Can friends use my DB online ticket if I hand them my credit card?
I booked a Deutsche Bahn online ticket for friends and me. I paid with my credit card, so the ticket lists my name and credit card number.
Now, I can’t make it to the tour, and another friend of mine would take my place.
If I hand the online ticket and credit card to my friends, can they make the tour without me?
Best Answer
The rules concerning this question have changed as of 1 October 2016 and Deutsche Bahn no longer requires an identification card but only an official identity document (or their Bahncard).
Per their help pages (in German, I was unable to find an English version)
Ab dem 01.10.2016: Identifikation per amtlichen Lichtbildausweis
Bei Buchungen nach dem 01.10.2016 entfällt die Angabe einer Identifikationskarte. Bei der Kontrolle im Zug müssen Sie sich dann lediglich durch Vorzeigen eines amtlichen Lichtbildausweises oder Ihrer BahnCard legitimieren.
Folgende Lichtbildausweise werden anerkannt:
- deutscher Personalausweis
- deutscher Reisepass
- Kinderreisepass
- europäischer Personalausweis
- internationaler Reisepass
- elektronischer Aufenthaltstitel
- Bescheinigung über die Meldung Asylsuchender (BüMa)
- BahnCard (ggf. in Verbindung mit einem Lichtbildausweis)
Es gelten nicht: Führerscheine, Schülerausweise, Truppenausweise und Schwerbehindertenausweise.
which summarizes to what I have stated above. The man in seat sixty-one has already reflected these changes:
If you wanted to use a German Railways print-at-home ticket (shown as online ticket on bahn.de) you used to have to show your credit or debit card as I.D. on board the train. I'm glad to say that this changed in October 2016, all you now need is a passport or other recognised ID to prove your name to support a print-at-home online ticket. You may or may not be asked for it by the conductor.
If your friend travelled with your ticket they would essentially be travelling without a valid ticket and if controlled and asked for I.D. would have to pay the full fine for fare dodging.
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