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QR Codes and Tickets on the Eurail App

  • May 16, 2024
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Hi all, I’ve listed my journey from London to Paris on ‘my Trip’.

However I booked the seat reservation via RailEurope and not via Eurail app.  I have received my Eurostar email, completed the API and printed my tickets so they know I am booked on and all is good on that front.  Are there implications for when I go to board..?  

When I trigger the Pass next Sunday will it all make sense….?  I just don’t understand how the ticket QR codes will appear on the app…...do I have to do something manually.  All my train times and routes are listed in ‘My Trip’.

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Best answer by Schelte

You will need both: your Eurostar reservation and your active pass. Follow the instructions to activate your pass and add the Eurostar journeys to it.

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    Schelte
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    • Schelte
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    • May 16, 2024

    You will need both: your Eurostar reservation and your active pass. Follow the instructions to activate your pass and add the Eurostar journeys to it.

    Interrailing seems difficult at first sight, but it's pretty amazing.
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    • pauline_alainn
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    • May 17, 2024

    Thank you @Schelte 

    Also, do I have to have all my journeys planned out and in ‘My Trip’ on the app?

    Can I just do 1-2 planned routes and then decide the day before where/if I would like to travel next? Put them on ‘My Trip’ then? So long as I am keeping to the travel days on the ticket obviously.

    Thanks again:)

     

    ralderton
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    • ralderton
    • Railmaster
    • May 17, 2024

    Yes, you can add trains to your trip as you go along. 

    If there’s two or three trains you might get, add them all, then just activate the one you decide to take. 

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    • pauline_alainn
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    • May 17, 2024

    Oh thank you @ralderton .  Great stuff.

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    • ana abbott
    • Right on track
    • August 27, 2025

    I have 5 day pass  and I have booked tickets through the app and I have printed all my tickets . We leave for Eorope in two weeks and I activate my pass when we get. But I keep reading other posts saying not to book through the app , should I be worried that my tickets aren’t valid or do I need to check the timetables. 
     

    thanks for your advice 

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    • rvdborgt
    • Railmaster
    • August 27, 2025

    The pass is your ticket. For some trains, you need reservations. These cannot be booked in the app, but the app can forward to some of the websites where you can book them. One of them is the Eurail website but there are m any others. You can book reservations via Eurail but these are almost always more expensive then elsewhere because they have an extra booking fee of €2 per person and train. They will still be valid of course. There are also other disadvantages such as Eurail never offer a seat map. A better overview of where to book is on this page:

    https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm

    It's also best to check timetables because they can change due to engineering works. The best is to use national websites/apps; for international journeys, bahn.de or the DB Navigator app is a good choice.

    Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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    Where do i find interrail qr code

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    • rvdborgt
    • Railmaster
    • October 3, 2025

    Where do i find interrail qr code

    Under My Pass, tap on the button "Show ticket”.

    Also see:

    https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/interrail-mobile-pass/getting-started

    Under "Getting ready to board the train”.

    Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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