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I'll save everyone a web search. This is satire and there isn't any such German federal court ruling.

It also speaks to the world that we live in these days - I'm having a hard time separating satire from reality.

In all fairness, being both an avid Deutsche Bahn victim (with the Gold victim status), and knowing the German court system ... that was perfectly plausible, if a bit optimistic. I'd do many, many things if I got a 50% chance of arriving on time.

No joke: 15 years ago, when I was riding DB trains regularly, I got whole packs of refund forms. Took a while to find someone who would not refuse this request. I built a rudimentary transparent template in latex that had my name, address, etc. Pushed a whole pack into a printer to fill out most of the forms, leaving only the date and train to be manually inserted. My trains were always delayed, so this saved a lot of time.

Gold status? Does that mean you only have to fill in two pages of forms instead of three for refunds?

If you actually took a train in the last 3 years you would know that the process is know online via the App/Website, and everything is already filled out for you

Sure. And then a few weeks later they send you a letter, asking all the information again which you have to send by mail.

Source: my train back from Amsterdam was late...

My refund from my cross-border journey this Sunday was issued yesterday.

But that was from Germany to Austria, so that might make a difference

Gold victim status - made me laugh

Someone wrote a satirical article in 2017 around the same concept: https://www.der-postillon.com/2017/12/bgh-bahn-gluecksspiel....

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