I cannot even start describing how complicated it has been to plan my travel to Spain!
I wanted to book on the eurrail app 2 weeks in advance but I could not book the Spanish train from France to Spain because they only work with paper tickets (?!) and they assumed that 10 working days would not be enough for them to arrive. I the called Renfe, SNCF and in a desperate attempt even Deutsche Bahn to try to book these seat reservations. Nothing. Went to a train station in one of the major cities in Italy, they also couldn’t help. So basically there was no way that I could book the seat reservation even though there were places available. I had to leave it up to chance and hope that once in France I could book the seat reservation. Turns out that even though there were second class tickets available at full price, there were none to be reserved for interrail passes (are there quotas ?). Some hours later understanding how complicated it is to travel with the regional trains (2+ days of travel for Turin-Madrid) I decide but the full priced ticket. Sold out. I am starting a course in Madrid and will most likely be late for it (let alone broke by the time I get there). this has proven to be quite a horrible experience and to avoid it getting even worse I wanted to ask you: if you don’t have a seat reservation can you still board the train and pay a supplement on board ? Thank you in advance for getting back to me!
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