Ancestors

Written by Ted on 2025-01-12 at 21:14

Been buying train tickets from Zürich to German cities for close to a decade. Just today I realized that I could get cheaper tickets by booking the Swiss and German parts separately.

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Written by Ted on 2025-01-12 at 21:16

I think it's because each booking system is unaware of the other's saver tickets options. So booking on DB always gives you the regular cost for Swiss trains and vice-versa.

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Written by Ted on 2025-01-12 at 21:24

This is so absurd and frustrating. Why can't everything be under a single standardized API so booking systems can just figure out the best prize for a given route?!

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Written by Nicolas Dandrimont on 2025-01-12 at 21:43

@tedted the worst thing is, don't both countries use HAFAS?

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Written by Ted on 2025-01-12 at 21:45

@olasd I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes. I only know that the user experience is awful, do I assume the underlying tech must be a mess?

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Written by Nicolas Dandrimont on 2025-01-12 at 21:47

@tedted I mean I'm sure half of it still runs on triangular floppy disks or something

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Written by Max Maass :donor: on 2025-01-13 at 06:02

@tedted it’s actually coming soon-ish with the OSDM standard. So, hopefully things will improve on that front within the next 12-24 months.

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Written by Ted on 2025-01-13 at 11:12

@hacksilon That's good to hear!

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