Thanks rvdborgt. I have managed to eventually sort out seat reservations. There are booking companies based in Australia who also book seat reservations for Eurail pass holders. I tried the other options, like ÖBB several times, but some seat reservations were initially showing availability, but when you add the passengers, it stated no availability. It might be an issue with the Trenitalia system linking with OBB, but I am not sure. For example, one of the train trips was from Varenna to Venezia. There was also a side trip from Milan to Lucerne that I was booking. Others were all within Italy.
Hi mcadv, Thanks for your comment. I am not sure what you mean, but there is no secret. It is simply an issue with some countries not being listed on the passenger page. I live in Australia, and am a citizen, however my country of birth is Iran. I think the Eurail website needs to be fixed to allow for other countries, and I have informed them of this, but no reply as yet. As per previous forums, countries such as Ghana etc are also not listed.
Thanks for the reply. It’s for train bookings in Italy mainly, and Switzerland. I have already looked at other options and done the research- Trenitalia website does not allow seat reservations for pass holders. ÖBB site comes up with problems when trying to choose the date you want- it shows availability for seats between Italian cities, and then when you come to the step of choosing the class and adding on, suddenly shows no seat availability. The frustrating issue with Eurail website is that seat reservations are able to be added for the trains we want to catch, however I am prevented from going further when we get to the passenger details page, as my country of birth is not listed. I noticed many countries are not listed. There should be an alternative way to enter your country of birth manually.
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