Airport "QYG" German railway stations

[albatross710]

I'm currently in the process of booking an SQ multicity itinerary which includes a departure from FRA. When entering the airports I'm also seeing an option for "QYG" German railway stations.

How is this code used? Specifically is it going to be useful to leverage on my leisurely rail trip from Berlin to Frankfurt in the days leading to the FRA flight?

Tips appreciated.

Alby

 

[Scarlett]

G’day Alby,
I’ve seen these codes for major railway stations in a few places, not just Germany and not via the SQ booking engine. Even openflights has them in its database, which makes me think that there are assigned IATA codes (or maybe just something like an agreement with IATA) to assist travel agents when they are making bookings.

I’ve never tried to include a rail point in a booking so not sure if the general public can do it, or it requires some special access to the ‘back end’ booking engines like Amadeus, rather than the front end booking sites on airline pages. Have you been able to progress or test whether you can include a German railway station in your multi-city planning? How far have you got with that, an actual booking or just noting that it is there?

I think the same type of thing occurs with other travel modes like linking a ferry booking to a flight booking (HKG to Macau via ferry?), or even when someone like EY have a bus from Dubai to AUH and they have a code for the bus station.

 

[OZDUCK]

I'm currently in the process of booking an SQ multicity itinerary which includes a departure from FRA. When entering the airports I'm also seeing an option for "QYG" German railway stations.

How is this code used? Specifically is it going to be useful to leverage on my leisurely rail trip from Berlin to Frankfurt in the days leading to the FRA flight?

Tips appreciated.

Alby

WikiTravel says (Obviously other airlines than Lufthansa also offer the Rail&Fly ticket but this was the example given. I am, not sure how up to date the quoted pricesa re)-

"Rail&Fly​

If you are flying internationally on Lufthansa into or out of an airport in Germany, you can pay EUR 30 (2nd class) / EUR 60 (1st class) for a Rail&Fly ticket, which allows you to travel on any Deutsche Bahn train service(s) within Germany (including IC/EC (InterCity/EuroCity) and ICE (InterCity Express) trains) on the day of your arriving or departing flight, the day after your arriving flight, or the day before your departing flight. You must purchase a Rail&Fly ticket in advance either at the time of booking your flight on the Lufthansa website or by phoning Lufthansa after booking your flight. More information about Rail&Fly is available on the Lufthansa website.

Rail&Fly is also available with a number of other airlines. The list of participating airlines can be found on the Deutsche Bahn website. On some airlines, a Rail&Fly ticket can be purchased by booking an itinerary originating / ending with IATA airport code QYG. When flying on Emirates, a Rail&Fly ticket costs EUR 27.

After purchasing your Rail&Fly ticket, you can make a seat reservation for EUR 4 on the Deutsche Bahn website."


And the D Bahn information is at Rail&Fly - the train to your plane

 

[albatross710]

thanks.