Hi Everyone,
I'm flying into Frankfurt main, but need to get to Innsbruck Austria. I checked the train schedule, but at $184.00 for a one way ticket I think I can do better. Any suggestions on cheap air, or even a good old fashioned bus? Thanks!
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
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Mistake number 1, you are looking at fares on Rail Europe. They are expensive. You can buy the same tickets online from German Rail (www.bahn.de) for €105 ($146). If you are willing to spend a couple more hours (about 8) you can book the trip without ICEs (ICs and ECs) for €95 ($131).
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
There are also some promotional fares: €29 from Frankfurt to Stuttgart via ICE and €19 from Stuttgart to Innsbruck via IC. It looks like the latest you could leave FRA is about 11:20. Those tickets are non-refundable, so you would have be able to get to FRA in time to leave on the 11:20.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
Finally, if you are willing to spend 9 hours getting to Innsbruck, you can use an RMV (Frankfurt metro) ticket to Kahl with a change in Frankfurt Hbf for €6,60. When you get to Kahl, you can use a Bayern-Ticket for €19 (one person) to Kufstein, Austria, then a standard ticket from Kufstein to Innsbruck for €14,60.
That's €40,20, about $66.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
Ops, $66 is about what the €29 and €19 fares equal. The route using the Bayern-Ticket (€40) is about $55.