Deutsche Bahn has sold a total of around 38,000 9-euro tickets. The piquant thing about it: No name was printed on any of them. The tickets apparently only went over the counters in Munich. Customers should now enter the name themselves.
The spokesman for the passenger association is no longer surprised. “This ticket is just a quick shot,” says Stefan Hofmeir from the Munich Passengers Campaign. Anyone who buys a 9-euro ticket cannot pass it on. You have to write your name on it – and only this one customer is allowed to drive it.
At least in theory. Because in practice, tens of thousands of tickets were sold in Munich in the first few days without the field for the name. Wrong tickets then. Or not? The MVG weighs on AZ demand. One cannot speak of false tickets, a spokesman emphasized on Friday. They would still be valid. A mistake was not made either, otherwise it was technically not possible on the first two days of the sale. After that it was changed.
Incorrect 9-euro tickets: Bahn customers must take this into account
According to the MVG, 38,000 of these wrong or not so wrong tickets were sold. “You don’t have to worry about anything,” says MVG, “you don’t have to exchange the ticket either, it’s valid.” And that on one day for one person and the next for another?
MVG recommends that the 38,000 customers with the technically not yet otherwise possible ticket write their name on the back. If you have transferable tickets in your subscription, you should never write your name on them. The card is still always valid for one person – but gladly for another the next day.
Understood? The Munich Passengers campaign is not really convinced. “If you use an MVV chip card to travel elsewhere in Germany, nobody can check whether you have paid,” says Stefan Hofmeir. After all: With the new 9-euro MVG tickets from the machines, everything should now be in order.
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