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> If you're a tourist, it's not meant for you. Sorry.

Tourist&foreigners can use the Deutschlandticket, too.

But: it's a monthly subscription automatically renewing every month, so one has to cancel it early enough when planning to leave the country. You'll also typically need a smartphone for the ticket.




Well, on mobile they make you think you need the app, but it's region locked. I happened to email them about how this is annoying for tourists yesterday and got a very German response,

"Downloading the Deutschlandticket.de app from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store is only possible in certain countries." (ikr, it's THE problem)


The problem may be that if they offer the app in foreign regions, they are liable to the jurisdiction of those foreign regions.


Is a response repeating the thing you just concluded in your mail to them very german?


A factual, but entirely unhelpful response to a customer service query is very German.


The ticket is available by other apps, too.




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