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Need help booking private sleeper on European Sleeper.

  • August 4, 2025
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Hello!  I’m trying to book a private sleeper compartment on a European Sleeper train.  The Eurail app is not giving me the option to do this:
 

 

I can pay for a reservation for a private sleeper on the European Sleeper web site.

Do I need to select a 2nd class seat so that I can generate a train ticket, and then just use my sleeper reservation, or how do I do this without getting a fine for doing it incorrectly?

Thank you!

Best answer by rvdborgt

You'll need to show the reservation and your pass. The pass is your ticket.

You can book the reservation where you like. The best place to book this train is on the European Sleeper website (choose "Reservation only”). If you want a sleeper, then of course do not book a seat.

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  • August 4, 2025

You'll need to show the reservation and your pass. The pass is your ticket.

You can book the reservation where you like. The best place to book this train is on the European Sleeper website (choose "Reservation only”). If you want a sleeper, then of course do not book a seat.


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  • August 4, 2025

You'll need to show the reservation and your pass. The pass is your ticket.

You can book the reservation where you like. The best place to book this train is on the European Sleeper website (choose "Reservation only”). If you want a sleeper, then of course do not book a seat.

Thank you.  The issue I have is that I know the sleeper reservation (booked on European Sleeper) is not a train ticket.  The only train tickets that the Eurail app will let me choose is the three selections shown above.  So you think I that if I use the Eurail App to book the 2nd class 5-person berth to generate my train tickets, that this selection is the one I need to choose to pair with the private 5-person berth that I will reserve on the European Sleeper web site?
Thank you for the quick response.  We are traveling towards the end of September, so I have a little time to get this sorted out...


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  • Full steam ahead
  • August 4, 2025

Your Eurail pass is your train ticket!


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  • August 4, 2025

Maybe this introduction to Eurail will be useful:

https://www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a-eurail-pass.htm