Originally Posted by
FLYGVA
I have done it even in Germany, if you buy a train ticket with a cc at one of the machines, you need to enter the pin. It's common with all German issued cards in the US, CH, etc.
And I do not understand the change either and I really do not appreciate this ....
The only card required to use a PIN is the EC card. Regular CC do not require PINs with Deutsche Bahn ticket machines.