Off-Peak Summer Abo

Go to the ticket office with your electronic identity card, your valid Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket and your personalised MoBIB card. It is possible to buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo up to 31 days before the preferred start date.

If you do not have a personalised MoBIB card, you can buy one at the ticket office for €5.

To benefit from an Off-Peak Summer Abo, your subscription must be valid on the day of purchase.

You can use your Off-Peak Summer Abo this summer, even if your Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket is no longer valid.

To buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo for yourself :

Go to the ticket office with your electronic identity card, your valid Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket and your personalised MoBIB card. It is possible to buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo up to 31 days before the preferred start date.
If you do not have a personalised MoBIB card, you can buy one at the ticket office for €5.
To benefit from an Off-Peak Summer Abo, your subscription must be valid on the day of purchase.
You can use your Off-Peak Summer Abo this summer, even if your Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket is no longer valid.

To buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo for someone who lives at the same address as you:

Go to the counter with your electronic identity card, your valid subscription, your Off-Peak Summer Abo and your cohabitant's electronic identity card and personalised MoBIB card.
No personalised MoBIB card? You can buy one at the ticket office for € 5.
To benefit from an Off-Peak Summer Abo for your cohabitant, your subscription must be valid on the day of purchase.
Your cohabitant can use his or her Off-Peak Summer Abo this summer, even if your Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket is no longer valid.
You are not obliged to travel at the same time as your cohabitant who has an Off-Peak Summer Abo.
Please note that it is not possible to buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo for a person living at the same address if you do not have your own Off-Peak Summer Abo.
It is possible to buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo up to 31 days before the desired start date.

You can check the validity dates of your season ticket in several ways:

• via the SNCB ticketing machines in the stations
• with our on-board staff when checking your ticket
• at the SNCB station ticket offices
• online in a few clicks via your My SNCB account

No My SNCB account yet?

Take advantage of the benefits of a My SNCB account for free: renew a season ticket in a few clicks, download your traveller's certificate (valid for your tax return), check the balance of your electronic wallet and book reduced mobility assistance online.

Create your free My SNCB account on this page. Make sure that the personal information registered on your My SNCB account matches the personal data on your MoBIB card. These data must correspond to those on your identity card (surname, first name and date of birth).

You can travel with your Off-Peak Summer Abo on weekdays from 9 a.m., and on weekends and public holidays without time restrictions.

Your Off-Peak Summer Abo is also valid without time restrictions on long weekends.
In July (Belgian National Day): from Wednesday 20 July (from 7 p.m.) to Sunday 24 July 2022 inclusive
In August (Assumption Day): from Friday 12 August (from 7 p.m.) to Monday 15 August 2022 inclusive

Yes, if you buy two consecutive Off-Peak Summer Abos, you will be able to travel the whole summer without limit. This also applies to the Off-Peak Summer Abo of your cohabitant.

Your Standard Season Ticket,Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket must be valid at the time of purchase of the two Off-Peak Summer Abos.

It is possible to buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo at the earliest 31 days before the desired start date.
Regardless of the start date of the Off-Peak Summer Abo, it is valid until 31/08/2022 at last.

To purchase an Off-Peak Summer Abo for a person at the same address as you:

• You must have purchased your own Off-Peak Summer Abo
• Your Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket must be valid on the day of purchase. You can buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo up to 31 days before the desired start date.

Go to the ticket office with your electronic identity card, your valid season ticket, your Off-Peak Summer Abo and your cohabitant's electronic identity card and his/her personalised MoBIB card.

No personalised MoBIB card? You can buy one at the ticket office for € 5.

You can buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo up to 31 days before the desired start date.

Your co-habitant can use his or her Off-Peak Summer Abo this summer, even if your Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket is no longer valid.
You are not obliged to travel at the same time as your cohabitant who has an Off-Peak Summer Abo.

The Off-Peak Summer Abo offer is limited to one other person living at the same address as you.

For possible additional passengers, we recommend :

• For children under 12 years of age:
  Up to 4 children under 12 years of age travel free of charge with a passenger with a valid ticket. For additional children, buy a Kids Ticket.
  
  
• For young people aged 12 to 26:
  For young people under 26, take advantage of the Youth Holidays. This is a free travel pass valid throughout Belgium without time restrictions during school holidays for only €18/week or €29/month.
  
  
• For adults aged 26 and over:
  For occasional travel, buy a Duo Ticket. This is a 1+1 free ticket offer. For passengers aged 65 and over, use the Senior Ticket.
  For multiple trips, buy a Standard Multi. This is a 10-trip pass for €87 for 10 single trips in 2nd class, which is not nominative and can be used by several people.

