[ValentineC]

I was in Germany earlier this month, and made good use of the ticket going around quite a bit of Germany.

The best part about it as a frugal traveller is not having to think about ticket prices (a local metro ride could cost something like 2 EUR) and buying them. It's quite liberating, and I'd pay (the rumoured) 69 EUR if they brought it back again next year.

[7373737373]

Yes, and another aspect of this was it being valid all across Germany - instead of scouring the maps and price lists of various regional providers (for whose fractured approach to public transport I have utter disdain and could insert many expletives here), you could just pay, travel, and forget