Originally Posted by
chrwhite
I just ordered a sparpreis ticket, online, for roundtrip travel from Munich to Salzburg for Saturday, March 31. I paid 29 euros for the the ticket and I have a few questions:
1. Is that roundtrip price, or is that price each way? It's not clear to me from the website, or the ticket I printed (which is in German).
2. When ordering the ticket I specified three adults would be travelling, and the language was such that it implied up to 5 adults could travel on this same ticket. So does that mean the 29 euro price covers all three adults, or is it 29.00 per person? It looks like I've only been charged for 29.00, but I don't want any unpleasant surprises when I board the train on Saturday.
Thanks!
29 Euros will get you a second-class Sparpreis ticket (one-way, for one person) from Munich to Salzburg (price varies from 19 to 29 Euros, depending on the train, first class costs between 31 and 49 Euros, but Sparpreis tickets are sold for a specific train)
Or it will pay for a second-class Bayern Ticket (good all day, all over Bavaria, including to Salzburg, for up to 5 people, but not valid on IC, EC, RJ and ICE trains).
Both can be bought online at DB, but they can not be bought at the same part of the DB site. If you really have a "Sparpreis" ticket, which restricts you to a specific train - and only for one person and one-way, you might want to return it (less a 15 Euro fee, I think) and get a Bayern Ticket. The local train take only 15-20 minutes longer than the big expresses, and there are even non-stop local trains to Salzburg.