2 adults will be traveling from Munich to Prague on Saturday Sept 9. I am looking on the Duetsche Bahn website and found an 8:43-14:17 train with no changes. Prices quoted are: 90 euros but you cannot cancel or 171.60 which allows you to cancel. First question: Is it necessary to pre-book this train travel for this time of the year and on a Saturday? Will the prices likely increase the closer we get to our travel date? Also, we WILL be leaving Munich that day so I won't be cancelling but if we miss the 8:43 train for whatever reason is it possible to still travel that day on a different train and still pay the lower price? thank you!
Posted by
Chicago
8163 posts
Is it necessary to pre-book this train travel for this time of the year and on a Saturday?
Will the prices likely increase the closer we get to our travel date?
No. But the prices will go up between now and September.
if we miss the 8:43 train for whatever reason is it possible to still travel that day on a different train and still pay the lower price?
It will be possible but not at a lower price taking the train. You could take the bus which takes the same amount of time if you want the lower price:
https://www.flixbus.com/
Posted by
OP
Huntersville
65 posts
thank you i will go ahead and pre book this trip to get the lower price. One other question about our transportation from the Munich airport when we arrive to the Le Meridian hotel near the HBF. It read somewhere that we should purchase an airport-city day ticket and that would give us unlimited travel for 1 day. I've been looking on the DB website for this and all that i have found is a Deutschland ticket for 49E valid for the month and the others listed are valid for 3 hours. Am I looking at the wrong site? would you recommend that we have these tickets purchased before we arrive as well?
Posted by
Wengen
2493 posts
Read this:
https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/munich-to-prague-by-train.htm
Tickets are cheaper on cd.cz, and there is also a "Prague Special" that is cheaper than the tickets that DB sells, but that is flexible.
It is explained all on the above site.
Regarding getting from the airport to the town: Just buy ticket from a ticket vending machine at the airport.
Posted by
Paradise
7060 posts
The airport-city day ticket was an invention of the MVV, Munich's municipal transport system. I think it's been replaced by the airport plus ticket, pricedd for one person or for a group.
https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/tickets-and-fares/tickets-daytickets/airportplus-ticket/index.html
It's possible that you might need only need normal single tickets:
https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/tickets-and-fares/tickets-daytickets/single-ticket/index.html#c119830
As WengenK says, The Prague ticket you ask about is a PRAG SPEZIAL TICKET sold by DB. DO NOT purchase it online now. It's a fixed-price ticket - the price will NOT go up - and it's valid at any time that same day on the regional trains to Prague; you can buy on the day of travel if you like... buying now does NOT guarantee seats on regional trains, so there's no good reason for locking in this purchase. If you buy now it's non-refundable and it's €90 out the window if fate has its way with your health (or whatever) and you need to cancel.
Posted by
OP
Huntersville
65 posts
great info thank you, I am thinking of the split ticketing option for even less euros as we will travel on a Saturday morning and before 9;00. do these trains usually sell out on the weekends?
Posted by
Paradise
7060 posts
The Prague Spezial Ticket cannot sell out. If a million people wanted tickets for any single regional train in Germany, DB would sell a million of them at €45 each. The same is true for full-price flex-fare tickets on DB's long-distance trains. There is no cap on sales. The only tickets that can sell out are the discounted saver fare tickets for long-distance trains... then you can only buy the full-fare tickets (and in any quantity you like!)
Of course a million tickets will not be sold for your regional train. But it could be crowded. The good thing for you is that you are boarding in Munich, and if you arrive early, you will enhance your odds of getting seats. The people getting on "downrail" from Munich will have lesser odds.