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Reserve a seat with "D" ticket? (Germany)

Our trip in December will be better suited if we get a "D" ticket for Munich and Salzburg. I know it gives us a lot of choices to take any local train. I am also aware that I cannot buy the ticket until 5 days before the beginning of the month of use.

For a longer trip such as from Munich to Salzburg, if we wanted to reserve seats, would we be able to do so? I know this entails identifying a certain train and we must take that train to utilize reserved seating .

Since I cannot buy the "D" ticket until the end of November, nonetheless, would I be able to reserve seats on a specific train even without having purchased a ticket yet? About a month out, I would like to reserve seats together for the four of us traveling together.

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If you are using a "D" ticket, you are riding a regional train and there are no seat reservations. However, if you are boarding at Munich Hbf going to Salzburg, you will be among the first on board if you get there early when the train gets spotted on the platform, You stand a good chance of getting 4 seats together since you will be boarding an empty train.