> If you have to travel that much inside Germany to make that card worthwhile for you, then you have a problem.
The 'problem' is called 'WORK'. A little bit more than 40000 people have such a card.
> Either you need to relocate
No option.
> some telecommuting into your existing work habits.
Sure, I do that.
> I'm going to go out on a limb here & suggest that many people travel for travel's sake as a way to give themselves an inflated sense of their own importance...or just find some glamour in being on the road all the time.
Maybe it's not that good to 'go out on a limb here and give useless suggestions. You seem to fail to understand that a lot of people have to travel as part of their work to meet customers.
In my case I work with people which are located in different areas of Germany and I have to meet them face to face quite often.