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John McKRight on track

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couple of reservation problems

I thought I’d cracked reservations, but suddenly can’t get anywhere, so hoping someone can help…trying to reserve Wien to Venice mid-June. The train we want seems not to be reservable for 3 people, though other departures are. Is this possible? from Venice to Milan a few days later, Tren Italia booking system doesn’t seem to recognise our (mobile) pass numbers. The ‘I’ help shows where to find the number on a paper pass, so wondering if that’s the issue?any guidance appreciated!

1 year ago

JiaenkRight on track

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Unable to find my train timing on Thalys main website

Hello all, I will be travelling from Paris nord to brussels on 13th Feb and i had already booked a train timing from the Eurail main website and paid for seats reservation (as i have the global pass). It gives me an E ticket and it’s u see Thylas plus it fits nicely the Eurail main website and my Eurail app that generates the QR code (which is rare as the app is not up the date), and i’m feeling very relief. So recently, there have been train disruptions and strikes so i’ve been checking Thylas main website (as that is what Eurail website suggested after you press “train disruptions”) in order to make sure the train that i had booked via the Eurail website is smooth going and not disrupted. However, after keying in my train departure and arrival station i could not seems to find the booking i’ve made via eurail website using the pass on the Thylas website. Can someone please advise what is going on - does it means Eurail has set aside some booking that don’t appear on Thylas website

1 year ago

Naig VRail rookie

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Eurail reservation costs almost same price as ticket without Eurail pass

Hello! I'm about to have my first experience using interrail and I’m super excited.I’m currently planning my trip from Amsterdam to Florence and I would like to take a nighttrain. On the reservation planner on the Eurail website the price for a reservation from Amsterdam to Zurich will cost €36. On the NSInternational (Dutch Railway) website it shows a ticket for the same train will cost €39 with an additional €4 for a seat reservation.Why is the price almost the same? Because on the NS International doesn't know about my interrail ticket…

1 year ago

NBBRail rookie

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Seat reservations

echoing what several others have said here - i just bought a 2month/15day 1st class global pass.but as i start to look at schedules for all the trips i want to take - MOST of them are coming back with “No Prices Available” because the pass-holder quota of seats (i guess) are all sold out. so - i am starting to question the usefulness of this pass. just spend $650 - and haven’t been able to find ANY reservations for anu train i’ve wanted to get on (Stockholm - Oslo, Oslo - Bergen, Zurich - Brussels, St Moritz - Zermatt, etc). for travel in March. anyone else feel this way? any advice on canceling my pass and getting a full refund? and just buying point-to-point tickets? Appreciate your advice. I am a first time user here. NB

1 year ago

KrisDeanA95Rail rookie

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Questions about pre-purchasing supplements

Hello, I am travelling from Rome to Dublin in May/June and have my route mapped out and pass booked. I am curious about the supplements. I know the routes I’ll take but the times I take them might vary. Can I pre-purchase supplements to save the extra fee of purchasing on board and extra time of waiting at the station, and have those supplements be used for any time, or is it route AND time specific? thank you,KrisDean

1 year ago

DanfamKeeps calm and carries on

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Madrid Transit - cercanías C2 and C7

Hi. Does anyone know if you can use the Interail pass (2 month) on the Madrid transit system and specifically the trains. Specifically I’m looking at the C2 and C7 services from Vicalvaro to Atacha.

1 year ago

Bobby HastingsRail rookie

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EU - UK

Can we use this pass from UK

1 year ago

PPaulaRail rookie

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Seat reservation for SNCF at B-Europe

Hi there,I need a seat reservation for a SNCF train within france. I have read that it should be possible at b-europe with the pass cover number.But on their website there is only a form for Thalys and Eurostar trains. Therefore I can’t choose my connection. How can i do this?Thank you

1 year ago

Beach BernieRail rookie

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Trying to make a seat reservation before I depart for Europe

How can I reserve a train and sleeper berth before I depart for Europe?

1 year ago

Sodium111Rail rookie

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Cannot find RE80 train from Milano Centrale to Lugano.

