The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so I thought I'd share:

Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the right is Jahnstraße.
On the left side you will find our hotel.

On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so I thought I'd share:
>
> Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
> Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
> Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the
> right is Jahnstraße.
> On the left side you will find our hotel.

Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)

On 4/24/2016 10:56 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>> The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so
>> I thought I'd share:
>>
>> Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
>> Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
>> Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the
>> right is Jahnstraße.
>> On the left side you will find our hotel.
>
> Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)
>

What's the best way to buy a ticket? On the bus itself, or is there a kiosk? Credit card?

Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 4/24/2016 10:56 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> >On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> >>The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so I thought I'd share:
> >>
> >>Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
> >>Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
> >>Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the
> >>right is Jahnstraße.
> >>On the left side you will find our hotel.
> >
> >Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)
> >
> 
> What's the best way to buy a ticket? On the bus itself, or is there a kiosk? Credit card?

Buy an AB ticket from the driver or a ticket machine for 2.70 Euro in cash. Don't forget to validate your ticket if you didn't buy it from a bus driver.

Read on for more details.

When you enter the bus buy a ticket from the driver (only cash preferably coins). See here https://www.bvg.de/en/Tickets/Other-ways-to-buy/On-trams-and-buses And keep your fingers crossed he speaks English. Say "AB ticket" see below. These tickets are already validated.

If you use the metro it's usually convenient to use a ticket machine
(colored white and yellow with the letters BVG). They can be operated in
English.
https://www.bvg.de/en/Tickets/Other-ways-to-buy/At-ticket-machines
You have to punch these tickets yourself.

These are the single tickets
https://shop.bvg.de/index.php/group/73
You'll be fine with a "Single ticket Berlin AB" for 2.70 Euro from the
airport to you hotel. This is usually the ticket you buy for riding up
to two hours in the zones A and B. I'll guess you will never need a ABC
ticket.
https://shop.bvg.de/index.php/product/234/show/0/0/0/0/buy

You cannot pay by credit card. Only EC card which is like credit card without credit.

You can buy four for 9.00 Euro but I believe not from a bus driver.

There are also day tickets. There are tourists tickets for up to 6 days.
Whether buying is makes sense depends on how often you are going to use
public transportation.
There are also short-trip tickets (up to 3 stations on the metro or
rail) - one for 1.70 Euro and four for 5.60 Euro. Might be convenient
for getting to the venue and back instead of a 20 minutes walk.

More questions?

Jens

On Sunday, 24 April 2016 at 21:40:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/24/2016 10:56 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
>> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>>> The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so
>>> I thought I'd share:
>>>
>>> Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
>>> Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
>>> Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the
>>> right is Jahnstraße.
>>> On the left side you will find our hotel.
>>
>> Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)
>>
>
> What's the best way to buy a ticket? On the bus itself, or is there a kiosk? Credit card?

I don't know the system in Berlin (dicebot?). You might be able to buy a ticket on the bus (make sure you have coins), but I wouldn't bet on it. Usually tickets are sold at kiosks and/or at ticket vending machines at the airport, train station etc. Probably the ticket for the bus will be valid for the U-Bahn (subway) too, provided you buy one that covers all the way to Grenzallee.

Check out this link, it's the Berlin public transport's website: http://www.bvg.de/en/

On Sunday, 24 April 2016 at 21:40:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/24/2016 10:56 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
>> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>>> The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so
>>> I thought I'd share:
>>>
>>> Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
>>> Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
>>> Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the
>>> right is Jahnstraße.
>>> On the left side you will find our hotel.
>>
>> Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)
>>
>
> What's the best way to buy a ticket? On the bus itself, or is there a kiosk? Credit card?

You can buy it from driver, but I don't think buses accept credit cards (maybe I'm wrong), so you'll have to have some
euros by yourself. On TXL airport, just before you exit to the bus station there is a BVG (public transport) kiosk (see http://nanoparticles.org/Particles2011/TXL.gif) where you can buy tickets.

If you're adventurous, when you get out from the airport (from terminal A) to the bus stations, the bus stops are just in front of you and if you turn right you'll find ticket machines (looks like this https://www.bvg.de/en/Tickets/Other-ways-to-buy/At-ticket-machines) located by the wall. You can switch to English and they accept credit cards.

I'm not aware of all options, but you can buy single ticket for 2.70 euro (I think?), 4 tickets for 9 euros, or you can buy weekly ticket (de. 7-Tage-Karte) and it costs 30EUR. If you're landing on TXL you'll just need AB zone.

Btw, single ticket is valid for your entire journey, (both Bus 109 and U7) and if you're not buying it from driver, you need to validate it when you enter the bus (just stick it into the stamping machine).

I hope I didn't get anything wrong!

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 08:56:59 UTC, Nemanja Boric wrote:
> On Sunday, 24 April 2016 at 21:40:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> [...]
>
> You can buy it from driver, but I don't think buses accept credit cards (maybe I'm wrong), so you'll have to have some
> euros by yourself. On TXL airport, just before you exit to the bus station there is a BVG (public transport) kiosk (see http://nanoparticles.org/Particles2011/TXL.gif) where you can buy tickets.
>
> [...]

I got this part wrong:

> You can switch to English and they accept credit cards.

Correct answer is:

> You cannot pay by credit card. Only EC card which is like credit card without credit.

They really look the same :-).

On 25 April 2016 at 10:43, Jens Mueller via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On 4/24/2016 10:56 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> >On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>> >>The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-) so I thought I'd share:
>> >>
>> >>Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
>> >>Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
>> >>Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on the
>> >>right is Jahnstraße.
>> >>On the left side you will find our hotel.
>> >
>> >Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)
>> >
>>
>> What's the best way to buy a ticket? On the bus itself, or is there a kiosk? Credit card?
>
> Buy an AB ticket from the driver or a ticket machine for 2.70 Euro in cash. Don't forget to validate your ticket if you didn't buy it from a bus driver.
>

You don't need to validate your ticket if you pay for it on the bus. Only if you get it from a ticket machine or ticket ofice.

On 24 April 2016 at 23:40, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 4/24/2016 10:56 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>
>> On 24 April 2016 at 10:44, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The hotel emailed them to me, I presume they know what they're doing :-)
>>> so
>>> I thought I'd share:
>>>
>>> Bus 109 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
>>> Subway U 7 in the direction of Rudow to Grenzallee
>>> Cross the street at the traffic light and turn left. The next street on
>>> the
>>> right is Jahnstraße.
>>> On the left side you will find our hotel.
>>
>>
>> Conveniently, also the directions to Berghain.  :-)
>>
>
> What's the best way to buy a ticket? On the bus itself, or is there a kiosk? Credit card?

Germany is a cash-in-hand country.  Credit cards are rejected in most places that I've tried.

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 09:16:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Germany is a cash-in-hand country.  Credit cards are rejected in most places that I've tried.

Yes, I highly recommend having cash on you. Also ensure that its not the big bank notes (e.g. 50€ 100€) most ticket machines only take 10€ and 20€ notes, some of them might be out of change and require you to put in the amount percisely using coins.