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The 9 Euro ticket was super easy to buy for me. I bought it in the airport. Not sure why it was so hard for you. I don't speak a single word of German either.

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Isn’t that like a limited time thing? Try starting at a random station and navigating from there. I was at seegersfeld trying to get into Berlin and it was ridiculous. Also getting back there at the end of the night. It also had nothing to do with speaking german, everyone I spoke to in Germany seemed to somehow know English.

You are correct, it was limited thing from july to august this summer. unfortunately it's over now. it had a lot of benefits, making public transport really easy for everyone was just one. it also saved a ton of co2 and enabled a lot of people to travel around the country, who werent able otherwise.

RIP 9€ ticket, you will be sorely missed:/

German here: The 9 Euro ticket is a brilliant innovation compared to what came before and is now coming back after it: Extremely complicated fare zone issues.

I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to clarify: Saying that the 9 Euro ticket is easy to buy is like saying a 20 hour flight is comfortable, because you flew Emirates First Class.

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