ABB125
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(Should this be in the trip planning section? I'm not sure...)
Myself and @Nunners will be going Interrailing in the two weeks before Easter (starting Sunday 3rd April). There are two main questions we have:
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*We would both prefer to have paper tickets. Unfortunately this isn't possible. However, we can't really complain as the Interrail tickets were free!
Myself and @Nunners will be going Interrailing in the two weeks before Easter (starting Sunday 3rd April). There are two main questions we have:
- When using sleeper trains, the Interrail website says that only the day of departure counts as a travel day. Clearly the intention of this is for the passenger to travel around X, then take a sleeper train to Y, and spend the second day in location Y (and not travel around (well, not using their Interrail ticket at least!)). Only the first day would count towards the total number of travel days. How does this work if the aim is to not use the Interrail pass on the first day, then board the sleeper train just after midnight, and use the second day as the travel day? For example, if we were to spend a day in Vienna, use a local ticket to get to Amstetten, then use the Interrail pass to take the (Zurich-bound?) sleeper to Feldkirch, then go back to Innsbruck then the Brenner pass then onwards to wherever. Our interpretation (and hope!) is that this scenario would only require one Interrail travel day (the second day). Is this correct?
- Related to this, is there any advantage to booking sleeper reservations weeks in advance? Do prices go up closer to the date of travel? How likely are they to be sold out?
- Secondly, and probably more importantly, we will be using mobile Interrail passes*. These have, I believe, a somewhat dubious reputation. What do we need to know/expect to go wrong?
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*We would both prefer to have paper tickets. Unfortunately this isn't possible. However, we can't really complain as the Interrail tickets were free!