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Using seat reservations purchased from Rail Europe and from Db Bahn with Eurail Mobile Global Passes

  • June 29, 2025
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My first time using Eurail is coming up in September and October this year.  I have purchased 2 senior global passes on Eurail mobile app.  I have seat reservations purchased on Rail Europe (printed with QR codes) for 2 different Eurostar legs.  I also have two 1st class seat only reservations for two more trips purchased via the Db Bahn website that show up in their mobile app on my phone - these have no QR code.

I have researched quite a bit to figure out how to use these seat reservations with our Eurail passes but I am confused about the following:

1- do I set up the trips in the Eurail app and connect them to my Pass even though I am not buying seat reservations via the Eurail app?   

2- If so, how do I use one of the travel days I have with my Eurail Pass with the trips for which I have seat reservations purchased via other sites.

3 - Do I just show the printed seat reservation tickets from Rail Europe when boarding the train or while on the train and also show my Eurail pass (and passport probably)?  Or is there a different way of using them?

4 - Do I just show the seat reservation shown in the Journey section of the Db Bahn mobile app? and then show the Eurail pass with their mobile app?

5 - Do I need anything else from Db Bahn or just what is shown in their Mobile App?

Best answer by eurocity101

  1. Yes, your pass and seat reservations are totally separate from each other. Your pass is your actual ticket.
  2. You activate a travel day by “switching on” a journey of your trip. This can be done anytime before you board your train and is best done on the day of travel itself. You then get a QR code from the app.
  3. Both, in cases of optional seat reservations, you only show your pass.
  4. It doesn’t matter how you show your pass/reservations
  5. Nothing else is needed.

Much more useful information about these topics: https://www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a-eurail-pass.htm

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  • June 29, 2025
  1. Yes, your pass and seat reservations are totally separate from each other. Your pass is your actual ticket.
  2. You activate a travel day by “switching on” a journey of your trip. This can be done anytime before you board your train and is best done on the day of travel itself. You then get a QR code from the app.
  3. Both, in cases of optional seat reservations, you only show your pass.
  4. It doesn’t matter how you show your pass/reservations
  5. Nothing else is needed.

Much more useful information about these topics: https://www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a-eurail-pass.htm

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Thanks so much for the quick response!  I really appreciate it!

 

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