Inexpensive BahnCard for seniors: How pensioners can save on the train
Created: 01/15/2023 10:56 am
By: Robin Dittrich
In 2023 there are some grants for retirees to increase their pension.
You can also save money – for example with the Senior BahnCard.
Hamburg – If you often have to use the Deutsche Bahn to travel, you can or should apply for a BahnCard.
This brings some financial advantages if you drive several times.
For pensioners, the BahnCard is even cheaper - pensioners save especially here, reports
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The BahnCard is also available for pensioners – you can save here
Retirees try to increase their pension in old age.
Several grants are suitable for this.
Working while receiving your pension can also increase it.
Anyone who is not able to do this must look for alternatives and save in a few places instead of increasing their pension.
That's what the BahnCard is for at Deutsche Bahn.
With the BahnCard you can save 25, 50 or even 100 percent of the cost of a train journey.
Pensioners have to pay even less for the BahnCard - so you can save.
Pensioners get some discounts from Deutsche Bahn – that’s how cheap the BahnCard for pensioners is.
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With the BahnCard 25, seniors save 25 percent on the super saver, saver and flex prices for train journeys throughout Germany.
If you are fit with your smartphone, you can simply use the digital BahnCard in the app.
The BahnCard 50 grants a 50 percent discount on the flex fares, but only a 25 percent discount on the super saver and saver fares.
Trains that can be used with this discount are all ICE, IC/EC, ÖBB Nightjet trains and local trains, including S-Bahn trains.
How much does a BahnCard for seniors cost?
Whether the purchase of a BahnCard is worthwhile must be considered on a case-by-case basis.
The BahnCard 25 is often worthwhile on the first journey.
If you use the Deutsche Bahn offers several times a year, you should almost always use a BahnCard.
The BahnCard 25 costs EUR 38.90 per year for pensioners in 2nd class and EUR 77.90 in 1st class.
The regular BahnCard 25 otherwise costs 59.90 euros or 121 euros.
There is no additional pensioner discount for the BahnCard 100: it costs 4339 euros for 2nd and 7356 euros for 1st class.
This is how much seniors pay for the BahnCard:
Senior BahnCard 25, 2nd class:
38.90 euros
Senior BahnCard 25, 1st class:
77.90 euros
Senior BahnCard 50, 2nd class:
122 euros
Senior BahnCard 50, 1st class:
241 euros
The BahnCard 50 costs seniors 122 instead of 244 euros in 2nd class and 241 instead of 492 euros in 1st class.
Seniors save at least 50 percent of the regular price with the BahnCard 50.
Seniors BahnCard 25 and 50 people over 65 can apply.
If you do not want to use the BahnCard for more than one year, you must cancel it 6 weeks before the end of the term.
Otherwise, the BahnCard runs for another year.
Whether the BahnCard is still worthwhile for seniors in the course of 2023 or whether there are cheaper connections must be researched individually - then the Germany ticket will come for 49 euros.
