Thanks for all the good info Brundd. Before I opened this thread, bahn.de seemed to let me book the CNL Munich to Venice for a date in May. I stopped the process when it asked for ID form and payment because I didn't want to pay the 480 euro price. Or did you mean you couldn't see the discount rate beyond April 7th? Checking back, I see there's at least one overnight option saying "Fares not available". And the heading under all options says "Standard Fare" with an Information icon.
When I click the icon it says full flexibility / 15 euros for exchange/refund fee. Nothing about any other type of fare. There is no Restricted Fare column. And seemingly no way to get one to come up--unless maybe choosing one of the BahnCard (or other Swiss or Netherland (?) discount card options beneath "No Reduction."
Also, I'm looking specifically at the one CNL where there are 0 connections.
268 euros would be a good deal and I'd jump on it if I saw that. Thanks about the self-print info. Plain old letter size (8.5" x 11") is what I'd be using.
Originally Posted by
Brundd
There are some problems with this train because the Italians are being difficult. At the moment it's only bookable until april the 7th. When the DB knows for 100% sure they can offer this journey they will open bookings to a later date.
"2 persons in Deluxe Double" should cost 268 euro's when purchased far in advance (I noticed these fares are already gone for most trains until april the 7th so they're sold pretty quickly in most cases)
AFAIK with full fare tickets (the 480 euro's one) you can get everything back if you cancel until the day before travel. With the advance fare you can only get 15 euro's back (or maybe 30 in this case because of 2 persons). I don't know all of this entirely sure, although someone here probably does...
If you print your ticket on 'letter' size paper you should be fine. I recommended it over sending tickets by mail anytime!