Do Berlin Subway tickets expire?
May 9, 2018 | 10:29 pm
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Do Berlin Subway tickets expire?
I have some unused subway tickets from my last trip to Berlin about 8 months ago. Never been stamped in the machines. Are they still good or do they expire?
May 10, 2018 | 8:09 am
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May 10, 2018 | 10:46 am
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No problem, I'll be using them soon. I got caught a few years back when I accidently purchased a childrens ticket and had to pay a hefty fine on the spot. On my last trip I purchased tickets 4 at a time and ended up with a few tickets leftover. Wanted to make sure I don't get caught with expired tickets.
May 15, 2018 | 8:48 am
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IIRC after price changes old tickets are valid for one more year. If price doesn't change they won't expire.
May 15, 2018 | 9:00 am
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After that "Rule of Thumb" comes into play - use/stamp your old ticket and keep your thumb over the price bit if you have to show it to a conductor/inspector...
May 16, 2018 | 5:17 am
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I fear it actually isn't even as long as that. Price changes impact on 01.01.XXXX and I believe there is a two-month period when old tickets can be used and/or exchanged by paying the uplift for new tickets (which is usually only a few cents).
After that "Rule of Thumb" comes into play - use/stamp your old ticket and keep your thumb over the price bit if you have to show it to a conductor/inspector...
After that "Rule of Thumb" comes into play - use/stamp your old ticket and keep your thumb over the price bit if you have to show it to a conductor/inspector...
May 16, 2018 | 6:46 am
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I don't believe so; I'm quite sure that the ATM printed tickets stayed the same after the last price increase. Just the printed price has changed.
I googled the situation after the last price increase in January 2017 - there you only had 14 days to use old tickets and a few weeks to get an upfare ticket.
So it seems your older tickets are only good as long as there has been no price increase.
I googled the situation after the last price increase in January 2017 - there you only had 14 days to use old tickets and a few weeks to get an upfare ticket.
So it seems your older tickets are only good as long as there has been no price increase.
May 16, 2018 | 8:32 pm
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I don't believe so; I'm quite sure that the ATM printed tickets stayed the same after the last price increase. Just the printed price has changed.
I googled the situation after the last price increase in January 2017 - there you only had 14 days to use old tickets and a few weeks to get an upfare ticket.
So it seems your older tickets are only good as long as there has been no price increase.
I googled the situation after the last price increase in January 2017 - there you only had 14 days to use old tickets and a few weeks to get an upfare ticket.
So it seems your older tickets are only good as long as there has been no price increase.
Last edited by Uh Clem; May 16, 2018 at 8:40 pm Reason: fixing mistake