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Especially for traveling across Germany, this ticket isn't quite useful, however I feel like it is marketed as "free traveling across Germany for a month" which

Especially for traveling across Germany, this ticket isn't quite useful, however I feel like it is marketed as "free traveling across Germany for a month" which isn't really the case. Am wondering how everything will play out next couple of months.

rob74 4y ago
Well, you can travel across Germany if you don't mind changing trains several times. And the "free traveling across Germany" means that one ticket is valid for all regional trains and all public transport in all Germany (as opposed to e.g. a ticket bought in Munich only being valid in the Munich region), which is quite a good offer anyway...
pflenker 4y ago
It's not uncommon to travel through Germany using only the regional trains. There are several tickets tailored to this, like the "Quer durch's Land Ticket", which is valid for a full day. I, for one, used to travel a lot through Germany using only the Wochenendticket, which is the predecessor of the "Quer durch's Land" - Ticket and was only valid on Saturday or Sunday.
- llampx 4y ago
  Its really too bad that they got rid of the Schönes Wochenende ticket.
kuschku 4y ago
DB always had weekend or summer tickets that were heavily discounted and only allowed regional trains. Especially young adults and teenagers use those every year, they’re perfect if you’ve got more time than money.
master-lincoln 4y ago
> "free traveling across Germany for a month" It's 3 months
- jeroen 4y ago
  No, it's 1 month (in a 3 month period): > For 9 euros, you can travel throughout Germany on local/regional trains for a whole month in June, July or August.
  - a2800276 4y ago
    You can buy one each month, though. Even of you just use it for metropolitan transit, it's super cheap. My monthly pass (reduced because it only valid after 9 am so commuters have to pay more) costs 75 EUR. A single ticket ist 2.80. This is a good deal in almost any scenario where you take and applicable train.
    - FabHK 4y ago
      > so commuters have to pay more or start later...
      - a2800276 4y ago
        Sure I can do that as a self employed Programmer, but typically employees don't get to pick their work hours. Most commuters have to be in the office by 9 a.m. My point was only that the 75 EUR is already a price reduced monthly ticket.
  - kingofpandora 4y ago
    Pro-tip: buy three tickets!
- tuukkah 4y ago
  From the linked page: > The 9-Euro-Ticket is available in the period from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022. > It is valid for one calendar month, from 00:00 on the 1st until 24:00 on the 30th/31st.
Someone 4y ago
If you’re not only doing it for getting from A to B but also for the journey and have time, this can be a great deal. Even if you really want to get to B, it’s more adventurous and cheaper than taking a direct train. I can easily see teenagers or pensioners use this to backpack through Germany for a month. Even if you don’t know whether you’ll like it, it’s cheap enough to give it a try.
dathinab 4y ago
But if you travel across Germany you still likely want to use public transportation at the place where you come from/go to. Especially in inner cities using car can be a problem, parking can be very limited and/or very expensive. The ticket is cheaper then a 4x-rabat-bundle of "one way single trip" tickets in Berlin and Berlin is by far not the most expensive city wrt. local public transportation. So even then it's a good deal. The "traveling across Germany" advertisement is less about "you want to get to place B as far as possible" but more about "you want to travel and see a lot of places eventually ending up at place B" something the DB believes students like to do (if you look at other ads or thinks like the "Quer durchs Land" ticket. Anyway the ticket is mainly for people which use (or maybe now have to use) public transportation for daily usage (e.g. to/from work). I.e. the people mostly profiting from it are the people which don't have a lot of money. Which is grate as they are also the people hardest hit by the increased costs of more or less everything.

rob74 4y ago

Well, you can travel across Germany if you don't mind changing trains several times. And the "free traveling across Germany" means that one ticket is valid for all regional trains and all public transport in all Germany (as opposed to e.g. a ticket bought in Munich only being valid in the Munich region), which is quite a good offer anyway...

pflenker 4y ago

It's not uncommon to travel through Germany using only the regional trains. There are several tickets tailored to this, like the "Quer durch's Land Ticket", which is valid for a full day. I, for one, used to travel a lot through Germany using only the Wochenendticket, which is the predecessor of the "Quer durch's Land" - Ticket and was only valid on Saturday or Sunday.

llampx 4y ago
Its really too bad that they got rid of the Schönes Wochenende ticket.

kuschku 4y ago

DB always had weekend or summer tickets that were heavily discounted and only allowed regional trains. Especially young adults and teenagers use those every year, they’re perfect if you’ve got more time than money.

master-lincoln 4y ago

> "free traveling across Germany for a month" It's 3 months

jeroen 4y ago
No, it's 1 month (in a 3 month period): > For 9 euros, you can travel throughout Germany on local/regional trains for a whole month in June, July or August.
- a2800276 4y ago
  You can buy one each month, though. Even of you just use it for metropolitan transit, it's super cheap. My monthly pass (reduced because it only valid after 9 am so commuters have to pay more) costs 75 EUR. A single ticket ist 2.80. This is a good deal in almost any scenario where you take and applicable train.
  - FabHK 4y ago
    > so commuters have to pay more or start later...
    - a2800276 4y ago
      Sure I can do that as a self employed Programmer, but typically employees don't get to pick their work hours. Most commuters have to be in the office by 9 a.m. My point was only that the 75 EUR is already a price reduced monthly ticket.
- kingofpandora 4y ago
  Pro-tip: buy three tickets!
tuukkah 4y ago
From the linked page: > The 9-Euro-Ticket is available in the period from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022. > It is valid for one calendar month, from 00:00 on the 1st until 24:00 on the 30th/31st.

Someone 4y ago

If you’re not only doing it for getting from A to B but also for the journey and have time, this can be a great deal. Even if you really want to get to B, it’s more adventurous and cheaper than taking a direct train. I can easily see teenagers or pensioners use this to backpack through Germany for a month. Even if you don’t know whether you’ll like it, it’s cheap enough to give it a try.

dathinab 4y ago

But if you travel across Germany you still likely want to use public transportation at the place where you come from/go to. Especially in inner cities using car can be a problem, parking can be very limited and/or very expensive. The ticket is cheaper then a 4x-rabat-bundle of "one way single trip" tickets in Berlin and Berlin is by far not the most expensive city wrt. local public transportation. So even then it's a good deal. The "traveling across Germany" advertisement is less about "you want to get to place B as far as possible" but more about "you want to travel and see a lot of places eventually ending up at place B" something the DB believes students like to do (if you look at other ads or thinks like the "Quer durchs Land" ticket. Anyway the ticket is mainly for people which use (or maybe now have to use) public transportation for daily usage (e.g. to/from work). I.e. the people mostly profiting from it are the people which don't have a lot of money. Which is grate as they are also the people hardest hit by the increased costs of more or less everything.