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Booking seat reservations through external/official train sites (not interrail/eurail)

  • March 8, 2026
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Hi, does anyone know how to actually reserve train seats on the train websites, not the Interrail/Eurail site? I’ve seen a few people say to do this, especially with night trains or when the seat reservation isn't available yet on the Interrail site. However, whenever I try to do this on the actual site, like Railjet, it says I need to book a ticket as well and doesn't give me the option to enter my rail pass and then pay for the seat.  Help anyone who's a 1st-time Interrail user?? Thank you!

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  • Railmaster
  • March 8, 2026

The pass is your ticket. There's no "Railjet website”, but maybe you mean the ÖBB website? You can actually enter Interrail/Eurail as a discount but for many day train reservations, "Reservation only” has the same result.

In any case, this page explains how to book pass reservations on various websites:

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

If that doesn't work for you, then please mention at least route, date and departure time.