[ozgune]

I'll save everyone a web search. This is satire and there isn't any such German federal court ruling.

It also speaks to the world that we live in these days - I'm having a hard time separating satire from reality.

[DocTomoe]

In all fairness, being both an avid Deutsche Bahn victim (with the Gold victim status), and knowing the German court system ... that was perfectly plausible, if a bit optimistic. I'd do many, many things if I got a 50% chance of arriving on time.

[mafuy]

No joke: 15 years ago, when I was riding DB trains regularly, I got whole packs of refund forms. Took a while to find someone who would not refuse this request. I built a rudimentary transparent template in latex that had my name, address, etc. Pushed a whole pack into a printer to fill out most of the forms, leaving only the date and train to be manually inserted. My trains were always delayed, so this saved a lot of time.

[consp]

Gold status? Does that mean you only have to fill in two pages of forms instead of three for refunds?

[hermanzegerman]

If you actually took a train in the last 3 years you would know that the process is know online via the App/Website, and everything is already filled out for you

[pimeys]

Sure. And then a few weeks later they send you a letter, asking all the information again which you have to send by mail.

Source: my train back from Amsterdam was late...

[hermanzegerman]

My refund from my cross-border journey this Sunday was issued yesterday.

But that was from Germany to Austria, so that might make a difference

[wigster]

Gold victim status - made me laugh

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Someone wrote a satirical article in 2017 around the same concept: https://www.der-postillon.com/2017/12/bgh-bahn-gluecksspiel....