We planned for a first-class trip on the German ICE train. But we got the normal Deutsche Bahn train experience on this trip. Learn what started badly at the DB Lounge in Frankfurt and ended even worse during the day.
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✈️🚄 Trip details:
Route: Frankfurt Airport long-distance train station to Basel SBB
Date: Aug. 3, 2023
Train company: Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Train type: Intercity Express (ICE)
Class of service: First class (standing), second class
Paid with: Miles as part of a Lufthansa ticket
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⌚ Sections in this video (Deutsche Bahn ICE train at its worst: Our first class fiasco):
0:00 | ICE train Frankfurt to Basel
1:00 | DB Lounge at Frankfurt Airport
1:50 | The delays begin
2:46 | Boarding ICE at Frankfurt airport station
3:16 | Not the first class we were looking for
4:27 | The Deutsche Bahn solution
5:31 | Second class seat tour
6:28 | Last station in Germany
7:52 | Service and entertainment on board
8:13 | Arrival in Basel
9:14 | Swedish SJ first class train
🏢 Companies mentioned:
@DeutscheBahnKonzern
@DBPersonenverkehr
