make the reservation in a SBB ticket center (train station) for the first class, and make sure that all seats are together at the same place. they can do that for you and you can pay directly on site
With a pass, which actually is your golden ticket, you can take about 90% of all trains in Europe without any form of reservation. It is the trains we take to work, for our day to day activities,... Put the right train in "My Trip", activate a travel day, et voilà. Board. You're off. Some trains require seat reservations (TGV, AVE, Frecce, Nightjets,....) and some of those trains have strict limitations on the number of pass holders being able to reserve (Thalys, Eurostar, International TGV's,... ) . Because they want the big money usually or are very business travel and touristically focused. Some trains you cannot take at all (luckily very limited to private operators (Flixtrain, some small private railways, heritage railways,...) . As a tourist, you usually take those remaining "difficult" 10% of the trains, for 90% of your journeys. Because those ride mostly on the high speed lines between the biggest or most popular touristic destinations. They're fast and convenient, but costl
it definitively is a scam in many ways. the ugly reservation process is just one of them
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