicate of Identification card for foreigners in trains in Germany | |
| May 21, 2015 at 21:14 | history | edited | None | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2015 at 20:51 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 21, 2015 at 20:49 | history | asked | None | CC BY-SA 3.0 |