I’ve plan to go to Lugano from Milano Centrale and on that day I’ll use Eurail for Italy.And I’ll take Train RE80 from Milano Centrale to Lugano at 12:43 on 02.Jan.2023So I cannot find this train in timetable.Dose it means, I cannot take this train? or I can take but no need to reserve a seat? Thanks.

1 year ago

Bijoy KrishnanRight on track

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Seat reservation outside eurail.com

Can I make seat reservation outside eurail.com and travel holding the eurail pass ?Does the reservation need to be made from eurail.com ?Is there a way to choose seats while reserving seats in eurail.com ?Thank you,Bijoy

1 year ago

Jen v ARail rookie

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Reservation must be accepted?

Good morning,Is it right that when you make a seat reservation for example Rotterdam - Barcelona that you have to wait voor 2 days if your request is accepted? I read this in a travel blog. Or do you know immediatly if you have the seats you want? Because after 2 days, all the other option are probably full.I hope anyone will let me know.

1 year ago

PaulSullivanRight on track

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Bucharest to Sofia (booking online)

Hi everyone! I am trying to buy a ticket from Bucharest to Sofia (and also Sofia to Istanbul afterwards), both for me (with a Eurail global pass) and my son (who doesn’t have one). I’ve seen a couple of other people here trying to work out how to buy these tickets online, but they don’t seem to be available from the main national rail websites. Since we are on a fairly tight schedule, and need to book accomm. etc in advance (and not have any probs with full trains etc), we really want to try and book in advance. So the question is: did anyone manage to do this, and if so -- how? Any experiences or feedback gratefully recieved...the trip is for April (7-10) btw, and I would be happy to just book the tix without the Eurail pass if that’s easier. Thank you :)

1 year ago

nov4caneRail rookie

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Consuming 2 travel days for IC407 Krakow to Prague

Hey Everyone,I am trying to book the night train from Krakow to Prague and it leaves at 22:42 and arrives at 7:31 the next day. After checking on polrail, it seems that the train does not actually switch, and that you end up staying in the same car, but it changes operators and switches tracks in Bohumin. The app views this as a switching connection, and as such, it’s requiring me to spend 2 travel days despite it not actually switching. I would think since it’s technically a single train, it shouldn’t count as multiple days.Do I actually need to activate the second half of the trip as long as I get the reservation via polrail and flip the initial switch in the app for Krakow - Bohumin? Is there a way to do this without the app using 2 travel days?

1 year ago

JacquiGRail rookie

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Correct Pass Cover Number Does NOT work?

We have two 1st Class Global Eurail Passes and trying to make seat reservations. We are entering the correct Pass Cover Numbers, (E+8digits), on the Eurail website reservation site, BUT the Eurail website response on both is “Pass Cover Number doesn't look right”…..What is going on? The Pass Cover Numbers are correct...we double checked over and over.Eurail’s customer service is also rather useless…espcially that stupid bot.Is there any other way to reserve seats on TGV train (TGV9210) and THA train (THA9315) I am really finding these very expensive Eurail Passes to be very frustrating.Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.ThanksJacqui

1 year ago

JiaenkRight on track

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Eurail website’s timing and Eurail app planner timing is different

Hi all, Recently I’ve bought the global pass to travel between London, Paris, Belgium and Amsterdam. It was nice buying the pass and through the app, I’ve selected the timing that’s desired and saved it. However, it stated that seats reservations are required but I’m not able to buy the seats reservations in the app. So i’ve headed over to Eurail website to try and book the seats reservations. But I couldn’t find the timing that i wanted on the website and when i choose another timing from the website and head back to the app, i can’t find the timing. So if i want the seats reservations, i’ve to book from the website but if i do, i can’t show the QR code as it’s a mobile pass and i can’t find the same timing on the web and the app. Will appreciate if someone can tell me: Can i make my seats reservations only on the website? What happens if i can’t select the same timing on my app as the website as i’ll need the QR code to scan on the app so i assume that app timing and web timing shou

1 year ago

GatouneRail rookie

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Problem of connection

Hello, I tried to reserve a seat this morning for an extra fee but it didn't work on the website. Indeed, my Italy trip with all my trains did not appear anymore, nor the travelers participating in the trip (me). I tried to connect with my pass number at least 5 times and it didn't appear each time.So I had to pay a new train ticket on the French SNCF Connect application in 1st class at 235,30€ (almost the full price of the pass) since I couldn't book other trains to Paris from Interrail.I don’t know what to do as I don’t find any number to call in Interrail. thanks for your advice.

