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Data breach financial compensation

  • May 2, 2026
  • 6 replies
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Hi Eurail,

Due to your inability to protect your customers’ sensitive data, I’m approx £130 out of pocket on a new passport and I’ve had to take out a credit monitoring service for £30.

I’ve emailed you several times and, after a couple of low-effort AI responses, been ignored.

As this is directly your fault, you will be paying me back. Could I get an update from you regarding when you will be paying me back for this?

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  • Railly clever
  • May 3, 2026

@Eurail Community Moderator 


  • Rail rookie
  • May 8, 2026

Same problem here, try to get info on compensation for passports for months now, but no response and no official updates either. 


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  • Railmaster
  • May 8, 2026

The thing is though, getting a new passport doesn't protect you from the old passport number being misused. If you ask the authorities whether you should get a new passport, they'll say it's a good idea to cover themselves.


  • Rail rookie
  • May 8, 2026

Yes, true. But I also stand stronger when being able to show that actually, I have a new passport, and thus, that the old one is definitely not used by me. At least, I guess :)

Plus, I find the current communication without options for possible compensation (due to such extra costs) really bad atm. 


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  • Rail rookie
  • May 11, 2026

The thing is though, getting a new passport doesn't protect you from the old passport number being misused. If you ask the authorities whether you should get a new passport, they'll say it's a good idea to cover themselves.

You’re a lot more protected than if you don’t have a new passport number.


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  • Rail rookie
  • May 11, 2026

Still waiting for a response. It seems customer services have decided to ignore me, including the follow ups with itemised billing. Maybe they’ll see this here! Hello EURAIL ​@Eurail Community Moderator . I’m happy to take this to the UK small claims court. The total is £132.

To anybody considering using Eurail: this is the standard of customer service you can expect. Your sensitive information on the dark web and Eurail skipping around with their fingers in their ears. Appalling.