Qual è la logica di tale fissazione dei prezzi?

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Long distance (ICE/IC/EC) trains have different tiers of pricing: super saver, saver and flex tickets. Super saver tickets do not allow you to a another connection our route to your destination on the same day, flex tickets do. There’s also only a limited number of super saver tickets for a given connection: the price you’re seeing is just the cheapest tier available. The pricing also often works a bit like with flights: more (expected) demand for a given route on a given day = higher price.

All of this flies out of the window with regional trains. No dynamic pricing, no tiers, no limited availability, no nothing. Just a fixed price that’s the same every day the train runs.

Different pricing schemes, I assume.

The IC price likely contains SparPreis tickets as well, which do not exist for strictly regional connections (if you click on them and check the available options, you can actually see that).

Okay let’s break it down if you go to offers:

IC2271

9.65€ Supersparpreis young = under 27, with BC 25, you cannot change the connection, no refund

12.65€ Sparpreis Young = cancellation subjected to a fee

14.85€ flexpreis = you can cancel free of charge, can take any IC connection between Dresden and Chemnitz

For the RE17 connection:

17.10€ Normalpreis = you can take any local train for this connection, you can also stop somewhere in the middle and take a second train later for the resto of the journey *-> biggest difference*

It is different tickets for different purposes, very confusing at first but in the end it is also the same connection because these two trains run together for that part of the journey.

If you want Deutschland-Ticket is also an option for that specific connection.

It’s actually the same train: it’s an IC train, but for at least part of its route it operates as an RE train.

This means you can choose whether you want to use it as an IC train with a long-distance ticket, or as an RE train.

Pricing for tickets for local (RB and RE) trains is pretty straightforward: you pay more the further you travel. Long-distance train tickets, though, vary in price depending on how far in advance you book, how much demand there usually is for the train, and other factors. In this case, since the app tries to show you the cheapest option, it’s applied all kinds of discounts that don’t apply to ordinary RB/RE tickets. Also, if you’re booking far enough in advance, you may be buying a Saver or Super saver ticket: these cost less, but you are under normal circumstances bound to a specific train. If you miss that train and it’s not DB’s fault, you have to book a new ticket. If you buy the RE ticket, you automatically get a Flexible fare ticket, because that’s the only type you can get on those trains: more expensive, but you can take any train on that day.

If you were travelling within an area covered by one transport association, your RE ticket would be a local public transportation ticket — you would check the details of that ticket, but it would likely still be good for buses and trams at your destination. (However, in your case, Dresden and Chemnitz are covered by two different tariff associations, so this won’t apply to you.)

If you happen to have a Deutschland-Ticket, you can actually use it on this train, so you don’t have to pay anything extra. (This isn’t the case with all hybrid IC/RE trains, but it is with this one.)