I gather (from the angels that hover over this forum) that it’s best to wait until just before boarding each train to activate that journey.As AnnaB, for example, put it in a reply on this forum last year:The advice from the experienced travellers in the community is also never to activate a travel day, that is connect a journey to your pass and create the ticket (QR code), until just before boarding the train, otherwise you might lose a travel day if your travel plans change at a late stage.So i’ve activated my pass; all 10 travel days are listed. I linked the journeys to them and then unlinked them again. The travel days are therefore “empty” in that they are waiting for me to reattach the journeys in “My Trip”, but they still exist. In “My Pass” under “Travel days” it says “10/10 used”. (I can cancel them and i can still deactivate the pass, so no probs there).However, this is where i’m (characteristically) confused:I’d like to leave those 10 empty travel days as they are, and add j
Hi Interrailers,There’s a small but non-negligible chance i’ll miss my Zagreb-Split night train.If i understand rightly:if you list a journey on your mobile pass, then from 00:01 that day, that’s one travel day used up, whether or not you actually make it onto the train. Miss the train, lose a travel day, for nothing.So i got to thinking…What if i don’t add that journey AT ALL until the very last moment, when i’m sure of catching the train – or even when i’m actually ON it (internet connection allowing).I already have the couchettes booked; but what if i wait until the last second before actually adding the train to the travel diary? That way i shouldn’t lose a travel day unnecessarily.Or am i missing something important?Thanks in advance for your avuncular advice,Badger
Hello Interrailers!I currently have a 30-minute gap between trains at Zagreb Glavny before catching the red-eye express down to Split, which leaves at 22:30.Should be enough… but if it isn’t (if the train from Hungary is delayed) what are my chances of getting a free ride on the next Zagreb-Split train? 100%? 50-50? Zilch? Depends who i ask?My travel days are all planned up, and it would be proper annoying to have lost out on a travel day, even more than on the couchette booking.Subsidiary Qs for those-who-know:The “next” train is at 07:00. If i am offered a free ticket, does it HAVE to be the very NEXT train, or can i get a free ride on the afternoon train instead (to make it worth an impromptu overnight stay)?Many thanks in advance,Badger
Hi Interrailers,I have a sleeper reservation for the ÖBB NightJet on Thu 16 May from Paris to Berlin. Lucky me, you may say. Well, that’s what i thought too, until the train suddenly disappeared off the timetable.No notification from ÖBB. I emailed them 3 days ago, when i found out, but not a peep.Nor have they surreptitiously refunded the money.Now, there have been rumblings in the press here in France about ÖBB canceling 2 out of 3 NightJets, so i reckon i have cause for concern…Anyone else having issues with the NightJets of late ?
Hello Interrailers!I am looking at traveling from Lake Balaton (HU) down to Split on Friday June 7th.(There was an excellent connection via Celje in Slovenia but ÖBB has suddenly cut the Celje-Split service down to Wednesdays only, from 3 times a week).Now, we can join up with the train from Budapest [IC 204] which arrives in Zagreb Glavny at 21:59.The night train from Zagreb Glavny to Split [NT 1821] leaves 31 minutes later, at 22:30.According to Zugfinder, the IC 204 has been on time every day for the last month.Whaddya reckon? Has anyone attempted that connection? Successfuly or unsuccessfully?If we miss it, we’re good for finding a place to sleep at almost eleven at night… and leaving either at 7 am (yuk) or in the arvo and hitting Split late in the evening. We’ll be stopping in Zag anyway on the way back up, so we can happily give Zagreb by night a miss.Chance it?Love to hear if anyone has experience of this, good or bad.
Hi Interrailers (and hopefully Interrail customer service)Not a happy bunny – been planning a trip starting in May (10 days, theoretically over 2 months) and most of the planning hinges on the Nightjet from Paris to Berlin (or Vienna).The Eurail/Interrail app clearly states, in red letters, “Prices for this journey will start to be available 90 days before departure”.OK, so i checked out the departure on 27 April, to see what changed when the date came within that 90-day window. At midnight plus one nanosecond, then every few minutes.No prices available.So i checked on the ÖBB Nightjet website and what do i see? “Seats can usually be booked 180 days in advance”. And indeed when you try their booking engine, it allows you to specify any date 180 days from now.Result: there is zero availability from May onwards. Zero.If it weren’t for the notice in red letters on the Eurail/Interrail app i might have had a chance of getting a Nightjet reservation to somewhere. As it stands, hours and hou
Hi Interrailers!My wife was given a 2-month global pass as a great retirement present, for herself and me. I’m still working, however, and taking two months off is a little tricky.So we were looking at the possibility of exchanging it for a one-month pass. Trouble is, it seems that the existing pass would be refunded - to the credit card of my wife’s former employer, which would be very awkward. For my wife, that’s a clear no-no.I was wondering, if i purchased a more expensive package, could i simply pay the extra, and avoid the refund? Does anyone happen to know?Thanks in advance,Badger
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