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Trotterr7New aboard
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Recommendations

Booking in advance for the international connection makes sense. There is a quota on the TGV’s from Barcelona to Montpellier, There is no pass holder quota anymore on those trains. There may be a quota in general to limit the number of tickets/reservations from southern France to Spain, in favour of people who travel from/to Paris.

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Synt Lem
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Train london to paris, cannot buy a seat.

Best website to book these trains is www.raileurope.com (desktop website), since there you don't have any extra booking fees.

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ShandonRail rookie
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Using Interrail Europe for Ireland inbound/outbound same day

If you have an inbound/outbound left, then that works.The trains Belfast-Dublin and Cork-Dublin are in my app. You'll probably need to add them separately because the app doesn't seem to find a sensible transfer in Dublin, from Heuston to Connolly station.If you don't find the trains, then check for app updates.

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Reservations in some Grand Est TERs

So I just went to a counter in Strasbourg and staff told me that the reservations should be available on maplaceabord.com (free of charge). (Another SNCF website lol...) I haven't tried but it would be somewhat good news! I had a quick look. You need to log in with an SNCF account and then you need to supply a 10-digit card number. Looks like this is for season card holders...

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black friday promotion. Activate by 01 June

That's no problem. Just activate your pass no later than 1 June. You then have until 31 July to use your travel days.

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Eugene Goh
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Eurail pass TER train coverage

I’m still confused on the Paris to Florence route. I booked (with euro global pass) seats Paris to Strasbourg strasbourg to Basel Basel to Bellinzona bellinzona to Milano  milano to florence I received e mail with printable passes.  But It has no mention nor tickets from Strasbourg to Basel. Strasbourg to Basel will be a TER, which is a regional train and reservations are not possible. Just board and find a seat.Additionally, reservations in Switzerland (e.g. Basel to Bellinzona) are really not needed and are generally a waste of money.You don't need to print any of these reservations but you can of course if you want. Showing them on a screen is fine.

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ticket unavailable

Please define "better”. Is that cheaper, more space, something else?You've chosen a sleeper. Couchettes should be cheaper. In any case, you need the middle column. Cheapest sleeper is €89.90 in this train.

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baltic

You'll get a discount on the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, No travel day needed, just a valid pass.

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Train from Madrid to Vigo

 @Camilo. This problem still exists. Any idea what the status is?The direct Madrid-Vigo trains can't be booked on the Interrail/Eurail website, although reservations are open and there are free seats. Booking from Madrid to Pontevedra (1 stop before Vigo) however works.Monday 6 May 2024:Madrid-Vigo on Renfe.com:   Madrid-Vigo on interrail.eu:   Madrid-Pontevedra on interrail.eu:  

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remarRail rookie
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Advice Croatia

It depends. The line to Split is not very punctual. Regional trains are not too bad.

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Ivy Oh
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Ivy OhKeeps calm and carries on
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Seat Reservation fares - discrepancy between Raileurope & Eurail

From the screenshot of the Eurail website, we can see that you are not logged in there. That means you don't see real prices and real availability. To see those, you need to log in.

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Ivy Oh
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martinsjuuuRail rookie
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How do I use the eurail pass without a seat reservation?

A lot of seat reservations can be bought on raileurope as well (Eurostar, UK, Italian, Spanish, Austrian, German,trains … Good website with no additional costs and good global credit card accaptability. No Spanish reservations unfortunately. That would be a real improvement. Also no optional reservations (Austria, Germany etc) but there are other websites for those.

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Cannot reserve seats

The issue is that I am able to buy any reservation for other trains that day, even via DB. It is this particular one that goes to Basel that is for some reason still unavailable. Thanks for the heads-up; I try to never plan a connection within less than an hour, especially with DB. I'd like to be able to at least buy a reservation for that train anyway... A reservation is certainly recommended (mandatory even in summer) but indeed this one train has not been opened yet. It seems to be for the whole route: I can't even book e.g. Freiburg-Basel. That also means nobody can book, so the train should still be empty. Just keep trying regularly.

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rebublicKeeps calm and carries on
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Ein Länder Pass Italien

Ok thanks for the answer. It definitely works with a Global Pass (but no in/out journey) but I wasn't sure with a one-country pass. For example it didn't work for a friend in Buchs SG with an Austria-only pass. Go figure... There was a similar report about Geneva recently: it works for a France pass but will still trigger an inbound/outbound on a global pass with COR Switzerland…All these border tariff points in real stations should really be checked for both use cases.

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Ein Länder Pass Italien

Chiasso is the border point and you should be able to log a journey starting there. Otherwise do the following trick: enter manually Chiasso (Italy) - Milan. Chiasso is the official border point so you're allowed to do so. Chiasso should work in the app. A friend of mine used it last year with an Interrail for Italy.

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Basel-Cologne - no seat reservation possible

Reservations are indeed not open yet. I'd expect them to open in the coming weeks, just keep trying.

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hellyplop
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Nightjet discount

Thanks so much for looking - that’s what I found - 249 euros. My issue is that it’s the same price whether or not you have added the interrail passes? Like I said: the regular price depends on the age of the child. If the child is max. 14 years old, then the regular price is currently €269.70. That is not the same but still only €20 less.

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hellyplop
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Nightjet discount

Lowest regular price for 3 people in a sleeper currently €354.70 (not refundable). Could be cheaper depending on the age of the child.Lowest pass reservation price currently €249.70 (100% refundable until 15 days before the journey).

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AVE seat reservation Barcelona to Lyon 11 June 2024

The regular price for 1st class is €13. Do let us know what they want on the train.And also, if you count on the 10-minute change: have a plan B.

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BrianLFull steam ahead
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Travel from Valence to Lille without using TGV

The SNCF planners are cr*p, that's why I always use DB to plan, accepting that they will usually be a bit behind with updates. SNCF uses Hacon software (just like DB), but they've crippled it to the point that you often can't trust that it will always find the fastest options according to your rewuest.The 11:18 TER from Lyon seems to run as far as Dijon on those days in May.You can also find a PDF timetable on the TER website for Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. There are engineering works in April and on some dates this TER will go all the way to Paris.

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Nabil Islam
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travel day

@rvdborgt thanks for pointing it out. I have canceled the travel day. Although I have plans to go to Lucerne/ my titli on that day but as you mentioned, by when should I activate the travel day?   Shortly before you board the first train of the day.If you don't have data roaming, either using the wifi at the station (if there's any) or the wifi at the place where you stay.

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Nabil Islam
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Nabil IslamKeeps calm and carries on
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travel day

Hi @rvdborgt thanks. I thought I already added the train here?  In your screenshot, Monday 29 April is an activated travel day without any train added.

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Daniel Krum
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overnight travel

Thank you. I think the web address you gave me has the @ symbol confused and with an extension.  This night train can be booked on tickets.oebb.at: If you see an @ sign in the above address, then your browser is playing tricks on you.

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Daniel Krum
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overnight travel

Our next stop is Krakow, Poland. We will be departing on May 1 and would like to go on an overnight train to Vienna, Austria. Is there anyway that you can direct me to what I need to do, and how to reserve overnight train accommodations? This night train can be booked on tickets.oebb.at: add the Interrail/Eurail discount and then select "One-way tickets” (NOT "Seat reservation only”).There is still availability in the sleeper.

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Plan trip before purchase?

For timetable planning, use national planners or apps. For international journeys, bahn.com or the DB Navigator app is a good choice.To see where to book reservations and what they cost, check this page:https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htmThe Eurail website is rarely the best place to book reservations.

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