It is frustrating to see seats being booked on TrenItalia website, yet first class Eurail pass holders unable to make seat reservations. From what I understand non European visitors with Eurail pass like us just have to wait and hope there are still any quality seats available once it is released on Eurail app planner and ÖBB.
I am only traveling late September/ early October. Yes that may sound like a long time in the future. But allready on TrenItalia I see the Frecciarossa train I want to take from Venice to Florance first class seats are filling up. I specially bought a first class Eurail pass since I travel alone and don't care for sharing tabels and seat arrangements with strangers. I can only watch with sadness as I see the single seats wich don't share tables getting booked simce I am unable to make any seat reservations at all at this stage. Very dissapointing.
So the moral of the story is NEVER NEVER NEVER buy a Eurail pass if you are not from Europe. What a shamefull situation!!
Thanks for all the replies. But I am stuck with a 10 day 1st class Eurail pass and unable to make any seat reservations on Frecciarossa. Should have rather only bought a 4 day pass for the OBB and EC trains that you can actually book in advance and buy Frecciarossa tickets direct from TrenItalia. So we learn. What a disappointment Eurail. 😞
Thanks so much! This solved the issue.
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