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Hi everyone, my first post. I am Interrailing this summer with my teenager. We have booked loads of our trains on Obb Austria. But we need to book some on Bahn.De and I cannot find how to add the interrail discount. We have first class tickets and using the Obb website gave us free reservations, but it only has limited German train details. Also the train times on Obb do not match up with Interrail, so I added them manually to the Interrail app - is this normally?Thanks for any help and advice.

I bought 5 passes. A total of four-section trains need to be booked, but the seat reservation for the one-section train was not available, so we booked and paid for the three-section train first. I'd like to reserve some seats for the remaining one section of the train, what should I do?

Hello. Is it possible to reserve seats online? We are told it is not and you have to present at a station. Furthermore, there seems to be limitations with forward booking, eg We cannot book Barcelona to Marseille until we arrive in Barcelona. Some of our stays are relatively short so this then creates a risk of not being able to get seats which then of course impacts our accommodation reservations. Are we missing something here?

If I have a one country IR pass for Germany but want to travel on an ICE starting over the border in Strasbourg do I need to buy a single ticket from Strasbourg to the border station, Kehl (regardless of the fact that the train doesn’t stop there) or is it necessary to buy a single from Strasbourg to the first station in Germany at which the train stops (Karlsruhe)? All help appreciated!

A lot of my trains require reservations. But we have no idea which train we will take. It will depend on what we wind up doing that day. But it says you have to make a reservation 3 hours in advance and they are not refundable. A lot of our journeys offer trains every hour or every 30 mins but still require a reservation. So how can we be flexible if we must make a non refundable reservation? Can I just walk up a few mins before and still get a reservation on the next train or do I really have to book it in advance and lock us into a specific time?

The train currently says full on the eurorail booking site, however after checking the company’s website there is still room on the train. Does eurorail ever add more seats that eurorail passes can reserve leading up to the travel day?

Hi,I plan to take the train 9 times (on a 18 days trip) but I’ve seen that for 3 times I’ll have to pay my seat. Consequently, should I buy a Pass for 7 or 10 days ?Thank you :)

Hi,I am planning to travel around Southern Spain next month.  It seems quite limited or are there not many train lines in that part of Spain?For example - To go from Malaga to Alicante, would I have to go nearly to Madrid and back down?Please can you tell me does the Interrail map shows all possible routes or is there another map with more lines available?Thank you   

Tried to book London to Paris on May 24 - could not find a reservation. Had to change to May 23 but arriving in Paris at 11:00pm. Any suggestions on how we can find a trip on May 24th and if we do, can we change our current seat reservations from the 23rd to the 24th?

Do i have to pay for the train if i’m going to reservate or is the interrail tickets the total price? or do there become a lot of extre costs?

My DOB year is incorrect. How do I change that?

Hi, I booked a trip from Florence to Cinque Terre (Monterosso) for August with Frecciarossa. There is a connecting train we have to take at Pisa Centrale but they did not let us reserve our seats and will need to find a vacant unreserved seat. I am wondering if there is a seating chart link I can see where there are vacant unreserved seats in advance.  I will be traveling with my family (wife & 2 kids) so I want to make we do not lose each other if we are in different cars.  Thanks

Hello, is it possible to use the global eurail pass with the mobile pass in Switzerland?Thank you

Does anyone know which Eurail Planner App to download for some who is currently live in China, but not using iPhone?I understand that after you purchased Eurail Pass, you will receive the email with links to download the planner app. The options are:  “App Store” (for iPhone), “Google Play” (for other phone than iPhone).However, for people live in China, but not using iPhone, what should they do?  The can NOT access google in China.