Consult here the list of all our tickets.

It is not necessary to travel at the same time as the person at your address who is taking advantage of the Off-Peak Summer Abo.

You can buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo for only one person who lives at the same address as you. This can of course be your child.

However, if your child is under 26 years old, we recommend these products which will be more advantageous:

• For children under 12:
  Up to 4 children under 12 years of age travel free of charge with a passenger with a valid ticket. For additional children, buy a Kids Ticket.
  
  
• For young people aged 12 to 26:
  For young people under 26, take advantage of the Youth Holidays. This is a free travel pass valid throughout Belgium without time restrictions during the school holidays for only €18/week or €29/month.

If you are a holder of a Complex Season Ticket in paper form, you can also benefit from the Off-Peak Summer Abo.
The Off-Peak Summer Abo must be placed on a personalised MoBIB card. If you do not have a personalised MoBIB card, you can buy one at the SNCB ticket office for €5.

No. The Off-Peak Summer Abo offer is limited to holders of a Standard Season Ticket, Unlimited Season Ticket, Citypass Season Ticket or Brupass (XL) Season Ticket valid on the day of purchase.

Yes, the Off-Peak Summer Abo is available to all holders of a domestic or cross-border Standard Season Ticket valid on the day of purchase.

It is not possible to buy an Off-Peak Summer Abo at the same time as a MIVB/STIB, TEC or De Lijn Supplement.

If you wish to travel with MIVB/STIB, TEC or De Lijn during the validity of your Off-Peak Summer Abo, please buy your tickets directly from these carriers.

Your Off-Peak Summer Abo allows you to take advantage of the preferential traveller rate in the SNCB car parks, either via tickets that you pick up at the car park entrance, or via the 1-day Parking Car Ticket that you buy via the SNCB app, or via the purchase of a 10 Access Card.

You have opted for a parking ticket at the car park entrance and wish to benefit from the reduced rate:

• If you have a valid Standard or Unlimited season ticket:
  1. Go to the car park ticketing machine, insert your parking ticket and the machine will display the amount to be paid
  2. Then scan your MoBIB card and the machine will display the preferential rate
  3. Proceed with the payment and take your parking ticket back to the exit terminal
• If you do not have a valid Standard or Unlimited season ticket:
  1. First go to the station ticket office with the parking ticket and your Off-Peak Summer Abo (before paying for the parking ticket at the car park pay station)
  2. On presentation of your valid ticket, a discounted barcode on your parking ticket will be printed
  3. Then you must pay for your ticket at the car park pay station. The discount barcode will automatically be read and adjust the rate to be paid.

Have you opted for a 10-access card? Simply present it at the car park pay station when you enter and leave the car park.
Would you like to buy a 10 Access Card? If you do not have a valid season ticket, do not forget to buy the 10 Access Card at the same time as your Off-Peak Summer Abo. Consult the list of SNCB car parks on this page.

Yes, your Off-Peak Summer Abo does not include the Brussels Airport Supplement.
If you are travelling to or from Brussels Airport - Zaventem station, you still need to purchase a Brussels Airport Supplement for your journey.

The Off-Peak Summer Abo is not valid for Belgian domestic travel on the Thalys or Eurostar.

You can travel on the high-speed ICE between Brussels and Liège-Guillemins if you buy an ICE Supplement for €10 in 2nd class or €15 in 1st class. This supplement is available at the international ticket offices in Brussels-South, Brussels-North and Liège-Guillemins.

Of course. Take advantage of the good weather to go to the sea with the Coast Express trains.

You can travel with your Off-Peak Summer Abo on weekdays from 9 a.m., and on weekends and public holidays without time restrictions.

Your Off-Peak Summer Abo is also valid without time restrictions on long weekends.
In July (Belgian National Day): from Wednesday 20 July (from 7 p.m.) to Sunday 24 July 2022 inclusive
In August (Assumption Day): from Friday 12 August (from 7 p.m.) to Monday 15 August 2022 inclusive

If you wish to travel on weekdays before 9 a.m., you must use another ticket.

It is not possible to pay for an Off-Peak Summer Abo with green vouchers (EcoCheque from Edenred and Eco Pass from Sodexo, or Monizze), nor with SNCB value vouchers. It is also not possible to pay for an Off-Peak Summer Abo with vouchers.

You can pay for your Off-Peak Summer Abo at the SNCB counters in cash, by Bancontact, Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

The Off-Peak Summer Abo is nominative and placed on your personalised MoBIB card. You cannot pass it on or resell it.
The Off-Peak Summer Abo is non-exchangeable but is 100% refundable until the day before its first day of validity. It is no longer refundable from the first day of its validity.