On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 08:43:34 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
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> More questions?
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I'll be getting out of the airport probably around 10:00 pm or so. I've seen online the subways run into the early am, but would I be better off grabbing a taxi at that time?

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 11:12:04 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 08:43:34 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
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>> More questions?
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> I'll be getting out of the airport probably around 10:00 pm or so. I've seen online the subways run into the early am, but would I be better off grabbing a taxi at that time?

I don't know if this particular route includes any "hot spots", but I'd say you should take a taxi. Berlin is not exactly the safest city. If you're a foreigner who doesn't speak the language well, maybe it's safer (albeit more expensive) to take a taxi. Better safe than sorry.

On 4/25/16, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Germany is a cash-in-hand country.  Credit cards are rejected in most places that I've tried.

The greatest irony is that you can't buy tickets in an S-Bahn shop with a credit card (e.g. in Gesundbrunnen), but you can in a U-Bahn shop (e.g. in Alexanderplatz). The tickets are valid for both the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn regardless of where you buy it, it's so stupid! Lol.

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 11:12:04 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 08:43:34 UTC, Jens Mueller wrote:
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>> More questions?
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> I'll be getting out of the airport probably around 10:00 pm or so. I've seen online the subways run into the early am, but would I be better off grabbing a taxi at that time?

10:00PM is very early in the evening by Berlin standards, you should be fine :-).

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 12:03:12 UTC, Nemanja Boric wrote:
> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 11:12:04 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:


Taxi shortest route (20.9km) ~26 minutes, cost: €38.53 [1]

Bus+U-Bahn 53 minutes (if you don't have to wait 20 minutes for the bus)

[Car/Taxi]
https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Berlin+Tegel+Airport,+13405+Berlin,+Germany/Grenzallee,+Berlin,+Germany/@52.5097971,13.2983842,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x47a853f955555555:0x64b97d7d67bf2aea!2m2!1d13.2884374!2d52.5588327!1m5!1m1!1s0x47a84f7228ea4427:0x28bf25b737756eb6!2m2!1d13.4555582!2d52.4655949!3e0

[Bus]
https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Berlin+Tegel+Airport,+13405+Berlin,+Germany/Grenzallee,+Berlin,+Germany/@52.5105974,13.3090241,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x47a853f955555555:0x64b97d7d67bf2aea!2m2!1d13.2884374!2d52.5588327!1m5!1m1!1s0x47a84f7228ea4427:0x28bf25b737756eb6!2m2!1d13.4555582!2d52.4655949!3e3

[1] http://preisrechner.taxi.de/cost

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 13:00:40 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 12:03:12 UTC, Nemanja Boric wrote:
>> On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 11:12:04 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
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> Taxi shortest route (20.9km) ~26 minutes, cost: €38.53 [1]
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> Bus+U-Bahn 53 minutes (if you don't have to wait 20 minutes for the bus)
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Speaking of which, X9 also drives from the airport to U Jakob-Keiser Platz IIRC (beware, it's an express line so it's the first stop, be ready to press `Stop` button in the bus :-) ). 109 and X9 should depart from like 10 meters away, and where every bus stands there's a display that tells how much time to the next bus.

(https://www.bvg.de/images/content/linienverlaeufe/LinienverlaufBusX9.pdf). I'm going tomorrow night to the airport anyway, so I'll confirm.

On 04/25/2016 12:15 PM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> 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.

I am pretty sure you have to validate in both cases. Those tickets are absolutely identical (and there are validation machines inside buses).

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

LOL. I don't even remember the last time that I paid for anything with cash. I normally only have cash for emergencies. Oh well. I figured that I was going to have to exchange for some Euros just in case, but it sounds like my credit card is going to be pretty much useless.

- Jonathan M Davis

On 25 April 2016 at 15:27, Dicebot via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 04/25/2016 12:15 PM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> 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.
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> I am pretty sure you have to validate in both cases. Those tickets are absolutely identical (and there are validation machines inside buses).
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No, they are not.  Bus tickets are flimsy pieces of paper too wide to fit in the stamp machine. ;-)

You can tell the difference because tickets that need validation say so explicitly.  Look for "Bitte hier entweten" or "Please validate your ticket". at the top of your ticket.  :-)

http://www.berlin1.de/sites/default/files/styles/giant_teaser/public/images/image/2015/07/03/bvg-schwarzfahren-berlin-54744284.jpg?itok=8GqD_m9Q

On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 13:59:18 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> No, they are not.  Bus tickets are flimsy pieces of paper too wide to fit in the stamp machine. ;-)
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> You can tell the difference because tickets that need validation say so explicitly.  Look for "Bitte hier entweten" or "Please validate your ticket". at the top of your ticket.  :-)
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> http://www.berlin1.de/sites/default/files/styles/giant_teaser/public/images/image/2015/07/03/bvg-schwarzfahren-berlin-54744284.jpg?itok=8GqD_m9Q

Oh you mean ones bought from a bus driver? I think I have never seen those, my bad.