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Bon appetit! The beer ist also delicious!

Our original super sparpreis train route no longer exists so hopefully us taking a direct RE to our destination will be acceptable. Departs 20 minutes earlier though.

RE trains are free-to-take-at-your-discretion anyway and generally have no restrictions. You can take any RE train on the day of ticket validity.

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Originally Posted by bhomburg (Post 35395518)

RE trains are free-to-take-at-your-discretion anyway and generally have no restrictions. You can take any RE train on the day of ticket validity.

thank you!

For our super sparpreis tomorrow, we have an EC which was supposed to connect to an RE. That second leg is now a bus and gets us in an hour later.

Are we allowed to take an earlier train (IC) which connects to that bus replacement in this case?

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Originally Posted by Soccerjoshj07 (Post 35396668)

You should be able to. DB sets the delay threshold from which the train-specific requirements are waived to twenty minutes:Your ticket is no longer train-specific if timetable changes are made before your journey starts, If you originally bought a train-specific ticket, this restriction does not apply in the following situations:

If the timetable changes and the train is rescheduled to depart at an earlier time
If the timetable change means your train arrives at your transfer station with a delay of over 20 minutes
If a train/stop is cancelled
If the connection is disrupted between your starting point and transfer station

Instead, you can use your ticket on another Deutsche Bahn service to reach the destination you booked.
. Source:https://www.bahn.de/hilfe/view/pk/en/zugbindung.shtml

AFAIK, IC and EC are considered the same class of train so there should not be an additional supplement (there would be one for an ICE) .
I`d go to a service counter or ticket counter before travel and inquire about this

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Originally Posted by bhomburg (Post 35396754)

If the timetable changes and the train is rescheduled to depart at an earlier time
If the timetable change means your train arrives at your transfer station with a delay of over 20 minutes
If a train/stop is cancelled
If the connection is disrupted between your starting point and transfer station

Thank you for the help and the link to the terms, very helpful!

We went to the ticket counter and they seemed pretty adamant that it was a no-go, but I asked the conductor upon boarding if we could take the earlier train and they kindly said “it doesn’t matter take your seat”. I’m sure sometimes you could have a more picky conductor, but it was all good for us.

The bus replacement from Koblenz to Wittlich messed with our plans a bit but I think we were able to totally resolve now 👌🏼. Cheers!