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Martin Saldais

Hi there,

 

My partner and I have finally purchased two eurail passes as we are travelling from Australia. We have not activated them as yet as we dont travel until june 16th this year. We both have the app on mobiles but are wondering how does this get validated by the train conductors ? Do they just check your phone for the pass or do they scan your phone ? Or do you have to print off a ticket every time from your phone to make a train trip ? I have always used and paid for paper tickets so this is very new for us, especially cause we plan to make 10 train trips so hoping for this to be simple. We may also need to get phone plans overseas as not sure if there is always working wifi.

Thanks again.. 

Best answer by Danhiel

Hello ​@Martin Saldais 

You must define every journey in the app before you board the train and activate it, you can do it in advance at the hotel in the morning for example. After this, you can show the ticket in the app (QR code). It is not necessary to print it, but don’t forget to load the battery of your phone. 

I suggest to check if you could also activate roaming during your trip, It is very useful if no wifi if available, in case of delays for example, to search new connections and activate them.

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    Hello ​@Martin Saldais 

    You must define every journey in the app before you board the train and activate it, you can do it in advance at the hotel in the morning for example. After this, you can show the ticket in the app (QR code). It is not necessary to print it, but don’t forget to load the battery of your phone. 

    I suggest to check if you could also activate roaming during your trip, It is very useful if no wifi if available, in case of delays for example, to search new connections and activate them.

    The information I provide may contain errors and are not official responses from Eurail/Interrail.
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    Thanks Danhiel !

    So is that just have the journey planned for say going from A to B in one day or do you need to have the whole journey planned over the 10 days ?

    Thanks again for your help mate :)

     

    Marty

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    You don't need to plan all journeys in advance. The only requirement is that you add a train to your pass before you board it.

    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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