The flexible fare for young people - for everyone under 27

Flexpreis Young

Prices vary according to route, booking and travel date, and are valid for a single journey within Germany.

The offer is available to book from 15 September to 14 October 2025. You can book the offer for journeys between 15 September and 13 December 2025.  

With the flexible fare for young people, you are not tied to a specific train. You can use all national long-distance trains (ICE and IC/EC) as well as local trains (e.g. RE, RB, IRE or S-Bahn) on the booked route on the booked day of travel.

The flexible fare ticket for young people is only valid for second class. No upgrades to first class are available.

The ticket does not include a seat reservation. You can buy this either together with the ticket or separately later. 

Yes. The City-Ticket is included free of charge for you in 130 cities. The "+City" on your ticket indicates that the City-Ticket option covers your start and destination stations.

You will receive a 25% discount with a BahnCard 25 and a 50% discount with a BahnCard 50.

You can only book this offer for journeys in the period from 15 September to 13 December 2025, subject to availability. 

No, the flexible fare for young people is only valid for journeys within Germany.

Yes.

• Up to 1 day before the 1st day of validity of the outward journey: free of charge
• From the 1st day of validity of the outward journey: 30 euros per ticket

Regardless of the booking conditions:

You can cancel your digital ticket free of charge within a period of 3 hours (180 minutes) after purchase, regardless of the specific offer's terms and conditions. Payment will be refunded in full.

• Children up to the age of 5 always travel free of charge and do not need to be indicated when booking.
• Children aged 6-14 travel free of charge when accompanied by a person aged 15 or over. However, they must be indicated in the booking. The ticket holder can bring up to four children per ticket.

No, the offer is not available for children travelling alone. Children travelling alone already receive a 50% discount on their ticket.

The flexible fare ticket for young people is a limited-time offer. It can only be booked from 15 September to 14 October 2025 for journeys until 13 December 2025.

Eligibility is based on the passenger's age on the first day of travel, not on the day when the ticket is purchased. In the case of a return journey, eligibility is based on the passenger's age at the time of the first journey (outbound trip). 

Government-issued ID cards are compulsory in Germany for people aged 16 and over. However, passengers can use a pupil's ID, passport or other form of photo ID as an alternative.