What's the age cutoff for a youth fare on Austrian Railways?
When booking a train ticket on the Austrian Railways website, the age options are "Adults" and "Children/Youths". What's the age cutoff for a youth fare? Most of the youth fares I've seen in Europe are for up to 26, but I want to make sure Austria is the same and I don't end up booking the wrong fare type.
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I don't know why you think it's generally 26 in Europe. In fact, with a normal ticket (Austria, train only, not international, no week/month card etc., no other discounts), the adult price is for age 15 and above. You can check this with Michael Borgwardt's link too, for any two stations within Austria. At least in Germany it's 15 too, so two countries out already. Italy is 11...
The 26 limit is important for some discount cards, mainly useful for people travelling much but irregularly (always different route/times), and in some cases for international tickets and/or combinations with buses. Eg. there is a "VorteilsCard <26" which can be bought for people younger than 26, ca. 30€ for a year, and means only the half price for all Austrian national train tickets within this year (and some discount for certain international tickets too). For people older than 26, this card is much more expensive. For Europe in general, there are the "Eurail" passes, where being younger than 26 helps too.
There are also discounts for families travelling together, etc., but this won't apply for one person.
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Have you tried actually selecting the option? At least on https://ticketing.oebb.at/ as soon as you do, a line appears that has you enter the birth date and says < 26.
However, there are apparently some related services (e.g. http://www.postbus.at/de/Fahrkarten/Ermaessigungen_Verbuende/index.jsp ) that have a youth fare only up to the age of 21.
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