European Rail Travel - Bahn.de Sparpreis??

I am still unclear about the rules.
They say:
"Possible up to one day before travelling against a fee of 15 euros
From the first day of validity: No exchange and no refund possible."

So that means if you miss your designated train your ticket is no good and no refund, but could change it for a 15 euro fee before your day.

I am still unclear about the rules.
They say:
"Possible up to one day before travelling against a fee of 15 euros
From the first day of validity: No exchange and no refund possible."

So that means if you miss your designated train your ticket is no good and no refund, but could change it for a 15 euro fee before your day.

You can't change it - you can cancel it up to the day before. If you want you can rebook, but at the prevailing fare (and Sparpreis tickets in any case are only sold up to 3 days before travel, and may have sold out completely).

If you do a re-booking, you'll have to pay the EUR 15 refund fee in any case. Re-booking in this case means cancelling your old ticket and buying a new one, effectively leaving you with the fare difference plus the refund fee.

However, I'm not really clear about what happens if you need to re-book (not cancel) on the day of your journey. When they first introduced the new fare structure several years ago, they offered the option to re-book (not cancel) the Sparpreis tickets on the day of your journey by paying the refund fee (15 EUR) plus the fare difference to a fully flex ticket which would then be valid for two days starting on your original date of travel. However, I'm not sure as to whether that offer still exists.

If you miss your connection (due to delays or anything which lies beyond your own responsibility) you may easily take the next train towards your destination without getting into trouble. If you want to be sure, report to an information counter and have your ticket stamped to confirm the reason of your missed connection.

My question related to the wisdom of getting Savings Fare or rail pass. I will be arriving at FRA and would want to take first train available to Dresden. The Savings Fare could be 29-34 euro and regular fare 90 euro. If I missed Savings Fare train, I would be money ahead having rail pass and that is what I will do. Thanks for the replies.

So this combined with the other thread...

I wonder if you shouldn't sit down with your entire itinerary, find the full-fare prices for each leg, as well as the discount prices, decide if you could stick to specific trains (understanding why you wouldn't want to try that for your arrival into Frankfurt), then look at the price of a rail pass for varying lengths.

I imagine that buying a full-fare ticket from Frankfurt-Dresden, and then prepaid discount fares for the rest of your journey, would wind up being cheaper overall than the cost of a railpass. But without knowing the details, and whether that flexibility later in your trip is important to you, I couldn't say for sure.