1 year ago

SusanvrRail rookie

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Reservations in Spain

My family will travel in Spain this July - from France to Barcelona to Mallorca, then Seville. I am trying to reserve tickets on Eurail ahead, but they don't let you do that in Spain for some strange reason. We will be stay in Barcelona for 3 days then fly to Mallorca and back then down to Seville. We need to do the Mallorca to Seville trip in one day. But I can't find anything listed about times in Spain. I need to know so I know when to book the Mallorca flight. Please help me.

1 year ago

InterRailTravelerNew aboard

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Direct train from Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg to Barcelona

Hi guys, there is a train line R3 from France to Spain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R3_(Rodalies_de_Catalunya)I would love to use that train to go from Paris with the night train to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg and from there to Barcelona.Google finds the R3 train, but neither the interrail.eu nor the RENFE websites finds the train.https://goo.gl/maps/618FbdJdyV3df1wn6Do you have an idea where I can reserve a seat?

11 months ago

catflyryeRight on track

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Help with UK and Eruope Travel reservations and itinerary

Hello! First time using Eurail and traveling between UK and Europe next year and have been watching many Youtube videos and reading posts but I still want to make sure I have everything planned correctly. I am having a little trouble making sure I am doing it right since some of the journeys are not showing up past December 10th, 2022 on the app. My itinerary is as follows: My partner and I have 2 global 7 day 1 month mobile passes.First trip: March 31 2023 London St. St Pancras - UtrechtI have purchased 2 reservations for St Pancras- Rotterdam already, but my question is when the train schedules become available on the Eurail app, I just add the journey to my pass from St Pancras to Rotterdam and then add a journey from Rotterdam to Utrecht? Is that all I need to show when I go to board? Do I just show my ticket on the Eurostar app and my Eurail mobile pass to board? Second trip: Nightjet sleeper train from Amsterdam - Basel (I bought these tickets separately since I couldn’t find any

1 year ago

jcamardRail rookie

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bilkoRail rookie

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Vassa to Narvik - Advice please!

We would like to travel from Vaasa, (Finland) to Umea by ferry and then pick up the Stockholm to Narvik night train at about 2.00am in the morning. Is this practical and reasonably easy? any advice would be gratefully received.Thank you

1 year ago

janoRail rookie

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Istanbul to Bucharest or Sofia to Bucharest

Hallo, wir sind zur Zeit mit dem Interrail Ticket in Istanbul. Auf dem Hinweg sind wir über Budapest → Dacia Express nach Bukarest gefahren und dann mit dem Bus weiter nach Istanbul. Da wir nicht wussten wie spontan sich die Sitzplatzreservierungen buchen lassen haben wir vor Ort in Bukarest eine Reservierung für ein Schlafabteil im Nachtzug für Donnerstag den 23.02. vorgenommen. Bis Dienstag wollen wir mindestens noch in Istanbul bleiben und dann zurück nach Bukarest. Nun haben wir heute in Istanbul erfahren dass wir am Dienstag Abend den Nachtzug nach Sofia nehmen können, welcher am Mittwoch morgen in Sofia ankommt. Wie die genaue Verbindung nach Bukarest dann weiter aussieht konnte man uns allerdings leider nicht sagen. Nun wäre eine Frage, ob sich jemand auskennt und uns sagen könnte ob es eine gute Verbindung gibt, und wenn ja wie diese fährt. Konkret, ob man es bis zum nächsten Nachmittag (15.00Uhr) nach Bukarest schafft. Alternativ wäre unsere Frage ob es eine andere Verbindung

1 year ago

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