Timeline for Paying for Deutsche Bahn tickets with cash
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| Jul 17, 2016 at 13:00 | comment | added | neo | @simbabque With very few exceptions (mostly Ländertickets, which are not relevant here), tickets bought at a DB counter cost exactly the same as online or machine bought for a few years now. | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | simbabque | Also note that buying tickets at the counter is more expensive than at the machine. For someone not used to the machines, it will take about 5 to 10 minutes to figure out all the steps it wants you to do. It will also ask if you have a BahnCard, which you do not have, so you can skip that part. It might be cheaper to buy and immediately cancel a Probe BahnCard 25 for 19 Euros, which you can do in the ticket office, where they will give you a temporary printout. That makes sense if 25% discount on all your tickets is more than the 19 Euros for that card. | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 5:09 | vote | accept | Fernando Martin | ||
| Jul 17, 2016 at 4:52 | comment | added | Guntram Blohm | However, be aware of German holidays. Normally, getting a train isn't a problem, but if you're travelling Easter, Christmas, or one of the "Thursday holidays" with people taking off the Friday, i recommend getting a ticket + seat reservation as early as possible | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 4:05 | comment | added | Carl | DB generally sell tickets even if the train out of seats, and you get to stand. In reality they don't know how many people are going to be on the train unless it's one that requires mandatory seat reservations, since they offer lots of expense flexible tickets where you get to hop on any train you see. If you want to be totally sure you get a seat, you should buy a seat reservation in addition to the ticket. You should have no problem getting one of those two days ahead of travel either though | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 1:28 | comment | added | Fernando Martin | I know, I was referring to how possible do you think it is that all seats are sold up 2 days in advance. (I should have phrased my question better!) | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 1:26 | comment | added | lowtoxin | @FernandoMartin: you could buy the tickets just 5 minutes in advance, provided there will still be places. But note that buying earlier (especially 3 or more days earlier), you might be able to buy significantly cheaper tickets in special offers (for example 29 EUR vs 89 EUR you would have to pay later for a full-price ticket. | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 1:22 | comment | added | Fernando Martin | Thanks for your help! It is very appreciated. Do you think that booking the tickets just 2 days in advance (for the Frankfurt-Zurich trip) is possible? | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 1:17 | history | answered | lowtoxin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |