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My final success paying for Eurail pass online

  • September 2, 2026
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Credit card, apple pay, different banks, different computers, browsers - all failed.  Finally paid via PayPal and it went through promptly.  

Discovered this through a search through this community forum.  

Support was not helpful, they pointed me back to my financial institutions, not a problem with their website.  (I beg to differ)  Hope the process to book trains is smoother!   We will be using global pass plus for 7 days over a 30 day period.  

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ralderton
Railmaster
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  • Railmaster
  • September 2, 2026

Glad you got it sorted. A tip for buying reservations: you don’t have to buy them from Eurail.

There’s a good guide, country by country, to which trains need reservations/ how much/ where to buy

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

Where do you plan to travel?


Schelte
Full steam ahead
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  • Full steam ahead
  • September 3, 2026

Since you have a plus pass, you will be able to make most reservations either for free or using credits through the Interrail reservations portal. At least no payment is involved then. If you run out of credits and would have to pay for a specific reservation, you can also make those elsewhere.


ralderton
Railmaster
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  • Railmaster
  • September 3, 2026

At. I didn’t spot the fact that you have a Plus pass. 

In that case, as ​@Schelte says, you’ll make most of your reservation through Eurail.