Current information about the 49€ ticket:
Update to the 49 Euro ticket from 2.08.2023
Students currently have the semester ticket until 30.9. In addition, there is the option to book the 49 Eur ticket for students at a reduced price of 13.95. This is possible via the following link: https://abo.ride-ticketing.de/app/login?partnerId=1c368008322e702f39b052260a3b7f45
The 49 euro ticket is not a reason for exemption, because it is an individual option to buy the ticket.
For people who receive the 49 euro ticket as a company ticket, an exemption with the reason "company ticket" is still possible!
Status 31.05.2023
As of 05/31/2023, Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) will provide students with an app-based upgrade to the Deutschlandticket for their existing semester ticket in the summer semester 2023.
To access and book this upgrade, the following access link is available: https://abo.ride-ticketing.de/app/login?partnerId=1c368008322e702f39b052260a3b7f45
Further information about the Deutschlandticket for students can be found on the VBB website: https://www.vbb.de/tickets/sondertickets/semesterticket-zusatzticket/.
We would like to inform you that there are data protection questions regarding the company that developed the app-based solution for the upgrade. As soon as we have more information, we will provide it here.
Furthermore, we as the AStA of the FU criticize the fact that there is no non-smartphone based possibility to upgrade the semester ticket.
Status 08.05.2023
The surcharge to the semester ticket will be 13.95 euros per month - so you can then travel nationwide on local trains and public transport. In the previous tariff area Berlin ABC of the Semesterticket, as before, the bicycle transport remains free of charge. The surcharge is calculated from the difference between the nominal price of the Semesterticket (35.05 euros) and the full price of 49 euros of the Deutschlandticket. In practical terms, the solution is even more favorable because Berlin's students, after deducting state subsidies in the current semester, had to pay 19.80 per month for their Semesterticket.
The upgrade is to be implemented by means of an app, which is to be available from June.
It will also be possible to upgrade the Semesterticket to a Deutschlandticket on a monthly basis.
More information can be found in the links below. One of them is the press release of the Berlin Senate.
Pressemitteilung des Senat Berlin:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/presse/pressemitteilungen/2023/pressemitteilung.1316648.php
Berlin und Brandenburg: 49-Euro-Ticket für Studenten kommt verspätet | rbb24
https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2023/04/49-euro-ticket-fuer-studis-verspaetet.html
Current information about the refund of the 9€ ticket:
Current Informations
Status 04/25/2023
The payment of refunds for the 9-Euro Ticket for students who exmatriculated in the summer semester or were exmatriculated ex officio has been stopped since December 2022. The reason for this are various problems that have arisen in the settlement of the refunds with the VBB (Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg), which provides the money for the refunds, and the Studierendenwerk, which makes the transfers of the refunds for us. We are working hard to clarify the last technical details and hope to be able to process the remaining refund requests in near future. We therefore ask you to be patient and to refrain from further inquiries.
Concerning the refund:
- All students will receive a credit of 69,9€ in their student account on June 15th (start of re-registration). This means that they can re-register for the winter semester with a semester ticket fee reduced by this amount.
Exempt from this are:- Students who have been exempted in advance for the SoSe22 by the student administration.
- Students who have been exempted from paying the semester or semester ticket fee up to the present time for/during SoSe22.
- Students who have been exempted for the coming months of June, July, August, the credit for the 9€-ticket will be deducted proportionally.
- All students who exmatriculate via exmatriculation application will be refunded the 69,90€ via the exmatriculation application forwarded to us by the student administration. Both those who have exmatriculated during the current SoSe22 and those who have exmatriculated at the end of SoSe22. Please refrain from inquiring about the status of processing, we have a massively increased workload and will get back to you!
- All students who are exmatriculated ex officio by the university must submit an extra refund application to us for the 9€ ticket. Please submit an application for exemption for SoSe22 to the Semesterticket office. Tick the application reason "Other" and note in the empty field behind it "Exma ex officio to ....". You can find the application form here. Please also submit a copy of your exmatriculation certificate as proof! The deadline for submitting reimbursement requests is 03/31/2023.
- Reimbursements for the ABC-Zusatzticket must be made through the VBB. We are not responsible for this.