You can wait until the last moment if you want. You can also test now to check if it works and then undo the activation (before midnight). This follow up question is probably redundant but: Is this true for every travel day? My journey would continued tomorrow, ok to activate just before boarding? I ask since the app sent a notification that I have a travel day tomorrow and should add journeys, but I did not even activate the 2nd travel day. See the screenshot please. And Thanks =)
You can also test now to check if it works and then undo the activation (before midnight). I did that a few days ago and it worked. deactivated again thereafter. So I’ll activate it tomorrow morning then and hop on the train 1 hour late, will work? :) thanks again.
Thalys cancellations ar usually posted on their website: https://www.thalys.com/be/en/info-services/traffic-info-real-time-situation Yes, I am aware. I said so in my initial post. That is why I asked about SNCF specifically..
There is also a Belgian strike going on today but Thalys shouldn't be affected either: https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Disruptions#a_f2c21744-881a-456d-8c7a-624925d391e8 Thank you RVD. Thalys however did cancel several trains, even for tomorrow morning on the line cologne- paris. I’ll just suffer through and call later tonight to confirm..
Ok, but did you tell them that you hold a 2nd class pass?
I would highly doubt they’d let you board the train in 1st class with a 2nd class pass. Call them right back to ask to be sure.. but I wouldn’t keep my hopes up if I were you.
Thanks, AnnaB. But on this link only accept passes on paper. I have a digital one. Where is my pass cover number?. Thank you, You won’t need it. They will only ask you name, e-mail and maybe birthdate I don’t remember. Not cover number.
You may try here https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish or try calling SNCFs hotline. You would safe the booking fee that way.. GL
Thanks, so as a newbie can I just check then that if no reservation is required and the train is full, I can still get on it albeit I have to stand? For trains in Germany yes, Worst case you stand. Maybe sit on the toilet .. lol.
You didnt have tickets in your pass you have traveldays On a travelday you can travel as much you want with as many trains you want/can. Interrail site clearly refers to them as tickets oO .. so. still. only one TICKET per day no matter the country / train?
I still feel multiple emails a trip to the train station and having to wait 30 days to get this resolved is a bit extreme. I agree that the IR Support is way, waaayy too slow and it doesn’t help anybody when they state all the time how overworked they are.However, why would you blame the train station. They have nothing to do with the interrail pass or the app, why would you even assume they could help you..
Schon wieder blödsinn. use local trains-via Port Bou to Bcn. In FR TER in ES rodalies. Try to get up a bit early and on the rails asap. AVE hi-speed treni run ev hour-or even more so after arr in BCN (SANTS-the local trenes make many more stops in a dusky and filthy tunnel) ask someone to let you out, go to right (grande recorrido) counter and ask when they have empty seats left on AVE to Mad. Should be about 11€=schon wieder ne blauer jespart keine Ahnung, was du da für einen Blech laberst, aber du hilfst nicht. For everybody else: I tried a couple more times at the SNCF hotline and ended up speaking to the sweetest lady on duty today. She booked all seats for me and even waited for them to arrive at my e-mail adress so we could go over them together again. Thanks everybody.
Hi, If you miss your connection, due to a delay, you can hop on the next one. In case you had a seat reservation for the train or losing an extra travel day because of the missed train, you can go to the ticket office of the train company at the station to provide you with a free seat reservation/ ticket. More information on delays can be found here. Is this information still up to date? Planning to travel through France to Spain and have to switch trains several times, each train requiring a pricy seat reservation.. what I if miss one of those?! During this time of the year the next train would probably be full already, so how do I just hop on, especially if a reservation is required anyway?.. More importantly: What happens if I miss train B because of delays in train A, have to take an alternative to Train B and will therefore also miss train C, which also requires a reservations?! thanks :)
Disclaimer: I’ve never travelled that route.. but I’d say: Don’t do this to yourself. The slightest train delay and you’re stuck, you might also get lost on the station or require a little extra time to find the next train… I’d plan for more time :)
To have your name corrected, contact customer service. Important: mention when you start travelling. It's no problem to start booking reservations. You have to enter your passport or ID number when you activate the pass. But there's no need to do that now. I usually only activate 1 day before the start date. Sorry to bother again, but I’m in a huge hurry, bad idea but I am unable to change the situation now. Will my cover number change when they change the name in my pass? Because on train I will have to book via an external website that requires the cover number.. and: Can I still travel with the pass, even thouh my middle name misses on letter? My journey stars in 11 days and I have doubts the support will get to me in time. and I don’t want to waste money on reservations either, only to then find out I need to redo them, which would be too late by then anyway. Hope anybody can help.. :(thanks!
