On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:56:44PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2015, gregor herrmann wrote: > > > Beyond that, I am not sure if I'm elligible for the savings fare or the > > > standard fare. > > savings fares are not always available and change over time.
The standard fare from the train station at the airport for the long distance high speed trains (ICE) Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Heidelberg Hbf is 25EUR, a savings fare would be 19EUR. There is another train station for slower, regional trains, at the airport: Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Regionalbf which is 21EUR standard vs 19EUR savings fare. As mentioned before, the savings fare is tied to one connection. I don't think its worth the risk for saving 6 (or 2) EUR. You can by the standard fare tickets at a vending machine, or at a Bahn office (for an additional service fee, I think). These savings fares are available for everybody, as long as tickets last, so you need to buy them well in advance usually. You could buy a Bahncard25 (to save 25%), but that costs another 25EUR (for three months, but don't forget to cancel the contract). Unless you get a Bahncard for free (if you buy a glass of a famous chocolate spread you can get a voucher for a test BC25 which is valid for one month), a Bahncard is not worth it for just two trips. If you have a BC25 you will always get a discount of 25%. But unless we all start eating lots of chocolate spread and hand out these vouchers at the airport, I think the Bahncard is out for the typical visitor. An airport shuttle maybe another option, but I can't find this page in english: http://www.lufthansa.com/de/de/Lufthansa-Airport-Shuttle-Heidelberg Not sure if this is the same, the prices look similar (25EUR, 46EUR return plus discount if you book early). http://www.transcontinental-group.com/en/frankfurt-airport-shuttles Christian _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
