thank you very much for this post! I downloaded the pkpass file.

Do you have a Works Council?

do you mean a Betriebsrat? I do.

You’ve mentioned that you get your ticket from ride ticketing in another comment, right?

right. Would you guide me li5?

I just opened FOSSWallet and added/scanned the qr code. Now I have an archived pass I named dticket on FOSSWallet. If I tap on it I see the qr code I scanned, a very large alphanumeric code with lots of <, >, numbers and letters.

Did I download the pkpass file on my phone?

I think there’s a misunderstanding. I work for a big local company. They’re the ones offering the discount, but only if I don’t use a physical card.

Does Mainzer Mobilität not provide an app for their services, so that you don’t have to pull your card into google wallet?

nope. none whatsoever. It’s either google wallet or a physical card.

So I questioned somebody checking my ticket and they explained that lots of people buy the ticket online, screenshot the qrcode and refund it afterwards (14 period online in Germany).

do you mean people will buy a qr code, screenshot it, use it for up to 14 days and return it? do they get the whole refund back? Never heard of this. How can it be even possible?

Or do you mean something else?

This 14 online period you talk about. Are you talking about the deutsche bahn? because I’m dealing with a local authority, the mainzer mobilität.

On the fine they gave me, a so called “Beförderungsentgelt” it says if I show them proof that I own a valid travel ticket up to the 15.09 I don’t have to pay 60 Euros as a fine, but 7. Not that it’s fair they refuse to accept my receipt as a valid proof of payment and I’m contesting that as well.

The qrcode certificate is signed and allows to check the validity of a ticket even if both phones are offline, which is a lot on German railway.

and that’s why I always copy the qr code and have a copy of it on my phone. This was never a problem in the last 3 years, just with this one Kontrolleur.

Usually there is a way to download or scan the pkpass version of the ticket.

I’m all ears. If it’s of any help the website I access my profile page, download my receipts and screenshot my qr code from is https://abo.ride-ticketing.de/

A year ago I asked them to send me a pkpass copy of my ticket and I’m still waiting :D

I travel daily on Deutschland ticket and have never had the case that anybody asked to see it it is a screenshot and complain that its not the right app.

then I just had back luck and had to deal with somebody not very smart.

ich habe sowieso Widerspruch angelegt.

AFAIK it’s illegal for the discount to only be offered in a digital format

asking the obligatory: in Germany?