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49-euro ticket: what pensioners need to know now

2023-02-15T08:11:24.211Z


The 49-euro ticket is already in the starting blocks. Now there is criticism of the new saver ticket – especially with regard to the needs of seniors and pensioners.


The 49-euro ticket is already in the starting blocks.

Now there is criticism of the new saver ticket – especially with regard to the needs of seniors and pensioners.

Berlin/Munich – On May 1st it should finally be time.

Then the new 49-euro ticket is valid throughout Germany.

After many discussions, politicians and transport associations were finally able to agree on the successor to the nine-euro ticket.

The saver ticket is an enormous financial relief, especially for commuters.

Because for only 49 euros per month, the entire local public transport (ÖPNV) in Germany can be used.

But not everyone is enthusiastic.

Pensioners in particular feel disadvantaged.

49-euro ticket: Too expensive for pensioners

In the past few days, social organizations have already criticized the 49-euro ticket.

Citizens' income recipients in particular could not afford the actual savings ticket at all.

The standard rate is only 45 euros for the "transport" item.

But it could also be tight for many retirees.

More and more retirees are already struggling with rising prices and have to make do with their pensions.

A social ticket is therefore already being discussed in some federal states for recipients of citizen's income.

But there is no mention of a senior citizen ticket anywhere.

What is clear, however, is that if you already have a subscription ticket for the local transport association, you can usually get away with the 49-euro ticket for less – even as a pensioner.

In Munich, for example, the MVV IsarCard65 costs 52.70 euros for everyone aged 65 and over at the cheapest rate.

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In many cases, the 49-euro ticket has not been fully thought through.

Retirees in particular see themselves at a disadvantage.

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49-euro ticket digital only: "Discrimination of all seniors"

But there is another major point of criticism.

Because the 49-euro ticket is only offered digitally, i.e. via smartphone app or using a chip card.

An additional proof of validity on paper should only be recognized by the end of the year. 

But not all retirees own a smartphone.

Most usually prefer the “good old” paper ticket.

“This is again discrimination against all seniors.

Not every older person has a PC standing around or owns a smartphone," says Ingeborg Staudenmeyer from the Neuhausen-Nymphenburg Senior Citizens' Advisory Board of 

tz

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The 74-year-old is angry: "Our society really only thinks about the boys!"

However, Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) does not see the digital Germany ticket as a problem.

"Of course, digital doesn't just mean cell phones," he said.

In addition to an app, there will be a chip card as proof of ticketing for travelers without a cell phone.

"We don't want to overwhelm anyone, but the paper ticket printed out with the needle printer is not the future," said the FDP politician to

t-online.

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List of rubrics: © IMAGO / Sabine Gudath / Christian Ohde

Source: merkur

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