I'm currently on a train from Konstanz to Karlsruhe and had my ticket checked.
One passenger presented a Swiss Pass (GA) and some sort of Austrian e-ticket, which was obviously not accepted, despite the passenger arguing.
I thought that travelling without a valid ticket would result in a larger fine with personal details collected (have observed this in the past), but bizarrely the guard simply asked for 9 euros.
A credit card was offered but the guard could only accept cash.
The passenger had only a 50 euro note which the guard did not want to accept.
But then he saw a 10 Swiss franc note in the wallet and said to just give him that. And he gave back 92 euro cents as change!
One passenger presented a Swiss Pass (GA) and some sort of Austrian e-ticket, which was obviously not accepted, despite the passenger arguing.
I thought that travelling without a valid ticket would result in a larger fine with personal details collected (have observed this in the past), but bizarrely the guard simply asked for 9 euros.
A credit card was offered but the guard could only accept cash.
The passenger had only a 50 euro note which the guard did not want to accept.
But then he saw a 10 Swiss franc note in the wallet and said to just give him that. And he gave back 92 euro cents as change!