Hey all! I'm figuring out which Interrail pass to buy and I'm doubting between a Global Pass for 5 days or for 7 days. Is it possible to now choose for 5 days, and to 'upgrade' that later (either before using the first travel day or even after using the first travel day) to 7 days? Pr is that a decision I have to made before buying the ticket?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best answer by Al_G
The only way to change once you have bought a pass is to exchange, essentially buying a new pass and refund the current one. If bought from Interrail directly there is a €20 charge for this although there are pass sellers that give 100% refunds.
Once activated and in use you can not refund or exchange a pass.
I would suggest you wait until you are sure before buying, you can make plans and even reserve passholder seats before buying for most journeys.
See this page for details https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm
You can exchange your pass as long as it isn't active. If you buy a pass from Interrail, that comes with a fee.
If you buy your pass from Allaboard.eu, then you can get a full refund without a fee.
There's however no reason to buy a pass a long time in advance, except if there's a sale. Subscribe to the Interrail newsletter to be informed about any promotions.
The only way to change once you have bought a pass is to exchange, essentially buying a new pass and refund the current one. If bought from Interrail directly there is a €20 charge for this although there are pass sellers that give 100% refunds.
Once activated and in use you can not refund or exchange a pass.
I would suggest you wait until you are sure before buying, you can make plans and even reserve passholder seats before buying for most journeys.
See this page for details https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm
Thank you both! Maybe waiting with buying an Interrail ticket is best; however, I wanted to already buy one in order to be able to book seats on the parts where that is obligatory. On the DB-bahn website (it concerns the trip from Hamburg-Altona to Copenhagen Hbf, July 26th, leaving at 15.04), seat reservations weren't possible anymore, so I wanted to check whether I could book them via the Interrail app itself. Is that in a way possible without the Interrail ticket?
In general, if the DB-bahn app says 'there are no seats available', is there a way to work around it? It concerns just one part of the complete journey in which seats are full and similar options on other days are booked too. Since I'm travelling with a group and have a clear starting moment of a journey after the train ride, it's kinda urgent to take that specific train. There only seems to be an alternative option to travel that part with 3 transfers, but it arrives late in the night, which is quite unideal.
Hope someone can help me out! Let me know if you think sth is possible!
If DB says that a train, which DB sells tickets for, is fully booked, then that train is fully booked. Interrail will not be able to sell any tickets.
The direct train between Copenhagen and Hamburg is often fully booked in the summer. Your option is to use the regional trains that don't need reservations, with changes in Flensburg and Fredericia.
For most (mandatory) reservations, you don’t need a pass number, and even if you do, you can just put in any number, I12345678 for example (I for Interrail and 8 random digits). It won’t be printed onto your ticket.
AFAIK only SJ actually check vailidity.
Follow this guide to get your reservations: https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm
For most (mandatory) reservations, you don’t need a pass number, and even if you do, you can just put in any number, I12345678 for example (I for Interrail and 8 random digits). It won’t be printed onto your ticket.
AFAIK only SJ actually check vailidity.
Rail Europe also check validity. SJ only accept 6-character mobile pass numbers online. With a paper pass, you can book by phone or via the chat on sj.se.
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