@bovine3dom @stefanlindbohm @lave Statement on their website:
“Seat reservations: A fee of €2 / £1.75 / $2.35 USD / $3.25 CAD / $3.55 AUD per passenger, per route will apply to all seat reservations. Exception: This fee does not apply to customers who purchased their Pass with Rail Europe (for travel with SNCF and Trenitalia trains).
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Note: The Rail Europe booking fee is non refundable.”
https://help.raileurope.com/article/41690-raileurope-booking-fee
@lave @bovine3dom I’m on Spanish WiFi, my original screenshot was on a laptop. Have not tried to appear elsewhere in the world, but a friend with a Dutch SIM in the UK is also seeing these fees…
@moof oof. i had been wondering how long it was going to last for given the market power they have.
@stefanlindbohm room for a new entrant :)
@bovine3dom
@stefanlindbohm already says in the railfinder faq that fees are necessary for them to make a profit, so I doubt they’ll be able to waive them for reservations… I am happy to be surprised though.
@moof oh yeah no i am sure there would be fees. but probably more reasonable than the €8/leg raileurope was trying to get away with briefly a year or two ago
@bovine3dom @stefanlindbohm @lave Statement on their website:
“Seat reservations: A fee of €2 / £1.75 / $2.35 USD / $3.25 CAD / $3.55 AUD per passenger, per route will apply to all seat reservations. Exception: This fee does not apply to customers who purchased their Pass with Rail Europe (for travel with SNCF and Trenitalia trains).
…
Note: The Rail Europe booking fee is non refundable.”
https://help.raileurope.com/article/41690-raileurope-booking-fee
@moof @bovine3dom @stefanlindbohm @lave
sad for interrailers, but there is a cost associated with building booking systems. Someone has to pay for the development. Either the ones using the service or everyone- including those who don’t use #interrail at all
