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Re:After 27 years within budget Austria open 6thlongest rail... by spacechild1 on Saturday December 13, 2025 @05:17AM (#46253509)
> Special case at being ripped off when flights from London, Paris or Berlin across the continent are cheaper than trains from Graz to Vienna.

A "Sparschiene" ticket from Vienna to Graz typically costs between 10€ and 25€. With the Vorteilscard, a regular ticket costs 22€. (I believe the full regular price only exists to rip off tourists :)

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Re:After 27 years within budget Austria open 6thlongest rail... by jack_tripper on Saturday December 13, 2025 @07:10AM (#46254018)
>A "Sparschiene" ticket from Vienna to Graz typically costs between 10€ and 25€.

I've never seen it below 19 Euros.

Are Austrian residents excempt from the "full regular price"?

Then it's ripping me off too not just tourists.

Actually the entire country is a ripoff.

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Re:After 27 years within budget Austria open 6thlongest rail... by spacechild1 on Saturday December 13, 2025 @07:59AM (#46254225)
> I've never seen it below 19 Euros.

I randomly picked next Wednesday (December 17). There several offers for 9,90€

> Are Austrian residents excempt from the "full regular price"?

No, and that would be against EU laws.

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Re:After 27 years within budget Austria open 6thlongest rail... by lxgr on Saturday December 13, 2025 @04:28PM (#46258253)
> No, and that would be against EU laws.

"Reverse discrimination" is generally legal under EU law.

For example, EU law grants the non-EU spouses of EU citizens living in an EU country other than the EU citizen's home country much broader right than the EU citizen's home country otherwise might.

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