So long story short DB owes me some €300 (cancelled trains and overnight stranding). It's been 2 months and all that has happened so far is this:
- NS International (Netherlands), the ticket seller, refuses to compensate, refers me to DB (the operator) (I live in the Netherlands, so I buy tickets from them)
- DB has informed me the only way to do this is to send in a paper claim with all the evidence
- I send this via registered post, but it comes back 3 days later as undeliverable, because the address DB provides everywhere is:
DB Dialog GmbH, Servicecenter Fahrgastrechte, 60647 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Notice how there is no street name or number. I can't even try another provider like DHL because they won't make a label without the street name + number in Germany. In fact DHL won't even recognize 60647 as a German postal code! I literally cannot find a physical postal address to send something to. This must work in Germany, but how can I get it to work outside? I'd really prefer a shipping label, because I know DB is going to reject the claim, and I will have to go further… so I just want to make sure all my paperwork is tracked.
I called Deutsche Bahn and they hung up on me because I don't speak German. So now I don't know what to do other than spend a whole day taking a train to the nearest German city to drop this off at a train station where they will apparently take care of it.
Sometimes I see posts on reddit of travelers unable to claim their compensation because they don't have an IBAN. But I do have one, I just can't seem to post the letter.
by Fit-Tooth-6597
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That is the correct address – you did provide enough postage, and you sent it with a national postal service, not a courier, right?