Warnemünde, Kiel, Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany: Buying Online-Day Passes (Ländertickets and Schönes Wochenende-Ticket) for regional trains

Willkommen in Deutschland
Welcome to Germany


From April 01, 2010 you can buy

Länderticket Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(Day Pass for the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania)
Länderticket Brandenburg-Berlin
(Day Pass for the States of Brandenburg and Berlin)
Länderticket Schleswig-Holstein
(Day Pass for the State of Schleswig-Holstein)
and
Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket
(Happy-Weekend-Ticket)

as online-ticket.


The advantages:

You can pre-buy the ticket in English with your credit-card and make a print-out from your computer at home. You do not need to queue up and wait until other cruisers found out how to buy the ticket and you miss the train.

So you just leave your ship and board the train.

All you need is the print-out and a credit card for proper identification.

The disadvantage:

no change - no refund - but even you buy it at the train station at the machine or with the counter - but you have more time to think about if you go or not (wheater... personal condition).

BUT IF YOU ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL GO YOU SHOULD DO IT NOW.

You start here with your booking:

http://www.bahn.de/i/view/overseas/en/index.shtml

YOU CAN CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGE!!!



This for a standard Länderticket Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which is valid after 09.00 am on a weekday for a group of 5:

Enter:

- SET Single journey
- Rostock
- HAMBURG
- Date (click on little calendar)
- 09:00
- Departure
- DELETE "Prefer fast connections"
- SET Local transport
- 5 Adults
- 0 Children 6-14
- 0 Children 0-5
- ALL adults "No BahnCard"
- Travel 2nd class
- "Search"

Some remarks:

The relation Rostock - HAMBURG just ease your input as your keyboard might not have an "ü" like in Warnemünde and limit a pop-up with some options but it's also valid if you are going Warnemünde - Lübeck or Schwerin - do not worry!!!
Pay attention to the calender: our week starts with Monday!!! Just to avoid wrong date as the ticket does not allow any changes and any refunds.
Always enter 5 adults even you would use the golden rule 2 adults (parents or grandparents) with all children of one family if you are the "Trapp-Family".



Correctly 26.00 EUR is shown.

Click on "Purchase"



Now you see the difference to the normal fare:

26.00 EUR against 158.00 EUR x 2 (Outward and return)!!!

Click on "Purchase" next to 26.00 EUR.



You can leave all settings and click "Proceed".

If you buy for someone else and you do not go with the party you should follow the instructions accordingly.



Click "I wish to book without logging in" and "Continue booking"



- CLICK "I wish to book an online ticket and accpet the AGB"
- Enter the creditcard details you want to show to the conductor for proper identification
- Your personal data
- Enter the payment data
- CLICK "Delivery of Online Ticket"
- DELETE Newsletter
- CLICK "Continue"

Some remarks:
AGB stands for Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingung which are the small-prints (Purchase conditions)
This works only print out plus credit card - it must not be necessary the one you are paying with. But you will not have a German Railways discount card (BahnCard) or a German Bankcard (ec-/maestro-Card) nor a German ID-Card (usually) - so use a credit card for identification and presentation.
Phone number without blank etc. 001AreaCodeSubscriberNo.
Make sure to allow pop-ups to get the print-out as pdf on your screen



Some VARIATIONS which work:

For Länderticket Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Single:
1 adult instead of 5 adults on the first page (18.00 EUR)

For Länderticket Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1. Klasse (First Class):
Travel 1st class instead of Travel 2nd class on the first page (46.00 EUR)

For Länderticket Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Single 1. Klasse (First Class):
1 adult instead of 5 adults on the first page and
Travel 1st class instead of Travel 2nd class on the first page (28.00 EUR)

For Länderticket Brandenburg-Berlin:
Origin Berlin and Destination Neustrelitz (27.00 EUR)

For Länderticket Brandenburg-Berlin 1. Klasse (First Class):
Origin Berlin and Destination Neustrelitz and
Travel 1st class instead of Travel 2nd class on the first page (47.00 EUR)

For Länderticket Schleswig-Holstein:
Origin Kiel and Destination Schwerin (30.00 EUR)

For Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket:
correct date (Saturday or Sunday)
and Origin Rostock and Destination Berlin (37.00 EUR)

YOU SELECT ANY CONNECTION FOR THE DAY OF TRAVEL AS LONG AS THE FINAL PRICE SHOWS.



Have a safe trip in Germany.

Regards
HeinBloed