Hello travellers ;)
I currently have a general season ticket for my country (Switzerland) (AG/GA) which I renew every month. I have just signed up for a 10-day/2-month Global Travel Pass.
So, I have more or less complete coverage of the train networks in my country and neighbouring countries.
I have read some unclear and frankly laborious explanations here regarding this kind of ‘problem’, which sometimes advise buying a ticket for the journey between two ‘border’ stations. Huh?
But if, for example, with the ‘EC 97’ train from Zurich to Munich,
the two border stations are:
ST. MARGRETHEN SG (Swiss station)
Bregenz Bahnhof (Austrian station)
So...
I tried buying a ticket between these two stations with OBB, indicating that I am
- retired (well, yes, everyone gets older ;) )
- I have a General Abonnement (Swiss AG/GA) (1st class)
- I have an Interrail Global Pass (1st class)
Well, guess what... their system tells me that there are no tickets available because... I already have season tickets covering this route.
I gather that this could apply to other neighbouring countries.
So clearly, I'll take the risk of entering my ‘EC 97’ Zurich-Munich journey into the Interrail app: Like : Bregenz » Munich, which I will activate as soon as I arrive at Bregenz station... without leaving my seat, as I'm continuing my journey to Munich.
I don't see why the controller would have to be so petty by playing “pharmacist,” as we say here ;)
What do you think?
In addition, I have already purchased a seat reservation via OBB. (nice univers)
The idea is not to use the in/out for a possible single use, without a GA travelcard afterwards (?)!
Merci ;)
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