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Using inbound/outbound journeys

  • March 16, 2026
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Hello, I booked a 7-day pass with my friends. There are three trips between Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic for which I have my tickets shown in yellow on the app.

For the trips in France, where a reservation is mandatory, I bought tickets and received them by email. However, in the app it asks me to check the outbound and return boxes for three journeys where I already purchased the mandatory seat reservation.

What should I do? If I get checked by a ticket inspector, will it be a problem if those boxes are not checked?

 

Thanks 

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Railly clever
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  • Marvin Heer
  • Railly clever
  • March 16, 2026

You can use your Interrail Pass only on 2 of the 7 total travel days in your own country (If those 3 Journeys are only on 2 days then that is not a Problem). 

Do you have your Interrail Ticket as a mobile Pass in the App or do you have the Paper Version?

 

 

I speak german 🇩🇪, english 🇬🇧, and i understand a bit of french
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  • Hovan
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  • March 16, 2026
Thank you, but I don't understand. I'm French. If I go from Valence (in France) to Strasbourg, then Strasbourg to Munich, and on the return trip I go from Berlin to Strasbourg and then Strasbourg to Valence, is that not possible?
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  • Hovan
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  • March 16, 2026
We're doing Valence-Strasbourg and Strasbourg-Berlin from August 1st to 3rd, then Berlin-Strasbourg and finally Strasbourg-Valence on August 12th and 13th
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  • Marvin Heer
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  • March 16, 2026
Thank you, but I don't understand. I'm French. If I go from Valence (in France) to Strasbourg, then Strasbourg to Munich, and on the return trip I go from Berlin to Strasbourg and then Strasbourg to Valence, is that not possible?

That should be possible as long as in both cases you arrive and leave strasbourg on the same days. 

I speak german 🇩🇪, english 🇬🇧, and i understand a bit of french
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  • rvdborgt
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  • March 16, 2026

Please see my recent reply here:

 

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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  • Hovan
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  • March 16, 2026

I made a mistake; I didn't realize it wasn't possible to make multiple trips within my country. I'll get a refund and buy another pass and choose a different itinerary.

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  • rvdborgt
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  • March 16, 2026

I made a mistake; I didn't realize it wasn't possible to make multiple trips within my country. I'll get a refund and buy another pass and choose a different itinerary.

Please first read my other post.

If the 2nd and 3rd day in France is only between Strasbourg and the border, then there's a cheap solution for that and you don't need another pass.

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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  • Marvin Heer
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  • March 16, 2026

 

You have two days of travel in your own country.

Strasbourg is already pretty close to Germany. If you plan to take a highspeed train from there to Germany ​@rvdborgt linked a reply with how to get the ticket just for the part in france. If your plan involved a regional train over the border, just buy a normal ticket from Strasbourg to i think Kehl). (that way you can use your inbound/outbound days for the journey from Valence to Strasbourg and back)

I speak german 🇩🇪, english 🇬🇧, and i understand a bit of french
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