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Beatriz Ferriols Vela
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TER train from Perpignan to Portbou. Reservation required?

Does anyone know if you need to reserve a seat on this train? I've just looked the timetables up and says the train we need to take (08.55) is fully booked?  EDIT: to change the train time

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1 year ago
Diego Torrego
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Problem with post-delivery reservation tickets

Hello,We are two students who have the Global Pass and want to go to Norway from 6th to 14th of July. We have seen that we have to book a seat on 3 of the trains that we want to get. They are the followings:REG 80605REG 80065REG 80062The problem is that the web page only gives us the option of delivering the tickets to us by post mail and even doing it more than one month in advance, when we enter our address (in Spain) the web sais that they calculate that the tickets will not arrive on time.What can we do about it?

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Seat reservation cost and availability

Hello. I’ve bought my first Interail pass for myself and my kids. Whilst I was aware there were going to be seat reservations to pay, I’m shocked at how expensive they are for myself and two kids. I’m also struggling with availability and starting to regret getting Interail passes at all. For example, I want to travel from Aix en Provence to Barcelona but whenever I search, although lots of trains come up it’s telling me none of them are available to book. Once, on my mobile app, it allowed me to click through to book them but I was shocked to learn it was 80 euros which included 10 euros postage (why when I have a mobile pass?) and 6 euros booking fee. Please can anyone help with regards to if this is all standard and if so i I might cancel my Interail all togas it’s too much hassle and cost, or am I just doing something wrong/not giving the whole process a chance? Many thanks 

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Eurostar Problem with seat reservations

Hi community, I bought a mobile global Interail pass a few days ago and since then I have to say my experience with Interail website and customer service has been completely awful. I was first able (after experiencing many problems with Interrail website though) to book my first trip: Colmar (France) - London. Unfortunately after that it has been impossible for me to buy my second trip on the website: London - Bern on the 31st of July 2022 or even only London - Paris via Eurostar.The website says ‘prices unavailable. Check back in a few hours to see prices and book this seat reservations’. I have been checking now for many many hours and days and it is still the same.I have to add that before I bought my pass I was able to check the prices of these trips and all on their webiste, so I really don’t understand what is going on now.  Then I wrote Interail customer service several times from last Friday and still got no answer from them. I have been looking on forums and websites for hours

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Existing seat reservations but cannot link to mobile pass

I booked seats for our family (2 adults/2 kids) from Offenburg/Karlsruhe to London St Pancras and managed to get seat reservations on the Interrrail website for TGV/ICE and Eurostar. My problem is that I now cannot find that exact trip on the mobile app trip planner. So I cannot save a trip and then link that trip to our passes. I found the connections e.g. train numbers we need (at least for the outbound) on the DB website but not the return trip.  How do I connect these specific trains to my mobile pass?

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Trouble booking seat reservations 'Paris Nord- Amsterdam; 'no price results''

I'm trying to make a reservation from Hendaye to Amsterdam. I’ve been having trouble reserving for Paris Nord to Amsterdam. Prices were unavailable for a couple of days and now it says "No price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please try searching for another connection or check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation. If no pass holder seats are available anymore you need to buy a separate full fare ticket to board." Can someone help me with this? It sounds ridiculous that seats are available but you’d need to still buy a full ticket when you already bought Interrail.I’ve been trying to reach a human support from Interrail, but the chat bots are broken as well. After asking for my name they either get an error or stop replying at all.

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Andrew99Right on track
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Thalys Trains are available on their website but not on interrail?

Why is that?I’m trying to book a ticket from Amsterdam to Paris which is in over 2 ½ Weeks. And Interrail does not allow me to use ANY of the reasonable thalys train times, despite me spending 250€ on this pass.There is still plentiful options avaiable on thalys’s official website – but I would have to spend the full price to make use of it! Plus why would I even consider buying separate tickets if this website brags about their partnerships with thalys and after I spend this much money on a pass that doesn’t serve any use.The fact that this company seriously expects me to spend 140€ on another seperate ticket, making the pass 100% useless is completly ridiculous and I am not recommending this do any of my friends after this trip is over.

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1 year ago
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Not home when i should recive seat reservation

(Not home when I should receive seat reservations)Is there any way I can change the location the seat reservations will be send to? Like that it will be send to one of my friends houses? Because that day I will not be home and the next 2 days the mail will not be deliverd and the day after that I leave for my trip….

