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I have a First Class Interrail Pass though, when I booked Eurostar seat reservations via SNCB, only Standard and Business class reservations were options on the screen. I booked Standard ones (as Passholder seats were disappearing quickly) though want to change to Standard Premier seats that are covered by my First Class pass, even paying a small upgrade charge. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to do this via Eurostar/Interrail/Eurail/SNCB. Currently there are no spare Standard Premier seats left on my outbound journey, though there are on my inbound one. This forms one of the reasons I bought I First Class pass. Any suggestions please? Thanks.

Hi! I have a short question. I am currently on the sleeper Warsaw-Prague (IC407 till Bohumin, then another number because the wagon joins another train, arrival Prague at 7.32) The conductor wanted, next to my bed-reservation, the mobile pass as well. I can’t give him my phone for the entire night (it’s locked anyway). That means, according to the conductor, that I have to get up at 02.00 in Bohumin, to show the new staff my mobile pass…. Does someone know how to prevent this so I can just sleep through the night? Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone, I hope to travel with my husband and two young kids from Basel to Milano and I'm trying to figure out how to interpret all the info regarding the Gotthard tunnel. Does the train from Basel to Milano (transfer at Bellinzona) also go through this tunnel? The schedule, shown below, shows the delay after Bellinzona, but isn't the tunnel before this city?   Also, SBB advises (https://news.sbb.ch/artikel/124161/entgleisung-im-gotthard-basistunnel-alles-was-sie-fuer-ihre-reise-wissen-muessen) to travel via Zuerich (quote below), but isn't that the same train that ends up going through the tunnel as the one from Basel to Bellinzona? I hope someone can shed some light on this for me. We're actually travelling the night before from the Nederlands to Basel and hope to travel from Basel to Rome the next day (hence my questions on the Basel - Milano stretch).

Hello. We will commence our journey in a few days and are trying to print out our necessary documents, including seat reservations.  This is the first time I’ve used the Eurail FlexiPass, so please bear with me if I ask some rather obvious questions. After several rounds of email, I was able to determine that in order to board a train on a travel day, we need to generate a QR code for that day, and to present our seat reservations (if seat reservations are required).  What customer support did not answer was how early we should generate the QR code?  We want to do a bit of a dry run before commencing our journey.  We already have an active travel day, when we are travelling on the Eurostar.  We already have both e-tickets and seat reservations for this leg of the trip, but we do not have e-tickets for the leg after the Eurostar.  If the Eurostar travel day is over a week away, is it too early to try a dry run fo generate the QR code for the leg without an e-ticket?  How do other travel

Hey Guys,I going Back to Germany and would Take the train from Florence to Dortmund. The train Starts at 13:20 and i have 4 Changes. The departure of my Last Train would be around 00:01 from munich to Dortmund. My Question is, i really need a new travelday because of that 2 minutes ?Thanks a Lot for your Help and greetings !

My first choice for a journey from Verona to Milan no longer appears on the schedule so I have added several other choices to my trip. I want to wait until I arrive at the station to decide which train to take. Can I add the journey from my trip to my pass even if no internet is available at the station?

Hi,First days of trip and I am spending hours struggling with booking the next leg of our journey. I am learning a lot about Interrail in the process but this is too time consuming. I now realise I should have done all this planning before our first day of travel. I didn't expect things to be this complicated!We need to go from Montpellier to Málaga. I thought we could do this in 1 day of travel but it seems very difficult to reserve the trains in Spain online!Any tips? Thanks in advance. 

Question for you all. I am traveling from Copenhagen to Stockholm. Unfortunately the SJ is sold out so I have to change in Malmö. The change only gives me 18 minutes to get from one train to another. Is that enough time in the Malmö train station taking into account any border crossing logistics such as customs, ID checking, etc…

Bonjour,  Quelqu un voyage t il de Berlin à Varsovie prochainement, d ici le mois prochain ? Je n arrive pas à réserver de sièges sur aucun site.Merci

Hey, I have a question, I want to book a train from Berlin to Dresden but this message appears : “Rates not availableOur search for fares produced no results. Places reserved for Pass holders are probably sold out. You will find other options at the bottom of our schedule.”I would like to know if it’s possible to get on this train with my interail pass and no reservation, or will I be turned away if I get on this train knowing it may be full? Thank you for your help !  

Hi there,I am trying to book my seats from Crete to Piraeus on September 10 but Hellenic Highway's and Blue Star's websites do not have the option to select the Greek Pass on the discount section when choosing that route (Heraklion-Piraeus). Even though, the Greek Pass guidance and Hellenic Highway's and Blue Star's websites say that Crete is included within the Greek Pass.Has someone else experienced this and learned how to resolve the issue and get the tickets within your Greek Pass allowance? Many thanks,Simon

Hi Everyone, so after booking almost every seat for my Interrail Trip, i came to the last Part (the outband trip) and i cannot book a seat for the TGV from Lyon to Frankfurt, on the Interrail App/website it says it’s unavailable and then on the other two suggested website by the Appp (Thalys SNCF etcc..) Frankfurt won’t show up on the options list (in both of the websites) .. Any Idea what I can do about it ...

