Preiserhöhung Deutschlandticket - Price Change of Deutschlandticket 2026


0. Introduction: Price Change and New Requirements

Due to the upcoming price adjustment for the Deutschlandticket starting from 01.01.2026, the price of the Deutschlandticket will change to 63,00€ per month. This has been decided by the federal and state transport ministers. (Deutschlandticket Job 59,85€ per month)

Therefor a new product variant needs to be introduced into the mobilitybox. The current Deutschlandticket product variants will no longer be supported to ensure that users use the new product.

It will be a requirement to collect correct German Postal Codes (5-digit numbers) or in case of foreign customers, the country code needs to be provided.


1. What happens?

  • new Deutschlandticket products will be introduced early November
    can be bought from 01.11.2025 and activated from 01.01.2026
  • old Deutschlandticket products can be bought and activated until 31.12.2025
  • active subscriptions will automatically convert to the new product for the january cycle and can be reactivated normaly


2. Deutschlandticket Product

Old Product ID:

mobilitybox-product-171e3479-a4f8-4c89-bf5e-59e266b40856

New Product ID:

mobilitybox-product-9e82a4eb-0cc5-4a07-b629-cf2b9ea8fa56

3. What needs to be done?

Active subscriptions will automatically switch to the new products when reordering for January 2026.

In November and December, customers should be informed during the checkout process that subscriptions purchased at the old price (58€) are only valid until the end of December 2025 and can only be activated for December.

If a customer wishes to purchase a ticket for January 2026 or later, the Order request has to be made with the new product id and the new price of 63€ will already apply. Tickets purchased at the new price can only be used starting from January 2026.

Postal Codes and Country Codes

In order to comply with public transit regulation, from 01.01.2026, to activate a ticket, postal codes need to be 5 digits and in case of foreign customers, the country code needs to be provided. Please note that all currently active subscriptions do not need to be updated regarding postal codes or country codes.

When you activate a coupon for the new product ID, the API will return an error if the german_postal_code provided in the tariff_settings param is not a 5-digit number. Please make sure your users passes correct postal codes.

The Option to pass { "german_postal_code": "not-germany" } for foreign customers is not a valid option anymore. Instead, it is now possible to pass the country code of the passenger's place of residence: { "country_code": "DK" }.

Requirements for the country code:

  • ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 Format (2 capital letters)
  • DE for Germany is not allowed

Fastlink will update the products automatically. There will be the new product in checkout from 01.01.2026 and in December the customers will see a notice stating out, that there will be a new product and they are able to buy the new product if they want to use it in January.

If you want to skip this notice, you can add a new flag to the URL. For more details, see Fastlink Implementation

There will be a notice on the subscription manage page which shows the price change.

5. Summary of Changes

  • New Product: A new Deutschlandticket product introduced with the updated pricing.
  • Checkout recommended_successor_is of products
  • automatic switch to new products for reorders of January Tickets
  • display of customer notice about the upcoming price change and validity during November and December.