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  • July 23, 2025
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I’m preüparing for my first trip with interrail and need some advice about setting things up on my mobile. 

Once again thanks again in advanc to the community who have been incredibly helpful already. I have two questions: 

  1. When I “create a new trip” in the app is the pass just valid for the trains shown there? If I miss a connection and therefore have to deviate from the origional plan, I assume my pass will be valid for any train I then take. Or do I have to create a new trip so my pass is aligned to the new circumstances - also if I decide spontaneously to do something different?
  2. Once I’ve got the QR code - ist this just for the one trip or is this now my pass for any journey for the duration of my 5 day  “allowance”

I didn’t realise how many wrinkles of uncertainty were going to manifest themselves. Again thanks for any advice.

Heidelboro

Best answer by rvdborgt

  1. Your pass can only be connected to one trip in the Rail Planner app. In that trip, you need to add all trains you use. If you miss a connection, then deactivate the train(s) you can't take anymore and add the new train(s).
  2. A QR code is valid for one travel day. When you add the first journey of the day to your pass, a new travel day will be activated and a new QR code will be created.

Please keep in mind the Rail Planner app terminology:

  • A trip is a collection of journeys.
  • A journey consist of one or more trains.

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    1. Your pass can only be connected to one trip in the Rail Planner app. In that trip, you need to add all trains you use. If you miss a connection, then deactivate the train(s) you can't take anymore and add the new train(s).
    2. A QR code is valid for one travel day. When you add the first journey of the day to your pass, a new travel day will be activated and a new QR code will be created.

    Please keep in mind the Rail Planner app terminology:

    • A trip is a collection of journeys.
    • A journey consist of one or more trains.
    Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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    • July 23, 2025

    Many many thanks, rvdborgt, you’re a hero of information. 

    That clears up a lot.

    Am I the only one to find the whole rigmarole quite challenging? I’m sure once you’re up and running and in the groove it becomes easier, but the idea of faffing around with the app as your train leaves the station or being told on a train that you haven’t registered for that particular journey is a little scary.

    I had (maybe naively) imagined it to be a little more straightforward: show your pass for that day and away you go,.where and when you want.

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