new 29 euro ticket for Berlin?

[colincostello 179]

A german friend told me that there was a new ticket offer for just Berlin.  It cost 29 euros. Yet when I went to a ticket machine , I could find no trace of such a ticket.

Is there such a ticket and where do I get it? Must I have a smart phone?

Thanks

Digital Disaster

[snowingagain 5,020]

OK, I hope I got this right.   It is not a separate ticket.  It is a special offer for those taking out one of their yearly abos, getting October, November and December at the reduced rate of 29 euros.  For travel in zones A and B.  The remaining months will be usual rates.

 

€29 promotion | BVG

 

 

 

[colincostello 179]

thanks for that useful link. But it is still not clear to me how I get the ticket, since the machines do not print it. I will have to go to the BVG shop in Alexander Platz and have a chat.

  

[snowingagain 5,020]

 

5 minutes ago, colincostello said:

thanks for that useful link. But it is still not clear to me how I get the ticket, since the machines do not print it. I will have to go to the BVG shop in Alexander Platz and have a chat.

  

The promotion is only valid for subscriptions.

It includes the following tariff products for the tariff sub-areas Berlin AB:

• VBB environmental cards by subscription with monthly and annual debit
• 10 a.m. subscription tickets with monthly and annual debit
• VBB company tickets with monthly and annual debit
• Subscription monthly passes training with monthly debit

As this is a pure subscription promotion, it is necessary to own or subscribe to the above fare products (no sale at the ticket machine!).

[scorpio 38]

It is not available in the machines, you have to buy a yearly ticket online or at the BVG shops. You can cancel it after the offer ends and it is only available for AB.

[Fietsrad 379]

Remember to cancel the ticket, otherwise it continues, like a magazine subscription.

 

Bit of a trick, if you ask me😉

 

And it is only for Berlin AB, excludes Potsdam, Oranienburg etc usw.

[colincostello 179]

Many thanks guys.

  I am not so happy to go into a contract. There have been many posts about this on Toytown. E.g gym contracts which roll over without warning .                             

[Fietsrad 379]

punkt3, free customer magazine (Issue dated October 6), available at S-Bahn stations, has an article about this on page 4.

 

I think I need another coffee before reading it, the conditions are a bit complicated😉

[colincostello 179]

I also hear on the radio some stuff about other nationwide offers being discussed. Are there any more offers coming?

[snowingagain 5,020]

Just rumours at the mo, about in the new year.  At the moment train prices (especially long distance) are going up, because of increase in Strom prices.   I would love to get away somewhere.  Any recommendations for October or November in Germany? 

[Fietsrad 379]

The 9€ ticket was a bit of a Schnappsidee, crazy idea, a bit too cheap and temporary.

 

There is talk of a 49€ ticket but only on subscription for a whole year, should be called 588€ ticket.😕