I don't think this night train can be bought on b-europe. You need to use eurail.com for that one or call SNCF

Okay, so while b-europe gave Eurail discounts for Eurostar, they might not for other routes?

That's interesting... let me try calling SNCF tomorrow..

I'm currently in the UK and don't have a laptop really accessible.... so I kept thinking if I should be doing it on the laptop instead.  ;-)

Yes b-europe has 2 dedicated pages for Interrail/Eurail pass users :

- Eurostar/Thalys

- TGV within France only

Then there is tickets.oebb.at for Austria, Germany, Italy, Czechia and other Eastern European countries, bahn.de for trains to/from/within Germany, cd.cz works too

They can sell reservations for many trains, but not all online.

Calling SNCF is the best option if you don't want to pay extra fees. Press #85 for English.

By the way, how does SNCF validate the card payment over the phone? Do they ask to share OTP or is it just CVV based?

AFAIK they send you a link via email to make your payment online, so it then depends on your bank or card provider what exact validation is used.

So I just got off the phone with SNCF and could not make the reservations because of very limited payment options.

They only accept American Express from India. I also have MasterCard from US but too was not acceptable. They are big on American Express.

She said she could hold the booking with payment pending which I could do at the station... an option that I was not comfortable with…

Has anyone availed this option of holding the booking with payment pending and then making payment at the station?

I wish I knew this earlier... could have easily gotten an AmEx card in India… maybe this tid-bit can find entry in the FAQs.

Anyways no big deal... will book through Eurail..

Regards.