Is there anybody “official” to possibly give me any decisive advice/ directions? I already know that the e-mail support is real slow. I need to start booking seats ASAP, otherwise I might have to return the Pass and look at other options. I really do not want to risk getting thrown out off a train because literally one letter in my middle name is missing.. thanks :)
About names_ just read some article/statement about this and there it said that ONLY initials will be used-not full first names. I wonder how many people will even know about this. I have ever lasting probs with that as when I grew up-and at that time had to fill out all the forms etc. it was very UNusual in my country to give full first names (plus that mine are catholic and never used in normal contacts-we have nicknames) just initials and tha brings ever probs now when they want to see the =name from ID/passpt etc. Yeah but who knows if that is true.. I’ll start to travel in 10 days and I highly doubt the support will change the name in time.. bummer
It's no problem to start booking reservations. You have to enter your passport or ID number when you activate the pass. But there's no need to do that now. I usually only activate 1 day before the start date. Thanks! However, the booking site does not seem to work currently.. The wheel keeps spinning then stops and I get no results.. -.-
I however did talk to DB, deutsche Bahn. They told me this: They can not book the thalys train for me from Cologne to Paris, Incorrect. DB can book Thalys, including Interrail reservations. as that line is not covered by interrail pass anyway (??). Incorrect of course. Further they said, on the high speed trains there is only a tiny section of seats reserved for InterRail Pass holders and I should just try my luck by showing up at the train station and ask for a seat reservation there directly. Yes I’ll just gamble my way through Europe. Very bad advice for Thalys and the international TGV trains in general. Well its impossible to reach anybody on the DB hotline, so I went to the train station in person to ask my questions and this is what they told me. Not really sure what to do now..or what else I could do.
Ok.. couple days later and still no response from the Interrail support. I however did talk to DB, deutsche Bahn. They told me this: They can not book the thalys train for me from Cologne to Paris, as that line is not covered by interrail pass anyway (??). Further they said, on the high speed trains there is only a tiny section of seats reserved for InterRail Pass holders and I should just try my luck by showing up at the train station and ask for a seat reservation there directly. Yes I’ll just gamble my way through Europe. If what DB told me is true, it makes a whole lot more sense for InterRail to not show any seat availabilites on the webpage, as this might discourage people from buying the Pass once they realized the seats are all taken.. So I’m getting a step closer to declaring this a scam operation.. hate to say. Wouldn’t cost me a fortune more to just book the tickets and pay in full price myself, at least that way I know I will have a seat.. thanks everybody
Currently, you can see availability on the Interrail website after logging in and after buying a pass. Unfortunately, Interrail seems to be reluctant to show availability without buying a pass. There are some other websites though: For domestic TGVs in France, you can check Belgian railways. For Thalys and Eurostar, another Belgian railways page. For ÖBB NightJet, via ÖBB (using these steps) Night trains to/from Czechia can be checked via Czech railways. If you have other trains in mind, just ask. I know this was not directed at me.. but is there a way to check for Spain as well?..
Just wondering about the same thing.Planning to travel through Fance then into Spain with the Pass.Do they seriously expect me to buy a pass and potentially waste 15 % of my money gambling/ hoping a seat is available?Sounds like a scam to me..
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