If you would like to exchange or cancel your 49 euro ticket, this is only possible to a limited extent. The period of validity must not have begun yet.
It is possible to exchange a 49 euro ticket
If you have purchased a 49 euro ticket and want to cancel or exchange it, this is only possible under certain circumstances.
- An exchange or cancellation of the 49 euro ticket is possible without any problems as long as the first day of validity has not yet been reached. If you cancel the ticket within 12 hours of booking it is free of charge.
- You can cancel in your customer account on bahn.de, in the DB Navigator customer account or via the order search. If you need assistance with this, you can contact the railway customer service.
- From the first day of validity of the 49 euro ticket is one Cancellationg or a Exchange excluded.
- The 49 euro ticket is also personalized. This means that you cannot easily transfer this to another person. Resale of the ticket is therefore also excluded.
Heavy price adjustment from 2025
In September 2024, the transport ministers of the federal states agreed to turn the 49-euro ticket into a 58-euro ticket. This means it will be nine euros more expensive on January 1, 2025. This represents a price increase of 18.3 percent.
- “The agreement at the special transport ministers' conference shows that the states want to stick to the successful Deutschlandticket model and develop it further. With this price, we will be able to keep the ticket attractive and put the financing on a more solid footing,” said Oliver Krischer's statement , Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia told the dpa news agency, which tagessau.de refers to, among others.
- The federal states discussed a necessary price increase for months, with Bavaria bringing 64 euros into play, while other states favored low increases.
- Even if it now costs 58 euros from 2025, the Deutschlandticket continues to entitle the user nationwide to use all local and regional public transport buses and trains with the ticket at any time of the day or night. Long-distance trains continue to be canceled.
- The subscription ticket can be canceled monthly. For commuters, the ticket should still be cheaper than season tickets offered, especially in metropolitan areas, even at this price.