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Owen Van Spall
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Reservation trouble using pass and Interrail website traveling from Brasov Romania on Oct 24 to Sofia Bulgaria

Hello, I have question about reservations on the INterrail timetable. I need to travel from Brasov Romania on Oct 24 to Sofia Bulgari but I cant see reservation options for the routes. is it too soon to book? I dont think it is sold out as even if I try November dates I cant see any option to book a reservation. I am trying to book on October 24th 07:38BRASOV (Romania)2h 31m IR 1630Interregional toi BUCURESTI . and  Change trains10:55BUCURESTI NORD (Romania)2h 50mINT 1095International to RUSEThanks 

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Marci Szabó
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Seat reservation is not avaible Vienna - Venezia

Hello everyone I am planning to take the nightjet train from Vienna to Venezia on July but unfortunately i couldn’t buy seat reservation. Does this mean that the tickets sold out or it will be available later?

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Not able to book seat reservations

I just wanted to let everyone know I have never experienced such a horrible site. This is absurd; the fact that I am not able to book my seat reservations smoothly is horrible. I will NEVER be referring Eurail to another person so as not to put them through the hell I have gone through. I am unable to book anything because this site is trash. There is no customer service whatsoever to help you and the fact I have to go to a community forum of a bunch of other confused people is disgusting. I would honestly cancel my ticket if my friend hadn’t already successfully (after 1.5 hours) gotten her reservations booked. HORRIBLE SERVICE AND WORST SITE EVER! Will never be booking through this scam again .

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Night train with no outbound journey left

Hey there,I am from Germany, have an Internal global pass and ran out of outbound journeys.Nevertheless, I want to go from Munich to Vienna by night train, but I can't buy a separate ticket from Munich to Salzburg from ÖBB - it says „Ticket nicht verfügbar“.Is there any way to use my Interrail pass on the Salzburg-Vienna portion? I’d prefer not to take another train to Salzburg and change there…Thanks,Felix

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1 year ago
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How can I reserve a seat on TGV train from Barcelona to Nimes with my Eurail pass?

I am in USA and want to make a train reservation for a part of my trip. By time I get to Spain the train will probably be full or have no Eurail seats left. I see that I cannot make the reservation from the Eurail website or app. I saw somewhere that I can reserve directly with TGV using a cover pass number but when I go to the TGV website I don’t see how to do that. Has anyone done this?

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Globalpass, Zugsitzplatz Reservierung und weiteres

Fragen die ich gerne Stellen möchte über die Themen Globalpass, Sitzplatzreservierung und weiteres Ich heisse rampi 27 Jahre Alt und habe folgende Fragen die hoffentlich jemand beantworten kann Ich möchte nächsten April ein Interrail Ticket nehmen und reisen und Verwandte besuchen und spare auch dadurch die Hotelkosten da ich bei Verwandten schlafen kann.Ich/ Meine Reise startet in der Schweiz und ich möchte 3 Tage Paris, 4 Tage London 4 Tage Brüssel und 4 Tage München besuchen habe gesehen gibt für 15 Tage welcher ist zu empfehlen ich bin ja nächsten März 28? Bsp. 9,4 bis am 23,4, der 9.4 gilt als 1. | Reisetag?Tgv und Eurostar Reservierungspflicht? Wie viel kostet es?  Paris -London mit Eurostar stimmt das 30-45 min vorher dort sein wegen check in' wie am Airport? Würde mich freuen über eure Antworten .Freundliche GrüsseRampi | ||    

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1 year ago
Kathrine Jul Chercka
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Cannot book reservations from paris to italy

I have bought passes for myself and my family to travel from Denmark through Germany and France to Italy.I have had to make several changes, but have now managed to book reservations for all trains - except from France to Italy - and here reservations are mandatory.I am wanting to go from Paris to Milan on July 6th and no matter which connection or train I choose it tells me that prices are unavailable. I found one train directly leaving at 12.46 from Paris, which looked available to book, but every time I try to book it, there is an error, just before I can pay.I have tried looking at different days, and it is all the same. Is it really possible that all interrail tickets are booked in the beginning of July? And if so, how do we get from France to Italy?

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Paul Amsler
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Reservations not actually available with the Pass? London - Paris

Every train to and from London via Paris is unavailable, yet there are seats on all of the trains????????  Prices unavailableNo price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please try searching for another connection or check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation. If no pass holder seats are available anymore you need to buy a separate full fare ticket to board. Is anyone else seeing this?  Is Eurail a scam???? 

