I have now booked a seat using the link you attached to your reply to my call for help. Thank you for that. It’s earlier than I wished but at least I will get home! Interrailing is fine if you are happy to spend hours on the apps. We have found it confusing and tiring and without this community to turn to I would have been stuck which is also problematic as I discovered last night when I had issues sending a message here. Once again thank you for your help in all our travel issues. Much appreciated. Siobhan
Thank you for your reply which I have only just found this morning. I’m confused because I’m always logged in so not sure why no seats were showing. I’ll try again now…
Hello there I’m having real issues trying to book a single seat on a Eurostar train from Paris Nord to St Pancras International 9th October. I went to eurail and found seats, I spent half an hour checking timings and connections from Strasbourg but by the time I pressed the button to buy the seat it is gone along with all seats that day. How am I supposed to get home? What are the alternatives? There’s no one to ask questions. Eurostar website is completely useless. Please help. I’m due back in uk and can’t get there. many thanks. I tried setting up a separate question on this community and that is not working either. So I’m having to ask here. Siobhan
As far as I know Nightjet tickets can only be fully refunded 15 days before departure. This info can be found under Komfortticket/Flex on nightjet.com. As a reminder : you need to add each train you’d like to take to the app before boarding, like a logbook. This will give you a QR-code (your ticket which inspectors can scan). When reservations are required you’ll have to show both. Thank you for this. This is very helpful and important! When you say - “add each train you’d like to take to the app….” I have added my desired trains manually and deleted the daytime ones we are now not going to take and I have email proof of the Eurostar tickets and I believe the Nightjet tickets but neither of us have any official QRcoded tickets loaded officially onto our apps. Where do we do that from please?
I think you might have paid (unnecessarily) an extra €22 for some sort of reservation from Bruges to Brussels on top of your couchette. That’s why I suggested just looking for Brussels-Vienna. I believe ÖBB might allow you to cancel for a refund, and then you can rebook just the couchettes - which should cost €66.40 for 2. But somebody who knows better than me should probably advise before you try it. Don’t download the PDF yet if you intend to try cancelling. Ok so I need to look out for that happening on any other trains but how are we to work out what we need to book and what we don’t? Or am I not concentrating enough? For instance I followed advice and went onto the Austrian train service website and booked but on the Rail Planner app I now realise there are points in the journey where it says ‘seat reservation necessary’ but of course in the steep learning curve I forgot that detail. I am not going to cancel these and rebook - as you and Thibcabe have said there needs to be 15
There are reservations available in the couchette for that sleeper train. €33.30 per person in a 6-bed, or €43 in a 4-bed. It’s best booked on the Austrian Railways website here https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket Click ‘change’ where it says 1 adult without discount, and add the Eurail pass. Then search for ‘one way tickets and day tickets’. No reservation needed between Bruges and Brussels, so I suggest you just search for Brussels to Vienna. Thank your this this reply about the night train and the one about the Eurostar booking. We have decided to stick with the 1429hr. I have now managed to book 2 x couchette on the nightjet at €88 for 2 in a 6 berth. I guess that includes the train from Bruges to Brussels which adds on the extra cost as I didn’t need to look for 2 separate journeys. I have email confirmation. The next issue is do I request a pdf or do we collect tickets at the station? PDF seems safest but means we cannot cancel the trip if necessary.
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