Deutsche Bahn: 2 million additional bargain tickets and 20 percent discount on saver fares

Nice to have, but it's basically a bluff. Over the last three months, DB Fernverkehr has continuously reduced the contingent of saver price tickets and at the same time increased the flex prices, while worsening the conditions (free cancellation only 8 days before departure). Of course, this strategy could not work in view of the persistently poor punctuality figures of long distance trains and now they are trying to boost sales with such desperate measures, because DB Fernverkehr (not to be confused with the entire group) is simply up to its neck in water. At the same time, however, the sale of discount tickets at ticket machines has been abolished. *) There's not much logic behind it all.

*) This is a noteworthy point: DB has 5700 stations, but only around 350 of these still have a manned so-called “Reisezentrum”. So if you want to book a saver fare, in most cases you have to rely on the Internet (either www or the DB Navigator app) and, as a tourist, you have to make sure you have access in good time.