I have a global pass and was able to make a reservation from London to Paris. For Paris - Zurich (June 10th 7.20 am), though it shows seats are available on the eurail website, when I got to checkout, it says one of the legs is unavailable. I saw another post that said reservations were possible only till Basel, so I tried that as well. In fact, I tried removing one station at a time until it was only Paris - Belfort, but even that didnt work. Any suggestions would be helpful.thanks,sri

My eurostar reservation (with interrailpass 4 days in Europe) for Londen-Brussels on sunday 21 May has been cancelled.... This was supposed to be my 4the trainday and inbound day back to my home country Belgium. I can't change my reservation, website is down for changing dates. I got the cancelations email at 11 am and tried to change tickets at 12 am but already website was down.When I trie it now, I stiml can't get through. When I select new dates and trains that have open seats, I still get the 'Oops, something went wrong' page when I trie to confirm the changes.Additional problem is that I made the reservations on the belgium website, SNCB, for me and my sister. So I have to change 2 tickets from 1 reservation and we are not going to take the same trains as my sister still has 2 weeks of and would travel further in the UK, now that our returntrain has been cancelled. I have tried to reach Eurostar by phone en through their contactform, but don't seem to get through. If I try to cha

Buenas tardes, estoy pensando comprar el pase interrail para viajar desde España a distintos países de Europa, pero al ver las combinaciones, veo que hay muchos en los que pone que hay que reservar asientos desde un importe. ¿Eso sería adicional al precio del pase?

Hello!I've been very frustrated trying to decide if I should buy a pass or just book each train directly. I don’t know which trains in different countries are covered under a pass vs. not. This is a big ask but I’m wondering if someone can give a Yes or No on each of the following trains (would they be covered under a Global Eurail Pass)? July 1, 2023: Milan to SalzburgItalo #8977 Milan Centrale to Verona Porta NuovaEurocity#84 Verona Porta Nuova to Innsbruck HbfRailjet #769 Innsbruck Hbf to Salzburg HbfFrecciarossa #9705 Milan Centrale to Verona Porta NuovaEurocity (EC) #88 Verona Porta Nuova to Innsbruck HbfRailjet Express #867 Innsbruck Hbf to Salzburg HbfJuly 3, 2023: Salzburg to Munich:Bayerische Regiobahn #79040Railjet Express #64July 6,2023 Munich to Paris Intercity-Express (ICE) #690 Munich Hbf to Stuttgart HbfIntercity-Express (ICE) #9574 Stuttgart Hbf to Paris EstTGV #9576 Munich Hbf to Paris Hbf  July 11, 2023 Paris to LondonEurostar #9015 Paris Nord to  London St. Pancras I

Hello, I want reserve seats for TGV through Interrail web, so I have not possibility choose specific seats. When I travel with children, how will I be sure, that the children are not sitting in my sight? Thanks

Hallo there,maybe anyone here can help.We try to book a seat reservation for Nighttrain from Palermo to Geneva. We are two Interrail-Travellers and want to book the Double Sleeper. The Interrail Reservation Service is not really a help here, but Italian Railway is not even better.We wont be in Italy before, so we dont want to wait until we can ask there at a train station. Is der any other chance to book this Double Sleeper Reservation via Internet? We tried it today for several hours with no success. Even Italiarail is no help, they get things messed up with this specific train.Thanks for any suggestionPhilipp

We are trying to travel from Bern to Milan tomorrow on Friday, May 5. There is a direct train leaving Bern at 11:34 am and arriving in Milan at 2:45 pm. It is Eurocity train EC53. The train shows up on timetables everywhere except the Eurail timetables (the whole route does not seem to show up in Eurail). I believe the train requires seat reservations. I can’t seem to find how to make seat reservations anywhere without first purchasing a ticket and the other sites don’t have options to enter  Eurail pass information. I don’t want to buy another ticket as Eurocity train are included in the Eurail pass. I can add the train manually to my pass but can’t figure out how to get seat reservations. Thanks in advance. 

Hi Quick question when i search the railplanner app it does not show the night train from Krakow to Vienna , is this correct/why is this ?I believe it still runs when I have searched the OBB site Do i just add it manually?    

Hello, i’m wondering what the best option to get to either Split or Hvar from Dubrovnic is without having a car. I’ve seen ferrys are best, but wondering if there was another way and/or it they are included in the Eurail pass?

Hello! I have been enjoying the rail planner on the Eurail app, but it does not work for Greece! Is there a good website or, preferably, app I could use to plan out my trips? 

Hello,This summer I will be traveling through Greece. However, the train schedules are only a week up front in the interrail app and website. How can I book my trains and use my pass on them even after the start date of my trip when I cannot edit the route in the app anymore?I tried booking with Hellenic train directly, however there is no option for interrail as far as I could see.Would someone be able to give me some tips and tricks?  Thanks!