Hello: I'm planning a trip and want to purchase on line special fare tickets for a group of passengers ( 5). How can I do this online and buy for 5 people when DB says they must be purchased individually?
Posted by
Munich, Germany
102 posts
From where to where are you trying to travel? Are you refering to a Laender-Ticket (http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/prices/germany/laender-ticket.shtml), or are you trying to buy something point to point?
Posted by
OP
Stoughton
5 posts
I'm traveling from point to point
Wittenberg to Eisenach Eisenach to Munich Munich to Berlin I don't want to use the slow fare, but I do wish to purchase the special fare for particular times and I wanted to purchase it for the whole group in advance.
Posted by
Munich, Germany
102 posts
Is the savings fare only showing up when you enter 1 ticket, but not for 5?
Posted by
Seattle, WA
17428 posts
Where does it say they must be purchased individually? I just went on bahn.de, entered Munich to Berlin for May 2 (random date), entered 5 adult travelers. and it showed a Sparangebot price of 309 euros for all 5 travelers, less than half the normal price. That was for the direct (no changes) IC train.
Posted by
Munich, Germany
102 posts
Depending on your travel dates, they might not have 5 savings tickets for that trip.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
Tickets must be purchased at least 3 days in advance and go on sale 92 days in advance. What do you mean by "individually". One ticket for each individual? Or, are you trying to purchase one ticket for the entire trip, Wittenberg to Eisenach to Munich to Berlin. That might not be possible depending on the time span desired. All in one day? Also, looking at your trip, you go through some of the same stations between Wittenberg and Munich and between Munich and Berlin. I'm sure the Bahn does not consider your route to be a single trip. That is why you would have to buy individual tickets from Wittenberg to Munich and from Munich to Berlin. If you stop too long in Eisenach, you might have to buy individual tickets from Wittenberg to Eisenach and from Eisenach to Munich. Note also, if any individual connection does not include a train of the Bahn (ICE/IC/EC), then there will be no Saving Fare tickets available for that connection. (That is, you can go from Wittenberg to Eisenach by RE and IC, but if it is only by RE, there will be no Saving Fare for just Wittenberg to Eisenach. However, you could do a one day trip from Wittenberg to Munich, with a stop of, say, 4 hours in Eisenach, to Eisenach by RE and to Munich by IC and get a Savings Fare.)