The €49/Month Deutschland Ticket for trains in Germany

[AFF Editor]

How to Use Unlimited Trains in Germany for €49/Month is an article written by the AFF editorial team:

How to Use Unlimited Trains in Germany for €49/Month

The Deutschland-Ticket offers unlimited use of local and regional public transport in Germany for just €49 per month. There are a few catches, but this guide explains how Australian tourists can use this great deal.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

 

[kamchatsky]

Certainly a great deal if you can subscribe to it, and you don't mind travelling on local train for great distances

The local trains of some of the popular routes can be very busy as a result (e.g Munich to Salzburg)

For us as family of 4 staying at Munich travelling to the Bavaria region + Salzburg, we use Bayern ticket which also covers local trams, buses on top of local trains.

Enjoy the perfect day trip with the regional day ticket for Bavaria

Travel throughout Bavaria for a whole day with the regional day ticket for Bavaria. The ticket is also available for first-class travel, as well as for overnight travel as the regional night ticket for Bavaria.

int.bahn.de

Most importantly you can buy the ticket on your mobile app and also on vending machines at train stations.

 

[OZDUCK]

We will be in Germany from 21/11 to 25/12 this year. It is not worthwhile for us to get this ticket for the November part of our trip. We will get the Frankfurt equivalent of the Bayern Card for the first couple of days and then we are with friends for four days and they will drive us around. We will get it for the December portion but will still pay to use the ICE/EC trains for the longer legs as they are much faster and avoid numerous transfers with luggage full of winter clothes.

 

[OZDUCK]

For those interested we have just bought our Deutschland tickets. I used the Munich Transport website - MVV. There is an English option available and it accepts International Credit Cards. You have to download the MVV app and create an account. Once you buy the ticket, on a monthly subscription basis, you receive a QR code that is available on your account even if offline. You also receive an e-mail with a cancellation option for the subscription. I will cancel the subscription in a couple of days. This must be done before the 10th of the month or you will automatically be charged for the next month. It was a pretty easy process. However on the MVV app I also received news of the the start of strike action by train drivers.

Online- and Mobileticket

www.mvv-muenchen.de

 

[John in Melbourne]

I'm going to Berlin in August and I'm wondering how easy using this ticket is.

 

[OZDUCK]

I'm going to Berlin in August and I'm wondering how easy using this ticket is.

We used it last December. You have to do your calculations carefully to check if it is worthwhile. You have to use the system for more than a week or so. For us it was as we saved pretty much twice what we paid. You can either buy it from a D Bahn travel centre when you get there or buy it in advance like we did. I bought ours via the Munich transport site. The English language version was easy to use. You buy your subscription for, in your case, August and then cancel it the next day to avoid being charged every month. It doesn't matter which site you use to buy the ticket.

It is very easy to use in that you simply hop onto whichever bus, tram, U Bahn or Regional Train you wish to use. There are no gates at train stations. You will be occasionally checked by a ticket inspector so you must always have your phone with you and your passport. As far as I am aware it is only electronic. We were checked about twice in 25 days both times on regional trains. But we didn't visit Berlin on that trip and I know there are a lot of inspectors there.

Remember that it doesn't cover trips on the high speed trains like IC, ICE, EC or Flixtrain. It does not allow travel in 1st class. If you are on the 'wrong' train and your ticket is checked you will be fined - we saw/heard it happening.

How to buy a Deutschland Ticket

This guide explains how the Deutschland Ticket or D-Ticket works as a tourist or as a resident.

allaboutberlin.com

transporthttps://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/tickets-and-fares/frequent-travellers/deutschland-ticket-d-ticket/index.html site - MVV.

 

[CaptJCool]

Ah yes
The plain clothed ticket inspectors of Berlin

 

[John in Melbourne]

We used it last December. You have to do your calculations carefully to check if it is worthwhile. You have to use the system for more than a week or so. For us it was as we saved pretty much twice what we paid. You can either buy it from a D Bahn travel centre when you get there or buy it in advance like we did. I bought ours via the Munich transport site. The English language version was easy to use. You buy your subscription for, in your case, August and then cancel it the next day to avoid being charged every month. It doesn't matter which site you use to buy the ticket.

It is very easy to use in that you simply hop onto whichever bus, tram, U Bahn or Regional Train you wish to use. There are no gates at train stations. You will be occasionally checked by a ticket inspector so you must always have your phone with you and your passport. As far as I am aware it is only electronic. We were checked about twice in 25 days both times on regional trains. But we didn't visit Berlin on that trip and I know there are a lot of inspectors there.

Remember that it doesn't cover trips on the high speed trains like IC, ICE, EC or Flixtrain. It does not allow travel in 1st class. If you are on the 'wrong' train and your ticket is checked you will be fined - we saw/heard it happening.

How to buy a Deutschland Ticket

This guide explains how the Deutschland Ticket or D-Ticket works as a tourist or as a resident.

allaboutberlin.com

transporthttps://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/tickets-and-fares/frequent-travellers/deutschland-ticket-d-ticket/index.html site - MVV.

Thanks, Ozduck! Much appreciated