Hi everyone,i’m going soon on a france Tour (France-Germany Pass) which says it has 7 travel days, what i’d like to know is: can i take as many trains as i want on a travel day or one journey for each of these 7 days within a month ? Second question: I know the pass can be linked to only ONE trip, but is it possible to change the journeys even after connecting that trip to the pass ? because i’m not sure if i want to go to Marseille or Lyon as the last trip)  i’m grateful for any help! 

hi. i need advice which package i should buy?i’d be in paris ( FRANCE)  on 11 oct 2023 (2 nights)munich ( germany) on 13 oct 2023 ( 3 nights)switzerland on 16 oct 2023 ( 3 nights)milan 19 oct 2023 ( 1 night)--------i think it should be 5 days pass am i correct?? why would the offer 10 days pass it’s way too expensive  can anyone suggest me which one should i take?thanks

I start my travels on September 6. I have already selected Day 1 and Day 2 of my travels and paid for my reservations,  but now want to add a new day 2 and change my previous day 2 to Day 3. How do I do this without losing all the plans and reservations? Thank you for your advice. 

Hi, I won a France-Germany interrail pass. When I first login to the app I’ve been asked to choose a month for my trip but it also said that i could change it after all. I picked middle of august until middle of september but it appeared that i cannot find time to travel at this time. That’s why I want to change the date of my trip but now that it’s on I’m not allowed to. I’m afread I will loose my pass without being able to use  it. Does someone know if I can do something for it ? 

Ich habe überlegt mit dem Global Pass nach Italien zu fahren aber ich merke Interrail Fahrer werden in vielen Ländern einfach von den Zuggesellschaften diskriminiert! Warum kann ich keine Sitzplatzreservierung bei Trenitalia.com machen? Ich möchte meinen genauen Platz aussuchen können wie Normalbucher auch! Man kann nirgendwo den Interrail Pass angeben bei einer allgemeinen Buchung. Was ist hier los? 

I have paid for three  mobile global passes for seniors, one who is 80 years old. I am not travelling with the group, I sent details to the lead passenger and told him to download the app. The problem is that his Iphone 6 is running 12.5.7 and will no longer update so the app will not work and he cannot afford to buy a new phone. The first trip will be from Brussells to Jena in Germany on September 8th sometime in the day, I leave the UK tomorrow morning (Monday) but I cannot leave the group without a solution. Is there anyway of getting the a printed pass in time for thier trip and how do I do that? Please help

Hi,   I see that on the Eurail site they conceptually will let you submit a custom itinerary plan...and they will get back to you with a whole trip of hotels and cities planned.Are they good at this?  Is this a good service to use?Thanks in advance -paul

Hello. I live in Germany and would like to take the Nightjet from Innsbruck to Amsterdam. He obviously crosses Germany. But I only drive through and don't get out while I'm there. Is the pass still valid there?Greetings, Pascal.

I’ve read through a lot of the seat reservation posts and can’t find an answer, so here goesIs there a facility within the seat booking process to be able to specify a choice of seats during the booking process? Window seat, forward facing - those sort of optionsIt would be great if actual seats could be booked, but I expect that is a step too far I’ve just received my pass and tried booking seats on Eurostar and TGV Lyria. The seats are available as it takes me right through to payment. But there is no screen to provide an option to choose a type of seat 

My wife and I each have a 15 days in 2 months 2nd class global pass at discount costing  €27.03 per person per day. We are going to use 10 travel days for intercountry travels.For the remaining 5 travel days, what is the best use of each travel so that we get maximum return for the money we paid for each travel day?This might be a silly question. Can a travel day be used for things other than train travel or travel in general?We are considering days trips from London to Stonehenge, Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans and Florence to Pisa. My reseach suggests that use a travel for each of these in not good value. Is that right?

Hi,Booking regular ticket on sncf costs: 19€Booking a seat reservation on interrail costs: 22€ I feel this situation unfair and that SNCF is overcharging seat reservations and removed online booking to prevent people from using interrail in their country. Maybe someone can explain this situation please ? Thanks in advance,Nicolas.

Hey all, I need to travel from Netherlands to Norway with my dog (15kg). I find it difficult to find clear information about different train operators’ policies regarding pets, does anyone have experience on travelling this route with a dog? Thanks :)

Hey everyone.Question, can you do this route with a four-day pass?Amsterdam to Copenhagen. With a stopover (of about 5 hours) in Hamburg.A few days later from Copenhagen (directly) to Berlin.A few days later from Berlin to Prague. With a stopover (of about 5 hours) in Dresden.A few days later from Prague (directly) to Amsterdam.I hope you get it! And thanks in advance for your answer 😁