Always delayed: BOS-DUS
Jun 25, 2016, 5:47 pm
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Always delayed: BOS-DUS
Why is BOS-DUS always delayed? It's 7:45 pm right now and we are still waiting to board. Not happy as it seems I will miss my ICE train connection in DUS. Fifty euro down the drain.
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Jun 26, 2016, 6:41 am
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I will miss my ICE train connection in DUS
Moreover, you would have to calculate in some hours for changing to a train on a saver fare.
Jun 26, 2016, 2:06 pm
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because the weather has been bad for the past month...that said, most of the delays have been because of torrential rain in the afternoons... what time did the flight actually depart DUS today?
Jun 26, 2016, 2:06 pm
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Jun 26, 2016, 4:08 pm
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A DB counter agent once told me that it is possible to upgrade a saver ticket to the normal price by paying the fare difference, so the ticket is not totally lost. But you have to find an agent who is willing and competent enough to it. That you will certainly NOT find at Düsseldorf airport, that counter is dreadful and really sucks,,a disgrace to DB. But Duisburg or Düsseldorf main station would do it, I reckon.
Jun 27, 2016, 2:06 am
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A DB counter agent once told me that it is possible to upgrade a saver ticket to the normal price by paying the fare difference, so the ticket is not totally lost. But you have to find an agent who is willing and competent enough to it. That you will certainly NOT find at Düsseldorf airport, that counter is dreadful and really sucks,,a disgrace to DB. But Duisburg or Düsseldorf main station would do it, I reckon.
Jun 27, 2016, 4:22 am
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Well, a couple of them insisted I pay for a new ticket there and then. Guess it depends on who you get as a ticket controller, but I didn't know you could do it on the train.
I also wonder about the BOS-DUS delays. It must be selling well because I haven't been able to find a single miles ticket (for the dates I need).
I also wonder about the BOS-DUS delays. It must be selling well because I haven't been able to find a single miles ticket (for the dates I need).
Jun 28, 2016, 8:39 am
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I just purchased a Sparpreis Ticket last month. Refundable minus service charge up to and including day of departure. If purchased online you should be able to refund it online.
Jul 9, 2016, 6:39 pm
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Flew this on the 28th. We boarded at about midnight, took off at 1:30AM. Absolutely no notification of the delay until I got the desk agent at check-in, then no notifications when it began to be delayed even more, and every time you asked them when we were boarding, the response was "Hopefully in 15 minutes" until we finally had a gate change around 11pm, and eventually took off at 130. Nothing at all besides a short apology on the plane.
Jul 9, 2016, 8:09 pm
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Flew this on the 28th. We boarded at about midnight, took off at 1:30AM. Absolutely no notification of the delay until I got the desk agent at check-in, then no notifications when it began to be delayed even more, and every time you asked them when we were boarding, the response was "Hopefully in 15 minutes" until we finally had a gate change around 11pm, and eventually took off at 130. Nothing at all besides a short apology on the plane.