airberlin: Surprise Treat!

Everyone raves about the German train system. While I agree whole heartedly that clean, efficient, and most importantly on-time train service is amazing, I now have a new favorite mode of transportation in Germany: airberlin.

Delicious German chocolate snack

After we decided that nine hours on a train from Berlin to Amberg was a bit too much, my friends and I booked last minute plane tickets via airberlin.com. We were definite beneficiaries of their new fare structure which offers more amenities for business travelers, but rock-bottom fares for the two types of European explorers: planners and “maybe I should have thought of this earlier” travelers. For around $100 (dollars, not euros!), we were able to consolidate our nine hour journey into three, check one large bag per person, carry on two (normal size!), enjoy a refreshment, and receive the heartiest “snack” I have ever seen on an airline. Oh, and they didn’t charge us €60 to retrieve our boarding pass at the airport like RyanAir.

Chris was an instant fan!

To top it all off, we flew out of Berlin’s Tegel airport in the heart of the city straight to Nuremberg. Talk about convenience. All four of us agree that airberlin topped even Southwest Airlines in price, service, and of course food. This whole week I have been thinking of excuses to take another trip!