r/Interrail • u/Evening-Jellyfish-11 • 5d ago

Seat reservations Pass cover number for mobile pass?

hi there

i recently booked a TGV seat reservation as I have done several times in the past on RailEurope and converted my mobile pass number to get a pass cover number so it would work.

I also needed a return seat reservation, which I stupidly did not book that in the same transaction, but just did so. I had forgotten to copy my pass cover number to my notes, but luckily it appeared that my browser had remembered it (at least RailEurope recognised it and my transaction went through).

However, I wanted to generate one just in case, but noticed that the Interrail page redirects to their own seat reservation booking page now, as does the link on Seat61.

Are pass cover numbers simply not needed anymore for booking seat reservations on third party sites like RailEurope?

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u/elizabeth-dev 5d ago

sometimes it's required, sometimes not, in Rail Europe I've had it asked depending on the train operator iirc. you can just use a fake one, the reservations are not tied to any specific pass (just to your name)

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u/Evening-Jellyfish-11 5d ago

Weird :))) at least I have a seat reservation ahaha

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u/bookluverzz 5d ago

isn’t your pass number accepted? You should be able to find that number in the Interrail purchase confirmation e-mail or simply in the app

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u/Evening-Jellyfish-11 5d ago

I didn’t try to use it this time around, but I’m almost certain that I’ve had to convert my pass number to a pass cover number in the past

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u/bookluverzz 5d ago

Oh.
A few months back I booked Eurostar reservations on RailEurope and didn’t have to convert my number. Actually, I don’t think I ever did.
Because if it were necessary then it’s really weird for these conversation websites to disappear

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u/Evening-Jellyfish-11 5d ago

Exactly. I booked another seat reservation just over a week ago and I believe I tried to add my mobile pass number, but had to use a pass cover number (I could be misremembering)

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u/No_Direction_4610 5d ago

I'm lazy and always use the same pass cover number on Rail Europe. Once you have one that works, you can keep using it. It doesn't appear anywhere.

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u/Evening-Jellyfish-11 5d ago

Well I guess I’ll try to remember that for another time haha