So sad that UK young people can no longer benefit from this initiative. One of the many opportunities that young British people have had taken away as a result of predominently older residents voting for Brexit.
There may well be sound reasons for introducing a fee, as the discussion has suggested. OBB have always appeared to be one of the good guys when it comes to Interrail, but the fact that they seem to have sneaked this change out without publicising it anywhere, as far as I can see, leaves a bad taste. The combination of the new DB rules around compulsory reservations on many cross border trains durign the summer, and the poor timekeeping of many of their long distance trains means faffing about with changing seat reservations has removed some of the flexibility which is such a hallmark of Interrail usage in Germany and Austria.
Has anyone seen any written confirmation from OBB that they are now charging for Interrail 1st class passholder reservations, and that it is not just a temporary IT error? If you try to book a normal ticket (without Interrail), reservations are still free for 1st class, but 3 euro in 2nd class, so the 3 euro charge seems to only apply to 1st class reservations using Interail.
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