I’m a first-time InterRailer, planning to only travel in the UK on this first trip (there’ll be a bigger trip later). I noticed that all the UK-only passes are MORE EXPENSIVE than a Global pass! Am I being stupid and missing something? For example, the pass I’m looking at - 4 days in a month, UK only (adult) is 291 Euro whereas a Global pass for the same period is only 246 Euro. Am I liable to encounter problems just using the Global pass in one country? I know it seems like a stupid question but the prices just don’t make sense.
As a secondary question: I’m a British citizen living in Greece for many years. From REAL LIFE experience please, how keen are UK train conductions on checking residency? Are they likely to think I’m ‘cheating’ and don’t really live abroad - I’m clearly British from my strong Northern accent, hehe and I’ll travel a lot - visiting friends and relatives using a lot of local, suburban trains as well as long distance. I have a Greek Permanent Residency card but no actual proof of address (as that doesn’t really exist here - in rural areas the houses aren’t numbered and most streets aren’t even named and we don’t have mail delivery). All other documents, such as bank statements and utility bills are online only, don’t have an address and, in any case, are in Greek characters which most UK rail staff wouldn’t even be able to read.
Am I over-thinking it?