rvdborgt: just FYI: someone at Eurail replied to my complaint, gave me a pass cover number and walked me through the process to make a reservation through Belgian railway (as you had suggested as well); it all worked with no problem. So this is my last posting on this. Again, thank you for your help.
rvdborgt : I tried to make another reservation from Quimper to Metz ville on Dec 19, this time via Paris, leaving Quimper at 9:11am on TGV 8710 and then leaving Paris at 3:40pm for Metz on TGV 2613. I went on the SNCF site using the link you gave me two days ago. There is space in 1st class but it will not let me simply purchase the seat reservation without purchasing a ticket (which I don’t need since I have a Eurail Pass). I also tried on Rail Europe but it’s the same story. Any suggestion as to how I can make (and pay for) the seat reservation ? I wanted to call SNCF but by now they are closed so I guess I’ll have to call tomorrow. Thank you again for your help. It is much appreciated.
rvdborgt : indeed the “ticket” I already have is a seat reservation; I thought that this meant that my Paris to Quimper trip was registered in the app. I have now added this trip in the app and into my pass and I now have a scanable barcode. I know that I don’t need a paper version of it but would like to print it abd can’t find out how.Thanks for checking on the Quimper to Metz availability on the 19th. So I have to find an alternative (unfortunately via Paris) and do the same as above to get it in the pass.
rvdborgt : as you suggested I deleted the Eurail app from my iphone and then reloaded it and inputted my pass # and the system came back saying the pass was already in my account but there is no “scannable square” as there is on my first ticket from Paris to Quimper.
First, thank you for taking the time for helping me.Second: No I didn’t try to activate the pass again. Will do.Third: Trains I’m looking for on December 19 are:11:59 TER n°856624 Quimper to Rennes 14:31 TGV INOUI n°5466 Rennes to Lorraine TGV, this one requires a reservation and the system tells me it’s full 18:27 SNCF n°68143 (actually a bus) Lorraine TGV to Metz villeThis is the fastest overall and avoids having to change train station in Paris
seewulf and rvdborgt : I had downloaded the Rail Planner. My question is: what do I show the controller in the train when the only thing I can show is an invoice?seewulf : I am trying to book a trip in France from Quimper to Metz-ville via Rennes (not via Paris) on December 19 in first class
I did get an email with a pass number and did indeed buy a ticket and reservation for my first leg but have not been able to buy for the next leg because apparently the particular train is full so I can’t buy the reservation. With the email confirming the purchase of my pass there was an invoice but no “pass” as such, nothing that could be scanned which one would expect on a pass; the only thing I can show is an invoice, This seems to mean that I can only buy the next legs from Eurail and not at a train station.
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