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Purchased two global passes for 7 days already, our trip is only on 3rd April but can seem to figure how to reserve seats from Amsterdam Centraal or Rotterdam to Eiffel Paris. 

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Eurostar trains have a passholder quota. Looks like most trains are sold out on 3rd April. Here are your options:

- direct Eurostar Rotterdam Centraal - Paris-Nord 08:58 - 11:35 -> convenient, fast, book ASAP (32€ pp)

- hourly ECD Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp + IC Antwerp - Kortrijk - Lille-Flandres, all reservation-free. Then TGV high-speed train to Paris-Nord (10€).

- fully reservation-free via Charleroi and Maubeuge (it takes a while but I've done it)

- hourly ECD to Brussels, Ouigo Brussels - Paris 13:38 - 16:44 (22€ ticket, Eurail not valid)

Best websites to book seat reservations: https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm

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Eurostar trains have a passholder quota. Looks like most trains are sold out on 3rd April. Here are your options:

- direct Eurostar Rotterdam Centraal - Paris-Nord 08:58 - 11:35 -> convenient, fast, book ASAP (32€ pp)

- hourly ECD Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp + IC Antwerp - Kortrijk - Lille-Flandres, all reservation-free. Then TGV high-speed train to Paris-Nord (10€).

- fully reservation-free via Charleroi and Maubeuge (it takes a while but I've done it)

- hourly ECD to Brussels, Ouigo Brussels - Paris 13:38 - 16:44 (22€ ticket, Eurail not valid)

Best websites to book seat reservations: https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm


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Another option if the 07:58 or 08:58 direct Eurostars don't suit you is to book a passholder reservation between Brussels and Paris and head to Brussels on an earlier ECD. There is a wider availability of passholder fares between Brussels and Paris, with the departures at 15:43, 16:13, 18:13 and 20:13 (from Brussels) still having passholder fares available (€27)


Thank you so much for responding. 


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