Timeline for Identification on German trains
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:52 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:25 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 22, 2015 at 13:33 | comment | added | Vince | @neo yeah I think your answer is the correct one. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 9:23 | comment | added | DCTLib | If the ticket conductor's machine doesn't read the magnet stripe correctly, the conductor still has the possibility to type in the number manually. In this case, there should be no difference between debit and credit cards. Also, if you manage to pay the online ticket with the debit card, I'm 95% sure that the printout will say that you payed by credit card. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 7:47 | comment | added | neo | @Vince The terms of service (section Internet 6.3.3, page 100) clearly state that German and foreign ID cards are only inspected visually while all other cards are scanned by the machine. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 3:42 | comment | added | None | Yes, it's more an interpretation question. So far all online retailers (Steam, online shopping, Deezer etc) have accepted the card when I enter my card number in the cc field (I do need a positive balance though that covers the transaction amount). It also states its a "MasterCard" unlike Maestro cards. However it also says "Debit" on the card. So while I don't think I have a booking problem, I'm not sure what will happen if the conductor checks my card and then sees "debit" written on the card. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 1:20 | history | edited | Vince | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
trying to summarise the question at first
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| May 22, 2015 at 1:07 | comment | added | Vince | @Tor-EinarJarnbjo I think the OP is asking whether his card will be interpreted as a debit card or credit card for identification purpose. I answered how a card could be identified as either one. If you consider there is no difference between a debit and credit card and this is obvious to everyone, then the question has no point in the first place. | |
| May 22, 2015 at 0:48 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | Even if this is a probably correct, thorough technical explanation of the difference between credit and debit cards, I don't see how all this answers the OP's question. Summarizing it to the point that there is not necesssarily any physical difference between the actual plastic bits of a credit or debit card and that the train conductor may not notice, would have fit in a comment. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 23:33 | history | answered | Vince | CC BY-SA 3.0 |