Hi I’m following along this thread as I am travelling on Saturday for weeks with my children I have downloaded the app and activated all three passes I made all of my reservations awhile ago via the Interail website. I’m confused why I cannot see my reservations on my app but looking back through the thread it looks like I will not be able to do that? Can I just ask then what is the purpose of the app? Do we show the Interail pass on every train via the app? And if so how do I show my eight tickets that I have bought online for my seat reservations or do I now have to print them? It all seems a bit muddled I can’t understand why there is not a way for the app to show your seat reservations it would make a lot more sense and have everything in one place! Maybe I’m missing something . Thank you
Thank you, this is so useful and I wouldn’t have known any of this! It does seem to feel like interail is particularly complicated. I travelled all over France on different trains a few years ago and had no problem booking my trains on the train websites without an interail, I’m not entirely sure I would do this again! Thank you so much.
Ah this is very interesting, so I don’t have to book seat reservations through the interail website? I can book elsewhere? How would I go to TGV or any other website and just book a seat reservation using my interail pass, I don’t see any options for doing this? I’m looking to travel in August, I realise this is a busy month but I thought by planning ahead and booking now it will be possible. I’m doing lots of research and I honestly think it seems cheaper and easier for me to book independent tickets for each leg of my travel and NOT bother with the interail pass. For what I want to do, it seems to be far too much hassle/difficulty and expense. But maybe I just don’t understand enough about how it works? Thank you
So I decided to look at travelling within France only and scrap the Barcelona idea, but I’m trying to look to get to Nice (I just used this as an example) and every day/every time each ticket says this:Prices unavailableNo price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please try searching for another connection or check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation. If no pass holder seats are available anymore you need to buy a separate full fare ticket to board.
So I’ve found one train available, its a slower way to get there and involves a change in train, it seems to have availability and be allowing me to book, but even going this way its still costing me 111 euros for myself and my children (who are 9 years old) which includes a mandatory 9 euros postage fee and 6 euros booking fee. Whilst I understand you are saying that interail is not for jetting about on fast trains (which I get and which isn’t what I was looking for) I’m still very shocked and confused by lack of availability on the routes I want and the overall expense, for example why do tickets have to be posted to me when I have a mobile pass and why do I have to pay a seat reservation fee AND a booking fee, even on a long, slower journey which isn’t the one I wanted? What other hacks am I missing here in order to keep my costs down? Thank you
Every train seems to be saying this:SEAT RESERVATIONS UNAVAILABLEIt seems no price offer is available right now. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation, or buy a separate full fare ticket to board. You need to buy a seat reservation to board.
Thank you for your replies, I would be happy to take a slower train but I can’t seem to book on ANYTHING for that journey, even something free?
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