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Impossible to book a bed in a night train (Vienna-Bucharest)

  • 1 June 2024
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Hi !

I'd like to book a bed in the night train from Vienna to Bucharest, that leaves Vienna at 19:42 on August 16th 2024.

But I can only book a seat on the Eurail App :

My boyfriend, who travels with me, does not have the same problem and can book a bed as wanted.

I checked on the ÖOB website (https://www.nightjet.com/en/ticket-buchen#/home) but the destination "Bucharest" doesn't seem to be available.

I also also tried on the Romanian train company but I haven't seen a way to specify that I've already bought a Eurail pass.

Please, help me :']

Many thanks in advance to those who can !

Mathilde

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Try https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket (add Interrail/Eurail as a discount and select one-way tickets). A private double compartment should be 84€ → a pretty good deal compared to other night trains!

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Thank you for your answer, Thibcabe.

Following your instructions, I was able to see this offer. But, as I've already paid my Eurail pass, this offer would mean I would pay another time the train ticket and not the bed reservation only. For my boyfriend, whose Eurail app works properly, a bed reservation costs between 15 € and 40 € (depending on the chose configuration).

We bought the same passes, on the same day. This situation makes no sense to me…

Is there another way to solve this problem ?

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One of you should make the reservations for both of you. And the reservations are not connected to your pass. 

Make a reservation for the 2 of you following the instructions from @thibcabe above. 

Note that the app doesn't make any reservations. 

Please note that I don't work for Interrail/Eurail and that I don't reply to personal messages.
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84€ is the passholder fare for 2 ppl in a private compartment (so 42€ each). If you add Interrail/Eurail as a discount it will show the adapted price. Otherwise a ticket costs 150€ each for that one.

A seat with the pass would be 3€ but I do not recommend that at all. Of course you could travel in a shared couchette compartment for 13.40-20€ but for an 18h journey (+ delay) a private compartment makes a lot of sense.

Do not trust anything coming from the Rail Planner app. It is unreliable, shows wrong data, it’s missing trains, etc. It’s also updated twice a month only.

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Okay, I finally got what you meant Thicabe ! Thank you for your precious advice. (Thank you to AnnaB also ;] )

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Glad it worked! Only note that OBB struggles with timezones so the arrival is supposed to be at 15:06 (local time). Expect to be woken up by border guards but it’s part of the experience haha :)

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