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In Vienna, the airport is situated in such a way with respect to the ticketing zones as to trick visitors into not getting the right ticket. I don't remember th

In Vienna, the airport is situated in such a way with respect to the ticketing zones as to trick visitors into not getting the right ticket. I don't remember the details, unfortunately, but judging by extremely unusual frequency of checks on that route, it appears intentionally set up that way to extract fines from tourists. Just see the first results at https://www.google.com/search?q=vienna+airport+transport+fine+reddit https://www.google.com/search?q=vienna+airport+transport+fin...

csunbird 5y ago
Same in Berlin as well, the Schonefeld/BER airport is just outside of A+B zone, which requires a more expensive ticket.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  I doubt this is specifically to "trick" visitors, but to gain revenue to pay for the cost of the line to the airport — which is otherwise not especially popular.
- majewsky 5y ago
  A+B correspond to the city limits of Berlin, and BER is outside of the city limits. I'm not saying that this is set in stone. They could probably include BER in B if they wanted, but the most benign explanation is that it just started out this way because of how the fare zones were defined, and now they keep it that way because few companies hate extra revenue.
bullianbp 5y ago
In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surrounded by locals taking their side and rebuking the official. "Why are you doing this to them? They have a ticket!" "Let them go, they are just trying to get to the city!" "Don't pay it! He is a thief! All the train company people are thieves!" At the central station in Amsterdam, there are ticket machines with a screenful of zones, prices and destinations in Dutch, and a single large friendly button "I want to go to Schipol Airport".

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In Vienna, the airport is situated in such a way with respect to the ticketing zones as to trick visitors into not getting the right ticket. I don't remember th

by admissionsguy 5y ago

csunbird 5y ago
Same in Berlin as well, the Schonefeld/BER airport is just outside of A+B zone, which requires a more expensive ticket.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  I doubt this is specifically to "trick" visitors, but to gain revenue to pay for the cost of the line to the airport — which is otherwise not especially popular.
- majewsky 5y ago
  A+B correspond to the city limits of Berlin, and BER is outside of the city limits. I'm not saying that this is set in stone. They could probably include BER in B if they wanted, but the most benign explanation is that it just started out this way because of how the fare zones were defined, and now they keep it that way because few companies hate extra revenue.
bullianbp 5y ago
In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surrounded by locals taking their side and rebuking the official. "Why are you doing this to them? They have a ticket!" "Let them go, they are just trying to get to the city!" "Don't pay it! He is a thief! All the train company people are thieves!" At the central station in Amsterdam, there are ticket machines with a screenful of zones, prices and destinations in Dutch, and a single large friendly button "I want to go to Schipol Airport".