pathetic piss kitten (@kitten)

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

is this a too extreme connection?

aaaaa

:celeste_hearts_non_binary@mk.absturztau.be:

Jaggi <3 @jaggi@transfem.social

@kitten
I'll only say :

miniBill (Leonardo) @miniBill@mastodon.uno

@kitten

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten jesus fuck €16 per reservation
anyway yes, I wouldn’t take that risk lol

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@sam this is for two peoples

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten let me rephrase, jesus fuck €8 for a reservation in second class

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten just get them from DB proper they’ll also actually let you choose seats

Vera [8598492] old and unimproved @mpk@gts.apicrim.es

@kitten wouldn't book this connection if the Mannheim - Köln train is the last one of the day tbh

If there's another one after that it's probably okay

AliciaBytes @AliciaBytes@polycule.li

@kitten Ohhh, being close again

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@AliciaBytes yes! In fact, we'll probably be in Basel for a while :_

AliciaBytes @AliciaBytes@polycule.li

@kitten Ohhh

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

maybe I'm complicating too much and should just resign to spending one day less there and that's it

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

god this is complicated

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

okay I think after some investigation I've come to a conclusion

the connection would be doable

but the second train could arrive quite late to Köln, if it does arrive

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

so yeah I guess better to take the Nightjet Basel - Köln and not risk it

that leaves us with a 3h waiting time at Basel :_

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten trams are cool

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@sam I'll be railed thoroughly enough that day already

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten rofl

fungus! (standy backup account) @hypha@catgirl.cloud

@kitten this ICE (from basel) is usually running without issue up to mannheim
source: i take it a lot

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@hypha :neocat_think:

erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net

@kitten Assume it will probably be missed. You will probably be over an hour late (boo) and get 50% of your ticket price refunded (yay!). If there is not another train Mannheim -> Köln you will likely have to spend the night in Manheim at DB's expense.

I try to always avoid booking any short connections onto the last train of the day.

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@erincandescent does any of that apply with Interrail? :blobCat_eyes:

erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net

@kitten DB are still obligated to get you a hotel. Refunds are more complicated and less.

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@erincandescent @kitten do not use the form if you need to claim refunds for costs that you need to get back from DB btw, they’ll just give you a canned answer like “well uhh go talk to Eurail”
send a letter stating “hello here is my itinerary, train $something got delayed and there were no further itineraries to $destination when I exited that train in $some_place so I got a hotel there, here’s my interrail, here’s the booklet, here’s the hotel invoice and here’s my IBAN, this request concerns compensation for the hotel stay only”

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@erincandescent @kitten and for interrail you will also get some flat amount back up to a certain percentage of your ticket. they are pissy about proof of that delay though, so you need to weigh the €20 with potentially having to go to a DB Rz and getting a stamped confirmation (in theory every Rz should be able to print one for every German train but in practice they may not feel like doing so idfk)

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@sam @erincandescent like

a postal letter?

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten @erincandescent yes, you can also hand that letter off at any DB Rz and they’ll post it at their cost however

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten @erincandescent or: send me a PDF if you’re not in the country, it’s freepost but only if you print a specific logo above their address

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@sam @erincandescent look if they give me a place to spend the night I'm just fine, whatever as long as I can avoid the 12 tasks of Asterix you're saying I'll have to do :blobwtfnotlikethis:

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten @erincandescent oh they're most certainly not going to give one to you, you have to get a hotel room at your own cost and then send DB a letter asking for the money back

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@kitten @erincandescent I do have to admit that the last time I had to deal with this it did indeed feel like getting a passierschein A38 but that was before someone explained the above to me

benjojo @benjojo@benjojo.co.uk

@erincandescent @kitten for what it's worth, I run the 2nd part of that route relatively often and from experience I would assume that service will be delayed or cancelled, even more so because it's later in the day.

DB is currently my main motivation/inspiration to actually learn how to drive...

erincandescent ⎔ @erincandescent@erincandescent.net

@benjojo @kitten NRW is a blackhole of train delays and cancellations best avoided where possible tbh.

(I've been spending the last few days in Duisburg & Essen and the amount of regionals running 20-70min delays is absurd.)

sam

@sam@gts.bodged.systems

@benjojo @kitten @erincandescent there’s a saying with staff in the area: “Ruhrpott is like a black box, you throw a train into it and you’ll never know when it’ll come out the other end exactly”

Lou/Autumn @louisa_uno@mk.absturztau.be

@kitten My connection right now

Lou/Autumn @louisa_uno@mk.absturztau.be

@kitten The last train didn't exist. Found an existing one which leaves at a later time.

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@louisa_uno :blobCat_eyes: sounds like a bit chaotic trip, but nice that you seemed to get there safely

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@louisa_uno I mean, that feels doable (?)

Lou/Autumn @louisa_uno@mk.absturztau.be

@kitten Hope so. Sitting in the first train. The other connections would've been at least +2h on top of the 19,5h

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@louisa_uno I assume you're not a fan of night trains/prefer to save the money?

Lou/Autumn @louisa_uno@mk.absturztau.be

@kitten The main reason for not using a night train for part of the journey was that this connection is more comfortable imo and shorter. Would want to try a night train sometime.

Lou/Autumn @louisa_uno@mk.absturztau.be

@kitten Just got one train because of running after other people and not checking if it's the right one or on the right track before getting into the train. The door closed a few seconds after in the face of others trying to get in.

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

@louisa_uno :blobCat_eyes:

I remember taking a train like that once. feels good afterwards

Lou/Autumn @louisa_uno@mk.absturztau.be

@kitten Feels even better if you get a sunset view on the sea out of the train as the reward