> You're getting lots of replies from (I presume) Americans, who are used to much scammier business behavior than what I know from Germany and you describe in A

> You're getting lots of replies from (I presume) Americans, who are used to much scammier business behavior than what I know from Germany and you describe in Australia. Berlin‘s public transport company has the exact condition in their terms of service. > https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/streit-ueber-monatskarten-in-coronakrise-verbraucherzentrale-fordert-kulanz-vom-verkehrsverbund-berlin-brandenburg/25790796.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/streit-ueber-monatskarten... („ Zudem sei eine Kündigung für Abonnenten unattraktiv, da sich für die schon genutzten Monate nachträglich der Preis erhöhe, hieß es.“) It‘s definitely not a scam or rip-off, just a case of someone not reading the contract before signing it.