Bahn Price Decrease

I doubt that many people, if any, have experienced this. I've never seen Sparpreis tickets go down in price after sales started. They are supposed to be tiered, with the least expensive tickets sold first, so the price goes up as the less expensive tickets sell out. Are you sure this is for the same connection? The only thing I can think of is that someone returned tickets that were bought early and they are reselling them at the same price the sold for earlier.

Are you sure this is for the same connection?

Sometimes there are short-term special promotions such as a Summer Special, which then may undercut a previously booked saver fare ticket. But regular saver fares don't get cheaper.

do they do something where if their price goes down you get a credit for the difference in cost?

Regrettably, that's not their habit

@SLA,

on the 28th you posted that DB was starting a Super Saver Fare at a "unified price of €19.90". If that is a final fare of €19.90 (doesn't go up as tickets sell out), and they have put it on some trips for which Saver Fares were already bring sold at a higher price, then I guess that could explain the "price decrease".

@Lee
Yes, that may well be the case, provided the travel date is after the 1st of August.

I bought this:
June 29
Berlin to Frankfurt ICE 877 18:30-22:54

Frankfurt to Manheim ICE 591 7:50-8:27

Manheim to Baden Baden ICE 101 8:36-9:15

for 47.90 Euros

When I checked yesterday it was maybe 30something Euros (should have screen shot it). Now it is 53.90. ????? I should have taken a photo of it because I know now people won't believe me!

Apparently I'm not crazy (even though the price went up again)

On Tripadvisor I was told that Bahn was trying to play with the idea of using America's model of discounts
http://bahngebote.de/bahn-sparpreis/bahn-sparpreis-aktion-bahntickets-durch-ganz-deutschland-ab-19-euro-buchen/#more-117

Is that really the schedule on the ticket that you purchased? Are you aware that it has you spending the night in Frankfurt?

Also, rather confusingly for readers, the direct NightJet departure at 21:06 (operated by OEBB Austrian railways) is displaying fares "from 29" on DB, but that is the cost of a pass holder seat reservation, not a whole ticket. (These passholder reservations are also not sold online by DB or OEBB - only by phone, in stations, or through outside agents.)

(P.S If you have a ticket in hand for one-third of the full fare, I'd stop shopping.)

When I was in Germany last June, we would buy our tickets for the next trip at the DB office. In several cases, there were sales. We went from Munich to Zagreb, and went 1/2 price by leaving before 5 PM. Perhaps this is what was encountered by the OP.

I'm 100% positive Laura....

And is that what you wanted? To sleep in Frankfurt? Just checking.

Yes. A person on this forum helped me out with something and suggested that. It was a good suggestion so I took it.