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1 year ago
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MartiicipRight on track
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Problemi prenotazione

Salve, sto cercando di prenotare un treno da Parigi a Torino ma sto riscontrando problemi nell’aggiungere un pass cartaceo perché dice che il codice non è valido (il pass è stato acquistato recentemente, quindi non è ancora arrivato). Qualcuno sa come aiutarmi? Anche perché altri treni siamo riusciti a prenotarli.Grazie in anticipo a chi risponderà 💖🌸

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Urgent help needed - getting from Brussels to Zurich tonight

This was my itineraryBrussels to Cologne - Thalys 9471 - 19:25 - 21:15 Cologne to Zurich - OBB nightjet NJ403 - 23:42 - 8:05There is a flood at Cologne Hbf apparently which means no trains are calling there. That’s ok, I can reroute via Aachen to get to Cologne.However apparently due to a strike by the Dutch railway, the nightjet Amsterdam - Zurich is starting at Frankfurt (I think). Which I don’t seem to be able to get to in time to catch it up.I’ve tried calling the OBB helpline on +43 (0)5 1717 but it says number not recognised from my UK phone.I’m not sure what to do to get to Zurich for tomorrow morning, if it’s possible. Is anyone able to work it out? Or at least confirm exactly where the sleeper is starting from at what time.

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Nini Malai Ali
Nini Malai AliRight on track
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Train from London to Paris fully booked on 16-18 July

Hi. I have bought the mobile pass but sadly i could not reserve a seat from london to paris perhaps the seats are sold out. i checked from 16-18 july all sold out My itinerary is:London-paris 16 july morning, paris- geneva 16 july evening,geneva-bern-interlaken ost-lauterbrunnen 17&18 july, zermatt- amsterdam 19 -20july,brussels 21 july,brussels- london 21 july. If i could not reserve a seat to paris on 16 july, everything else collapse. please kindly help me of alternatives to carry out planned my trip.     

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Nini Malai Ali
1 year ago
Dano Meegan
Dano MeeganRight on track
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Can I book seat at any train station ?

Hi all , I am from Ireland and for most of my train journeys it says i need seats but when i try reserve them it says i wil not get them in time ? can i go inott the Dublin train station and sort all my seats from in there ? or what is my options ? any feedback would be a great help.

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MegijaRight on track
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Seat reservation in paper format. Possible to get via email?

Hello, I am starting my journey soon (this Sunday) but I realized just now that seat reservation are in paper format.Is it possible to get seat reservation to your email?How long does it take for the ticket to arrive?Thank you, Megija

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1 year ago
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JuleischkaNew aboard
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Making seat reservations in Spain before buying a pass?

Hello! I’m thinking about buying a global pass but I do have some specific trains that I need to take in Spain. I’m planning on going to the DB Reisezentrum tomorrow and asking about making a reservation in those trains. If they are willing to make a reservation, can I make them without having bought the Global Pass yet? Or do I need a pass number or something similar to make the reservation? Thanks in advance!

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Can't book TGV Paris to Montpellier or Toulon to Paris

I bought Eurail passes for me and my daughter, but the trains require seat reservations which I am not able to book! (I tried all the hacks suggested on this forum.)The train TGV 6031 I am hoping for, leaves Gare de Lyon on July XX at 8:43 am and arrives Montpellier St Roch at 12:14.The human phone agent said that the 8:43 train was totally booked. So, he proposed other trains that did have seats available 7:12pm arrive 10:42 pmor 5:12 pm arrive 8:41 pm.But I was unable to book those online either.So I could theoretically book those over the phone - but they accept only an AMEX card from Americans- -which I don't have! I could buy in-person at the Gare - but, well, there's this problem of the Atlantic Ocean.Anyway - if you know any way to buy a seat reservation, please let me know.Un peu ridicule. 

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jolenejasterRight on track
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Airport near train station?

How do I get from Amsterdam Airport AMS to the train station traveling through Germany

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Reservations and ticket types

I have first class global pass tickets so when I need a seat reservation they offer me both 1st and 2nd class reservation prices.  So, if I choose the cheaper 2nd class reserved seat I am effectivly bumped out of first class even though my ticket/pass is 1st class.  Is that the way it works ? 

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