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Hello everyone

I purchased several seat reservations for Spanish AVE and Alvia trains via the Interrail reservation service and happyrail.com. By accident, I put the Interrail mobile pass number instead of my personal ID number in the field while booking through happyrail.

Would that be a problem while boarding the train? Or is there a possibility to change this wrong information?

I also need to do some reservations for regional trains (Santiago - Vigo, Vigo - Porto, Badajoz - Merida, Merida - Sevilla), which aren’t possible to book online. Has anyone already tried to buy a regular ticket for these trains and change it later to a seat reservation only at the ticket office in Spain?

Nobody ever checks any number on the reservations. The staff just scan them and if the scanner says "beep”, then they're happy.


The DB ticket office should be able to book Renfe domestic reservations. Vigo-Porto shouldn't be any problem to get in Spain (it's free of charge); I wonder if it's ever fully booked.


Thank you for your answers!

Unfortunately, I probably won’t be at a DB ticket office before my departure down to Spain. But I just found a tread here from someone who used International Rail to book some Spanish reservations which aren’t available online. So either I wait until I get into Spain or I try to ask International Rail to book the reservations.


You can indeed only use International Rail. I used it a few months ago.

You pay all reservations in GBP, which was more expensive than the price in EUR.

They also have a GPB 10 booking fee per order. They will include the free reservation from Vigo to Porto.

You can mail them at sales@internationalrail.com, which will create a ticket in their system. They also need everybody's names, pass numbers and passport numbers.


Very helpful information, thanks!

One last question: Do you know if International Rail also sells domestic Portuguese reservations?


Very helpful information, thanks!

One last question: Do you know if International Rail also sells domestic Portuguese reservations?

I’m pretty sure they can only be made in Portugal at a counter. They don’t tend to sell out, so availability isn’t a problem.


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