I bought my tickets for two different routes from the Bahn.de website. I didn't pick seats at the time, because I purchased each route twice, at their recommendation (since we have 6, it would be considered a group purchase). Can I make reservations for our seats after-the-fact by calling them? Also, I added our two girls who are under six to the itinerary but the tickets only shows the adults and youth (6-14). Will this mean our girls can't get seats?
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
I think you need to call them back and have them clarify everything.
As I understand it, a group discount (6 and up), for tickets purchased up to one hour before travel time, is 50% off standard fare. So, for 6, you would pay 3 standard fares. However, with 2 adult, 2 youth (6-14) and 2 children under 6, you would only pay 3 standard fares, anyway, so the 50% discount is irrelavant. This is for regional and express trains.
There is a Gruppe & Spar 70 offer (70% off) for tickets purchased 14 days in advance. This discount is only valid for travel on the Fernverkehr (ICE/IC/EC), not on regional trains. Is this what you were trying to book? I don't think you can book that online.
As for the tickets not showing the two under 6 children, I found this on the Bahn website, "Kinder unter 6 Jahren reisen immer kostenlos und ohne Fahrkarte."
Children under 6 year always travel for free and without a ticket.
There is a family reservation offer of €8 (€4 if reserv made at time of booking). That is valid for up to five travelers.
Posted by
OP
Tacoma, WA, USA
671 posts
Thanks! My tickets are already purchased. I found I can still do my reservations on-line for up to 5 for the 8 euros, even after the fact. I guess we will just have to decide if we want to get the 6th seat for the 2 year old or have her share seats.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
Ops, that wasn't correct. Children under 15 are half price alone, but free when traveling with their parents or grandparents, so 2 parent, 2 @ 6-14, and 2 <6 would only take two standard fares.