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It's a bit hard to sort out the price differences between DB and RailEurope (RE) on this promotion.

At first glance it will appear that they aren't even selling the same products - but they are. Raileurope calls the twinpass a "saver pass" and gives the twinpass price per person (and all prices in US $) while DB's twinpass price is for two persons (all prices in €s.) Raileurope (RE) uses the word "continuous", DB "consecutive... So below are DB vs. RE prices in US $ for the 10-day passes in 2nd class, based on today's exchange rate.

10 days Consecutive:
1 adult individual pass - $298 (DB) vs. $338 (RE)
2 adults on a twinpass - $451 vs. $510

Flexi (10 days in a month):
1 adult individual pass - $340 vs. $384
2 adults on a twinpass - $503 vs. $570

So it looks like RE's price is roughly 13% higher on each of these options.

A pass that can't be printed at home off the DB site (I believe this is any flexi version) must be shipped by DB from Germany and will incur a shipping charge of around €5.

I do not have any information on what RE charges for shipping (if anything.)

Posted by
16895 posts

RE charges $18 for shipping by UPS 2nd-day Air, or free if your order totals at least $449.