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1th class interrail pass

  • July 5, 2025
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Hello, I bought the 1th class interrail pass to avoid not to have to pay for the seat reservations but now it still shows that I would have to pay for it. How do I do the seat reservation without having to pay?

 

kind regards, Miisa Koivula

Best answer by Al_G

Some confusion here.

1st class regular passes need to be accompanied by paid for reservations on those trains/companies that require them.

It is the Plus Pass (available in either 2nd or 1st class) that has included reservation fees.

https://plus.interrail.eu/en/interrail-plus-pass

You have to use the Interrail reservation service with these but most reservations should be with no extra charge.

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runner.on.rails
Railly clever
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Seat reservations are usually same price, sometimes even higher with first class. For a line without mandatory reservations you might have higher chance to find a seat without reservation in 1st class, but beside that, one cant resoning buying a first class in order to not need to buy seat reservations.

 

Maybe youd like to share with us your route for recommendations.


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  • Full steam ahead
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  • July 5, 2025

Some confusion here.

1st class regular passes need to be accompanied by paid for reservations on those trains/companies that require them.

It is the Plus Pass (available in either 2nd or 1st class) that has included reservation fees.

https://plus.interrail.eu/en/interrail-plus-pass

You have to use the Interrail reservation service with these but most reservations should be with no extra charge.


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  • Railly clever
  • July 5, 2025

Do you have a Plus Pass or a normal Pass?


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  • Full steam ahead
  • July 5, 2025

The only country I know of, where first class passholders save the reservation fee is Norway.


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  • Railmaster
  • July 6, 2025

Did you read anywhere on the Interrail website that with a 1st class pass the reservations would be free of charge? If so, then please let us know the URL because that's incorrect.

For reservations, it's best to use this guide:

https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm