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Hi there,

This is the 1st time I am posting query in this community and so please bear with me.  I will be travelling with my family to a few destinations in late Apr/early May, with global pass.  We are planning to travel between Paris > London > Brussel and I understand I have to make seat reservation in advance for taking the Eurostar.  My question is do I have to activate my pass (I have added passenger details into the app but have not activate) in order for me to make the reservation online?  As I have never try online seat reservation, plus I understand that there will be a fee incurred if there is a need to rescheulde my train timing after making seat reservation, hence I need to understand in depth instead of doing something silly.

Appreicate your guideline in this matter.

Thank you.

 

 

 

Hi there,

Once again, thanks for the reply and additional information especially on making seat reservation via Raileurope, which will help me to save some $$ 😘, I would have book through Eurail’s website if not.

I will do my seat reservation via raileurope and will print out the pdf doc.  Just to clarify I will still need to add the Paris>London train journey into my eurail rail planner app, correct?  

For Schiphol>Lyon, I will explore the above 2 options and see which one work best for my family.

I do have another query on the London train, is it possible to continue here or I should create a new post?

Thank you.


Then the pass should be good value. Eurostars to/from London are pretty much unavoidable, it’s a bottleneck. Book in advance.

Schiphol - Lyon : if you wish to save a bit of money + the station transfer in Paris (RER not included) you could take this route :

  • hourly IC Schiphol Airport - Brussels-Midi
  • TGV Brussels-Midi - Lyon Part-Dieu 20€ (very limited passholder quota though) → departures at 06:37, 08:17, 10:17, 13:17, 16:17 and 18:17

Another cheaper but slower option is :

  • IC Schiphol Airport - Antwerp-Centraal
  • IC Antwerp-Centraal - Kortrijk - Lille-Flandres
  • TGV Lille-Europe - Lyon Part-Dieu 10€ limited fare, then 20€

Book through https://www.raileurope.com/ to avoid fees (add rail pass). Have a look at https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm for general advice. Questions welcome too.


Hi there,

Thanks for the quick reply.  Yes I do have more other train journeys that these, such as from Schiphol>Lyon,  Lyon>Paris, and few other more on TGV/TER.  I am aware of the seat reservation fee for taking Eurostar between Paris>London & London>Brussel-Midi, I guess this is unavoidable, from the search result. Or is there somewhere I have missed out? 

And thanks for the answer pertaining to the seat reservation can be done prior to activate of the pass, I have a better picture now of what I should do next.  During my last used of the Eurail pass (in 2023), I have activated the pass when I took my 1st train, I will do so for my upcoming trip too. 

Thank you.


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