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Old Jan 11, 2008 | 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by Aviatrix
I've just tried this for you. A discounted fare (of EUR 35.00) will come up after you've entered the return sector. When you enter the outbound sector you will only see the full fare as the one-way fare (21.40) is less than the cheapest discounted fare. Once you've entered the return a second fare column will appear with the discounted fare.
I just tried this (from www.bahn.de). I did see the EUR 21.40 on the outbound. When I enter the return, though, I see the doubled price of EUR 42.80, as opposed to 35 (this is for the outbound at 06:51 and midday return ~12:00 or ~1:00). Perhaps this is already a discounted fare.

Also, we are looking at 1st class, and this is showing at EUR 34.20 one way and EUR 68.40 return. I know that when I experimented with a BahnCard 50% reduction in the menu, the price was half of this, so I thought that this was the full price.

Is there something I should be doing differently on this? I'm just entering the city pairs, dates and time of day to get these figures?

Cheers.
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