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hi everyone, i wanted to ask if anyone knows how much do i have to pay for a one way ticket from munich to berlin on a saturday?do i have to make a reservation? <BR>if it isnt to difficult do answer me to the e- mail address stated above

http://bahn.hafas.de shows fares of 190 DM and 249 DM, both of which appear to be reduced price tickets, for saturday April 15. <BR> <BR>Best wishes, <BR> <BR>Rex

Saturday. How lucky! If you can leave after 2 p.m., take the IC train at 2:43, arriving in Berlin at 10:22, and pay only 79 DM with the "Guten Abend" (which is good on weekdays only after 7 p.m.) ticket, which you can buy at any counter in Munich. Yippeeee!

Whooa. I need coffee! I mistyped that. It's only 59 DM!!!

Russ, is it easy to get this special fare or is there a limitation of seats available? <BR> <BR>thanks, <BR> <BR>mast

No, Mast. No Restrictions. Just ask for it. Leave as early as 7 p.m. on weekdays (2 p.m. on Saturday) and get in by 3 a.m. the next morning. It's only in Germany, of course. This is all from the DB site info in German. I think it's 69 DM for the ICE trains. What's strange is that the DB site shows the price at 74 DM for the departure I gave. Perhaps the price is up slightly and they haven't altered their web page yet.

<BR>Russ, the thing I don't understand is why the price difference is so great? compare 190dm and 249dm to 59dm and 75dm......strange, strange....

Well, they just want to provide an financial incentive to avoid peak hours. By the way, the prices stated by Russ are correct ( ICE trains 69 DM, all other trains 59 DM ), but from friday to sunday there is a surcharge of 15 DM. The connection suggested by Russ will therefore indeed cost 74 DM, since it is an IC and not an ICE train. Still a good buy in my opinion.