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Ashley70
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Posted on: 8:42 am,May 14, 2008
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We (senior couple) are trying to put together the transportation part of our upcoming fourteen-day trip to Austria and Germany and are having difficulty.

Could anyone tell us what the most economical bookings would be on:

Linz to Bad Gastein

Bad Gastein to Salzburg

Salzbury to Oberstaufen, Germany

Oberstaufen to Munich

We think point-to-point ticket purchases look better than either a Eurail pass or a Germany-Austria pass, but can't figure out senior and/or two/one tickets that might be available. Also, for the best prices, when should we purchase tickets -- before we leave or after we arrive?

Thank you for any help you may be able to give us.

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altamiro
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Posted on: 9:27 am,May 14, 2008
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The links you need:

www.oebb.at

www.bahn.de

>but can't figure out senior and/or two/one tickets that might be available.

There are no senior discounts for single tickets. There are however senior discounts on the discount cards that make the tickets scheaper - VorteilsCard of the OeBB (Austria) and BahnCard 25 and 50 of the DB (Germany).

> Also, for the best prices, when should we purchase tickets -- before we leave or after we arrive?

As long as you buy the tickets from the national railway organisations and not from a reseller like RailEurope, it simply doesn´t matter. Like it doesn´t matter when you buy a ticket for the NY subway.

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