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mahesh_rm | 3 years ago

I can't seem to find information on whether it is possible to purchase the ticket as a non German citizen.

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curiousfab|3 years ago

I couldn't imagine why not. You just to to a ticket machine and buy it, no need for a passport or anything. Enjoy - Sylt is waiting for you, and you'll be there along with a million like-minded people!

riidom|3 years ago

Invade bavaria instead. As "thank you" for their threat of blocking the ticket :)

Bayart|3 years ago

> I couldn't imagine why not.

The single market. Refusing to sell to other EU citizens is very illegal.

GuB-42|3 years ago

It is still a good question, because there are often special conditions to these kinds of offer.

For example, in Paris, some "all zones" tickets are only available to residents (pass Navigo). The Japanese "Japan Rail Pass" is only available to tourists, and the "Interrail" pass is complicated: you have to reside in Europe but you can only use it in your own country for a single round trip.

RGamma|3 years ago

Pack the Schultenbräu! Sylt, it's on!

_Microft|3 years ago

The tickets aren't personalized (some regular monthly passes for public transport are/were though), so you should be fine. Since they aren't personalized and there is no way to check who the owner actually is, I would even expect them to be transferable.

Edit: looks like I was wrong -> see replies. You can also search for "9-Euro-Ticket übertragbar" (übertragbar = transferable) yourself to get a number of different German sources for that.

dmurray|3 years ago

Normally DB day tickets, even bought at the ticket machine, are not transferable. You have to write your name on the back - in theory, before the first time you encounter a ticket controller - and be prepared to produce ID matching the name.

germanier|3 years ago

This ticket is personalized.

kuschku|3 years ago

Buying the 9 euro ticket is possible anonymously with cash at any train station, so yeah, you should be able to.

tauchunfall|3 years ago

>People who use local/regional transport will be able to buy it anywhere in Germany via channels such as bahn.de and DB Navigator. It will also be available from DB Reisezentrum (travel centre) staff and ticket machines at stations.

Ticket machines can be used without need to identify.

biafra|3 years ago

I am 100% sure anyone can buy it. And I am almost equally sure, anyone using it will not get fined.

morelisp|3 years ago

Yes it is.

b3lvedere|3 years ago

Awesome! I might do some holiday travel :)

chrisseaton|3 years ago

> I can't seem to find information on whether it is possible to purchase the ticket as a non German citizen.

Biggest hurdle will be getting a Germany ticket machine to accept a regular credit card!

But otherwise, isn't discriminating based on nationality for good and services illegal?

Freak_NL|3 years ago

Credit cards aren't regular in Europe. They accept Maestro debit cards though, which almost everyone has, and cash.

elondaits|3 years ago

I had no problem paying with a credit card on Bahn.de ticket machines (White and red). The yellow BVG ones gave me problems in the past accepting an Argentine card, but it’s likely it’d take it now that it has a chip.

0x008|3 years ago

They accept Apple Pay, that might help.

himlion|3 years ago

Yes, it would be a violation of EU law to restrict it.

mrunkel|3 years ago

No it wouldn't. You could say it's only for citizens of EU member states.

That's a restriction that wouldn't violate any EU law.