I have to travel out of southern Germany for work next week and, accordingly, booked train tickets a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the weather has dumped a ton of snow on Bavaria and this complicates matters. I’m not fully confident in the ability of db to resolve the issues before I need to go.
The train I booked is a regular IC train. It travels through Austria before heading onward. As of right now, the equivalent train is cancelled on the db site for the next 1-2 days. But it says that there is an alternate route available: RB to Kufstein and then an RJX to Innsbruck. In Innsbruck, one meets up with the original train and continues onward.
If my train is still cancelled and this route is available, do I have to pay extra for taking the RJX? If so, how do I figure out how much? Is it just the standard RJX price? (Which looks to be about 20€.) https://www.bahn.de/faq/zuege-flexpreis says that ICE tickets can take RJX at no additional cost and that IC tickets can upgrade to ICE for a fee. But I don’t know what happens with IC and RJX.
I’m tempted to just book Flixbus as a contingency measure, but I’m trying to decide if that’s a good idea or a waste of money.
by NextStopGallifrey
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> [https://www.bahn.de/faq/zuege-flexpreis](https://www.bahn.de/faq/zuege-flexpreis) says that ICE tickets can take RJX at no additional cost and that IC tickets can upgrade to ICE for a fee. But I don’t know what happens with IC and RJX.
This statement is valid under normal circumstances. In your case, however, this is not a normal circumstance, but a timetable change that affects your passenger rights.
Just take the RJX, your ticket is valid. [https://int.bahn.de/en/booking-information/passenger-rights](https://int.bahn.de/en/booking-information/passenger-rights)