Hearing stories like this makes me glad I bought mine through the MVG app (operator of subways, buses and trams in Munich). I ordered it on April 24th, and was

Hearing stories like this makes me glad I bought mine through the MVG app (operator of subways, buses and trams in Munich). I ordered it on April 24th, and was briefly worried that it wouldn't work out until 1st of May, but no problem. Which is not to say everything worked without a hitch, they tried to also offer (on short notice) a "flexible" ticket which wouldn't start on the 1st of the month, but that was only available in their customer care centers, of which there are 2 (two) in the whole of Munich. And sure enough, enormous queues. I wonder who thought that would be a good idea...