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Re:Slow Travel by Tijdreiziger on Friday August 19, 2022 @11:41AM (#32522400)
I just checked -- you can buy a ticket from Munich - Berlin today, for any day you want in December, for € 17,90. Direct ICE train, travel time between 4h30m - 5h20m (depends on the departure time).

Of course, the reliability of Deutsche Bahn is another question.

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Re:Slow Travel by iso1631 on Friday August 19, 2022 @01:36PM (#32523911)
It's August. I don't want to travel to Berlin in December, I want to travel today or tomorrow.

However if you do want to book stuff months out, advanced purchase tickets are a staple of the airline industry. From Berlin you can get to a host of locations for about €20 each way, including Venice, Milan, Budapest, Madrid etc - far further than a domestic train.

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Re:Slow Travel by wink on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:00AM (#32548202)
Yeah I know there are some methods, but in my case it's in September, 3 weeks out and for reasons out of my control I could not book in May already. I'm not even taking "spontaneously tomorrow", and last I checked even 1-2 months in advance can still be more like 60 rather than 20 :(
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Re:Slow Travel by happyraul on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:21AM (#32561094)
You can buy "egal wohin" tickets for €40 each way and use them to reserve any route, not including seat reservation.

It doesn't take away from your larger point, I understand.

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