Train from Budapest to Prague

Rail Ninja a reseller, and the worst one around. You probably paid over the odds for your ticket.

However it is common that a ticket does not have all the names of the passengers. Railways are not interested in who is travelling, and trains do not have passenger lists. Your ticket is a proof of payment. And it proves that you paid for having two persons transported from Budapest to Prague. Have a look at the price printed on the ticket. How much was Rail Ninja's markup?

Thank you for your response. I paid 114 EUR for both. Does that sound right?

Those two tickets, second class, would have cost you, combined, with seat reservations, about 72 euro from the Hungarian National Railway site (MAV). First class would have cost you about 106 euro for the two tickets. (i just picked 07:30 on 2 October at random).

Oh, what to do. Just enjoy the ride. I am sure the tickets are fine, and if there is a problem you can always buy new ones and take the next train. Dont let paying too much or missing a train spoil your holiday. Part of the adventure.

I would have flown. Faster, costs very little more if you travel light.

The ticket you got has two QR codes on it, correct? If you are the least bit worried, go to Nyugati (I am assuming thats where your train depart from?) and go to the ticket office and ask them to check the tickets before you get on the train. I would be worried only if the ticket only has one QR code. Never seen that for two seats. Actually, when I buy 2 tickets from the MAV site I get four QR codes. One for each ticket and one for each seat assignment. My MAV tickets always have the names printed on them, but no one has ever asked for Identification, so i dont think it matters.

Also, if RailNinja has an app that displays the ticket(s) thats a plus. For some reason the conductors have a little trouble reading the QR codes on printouts, but off your phone its easy. Without a QR code, I just dont know. I have seen them (and been a party in the ordeal) work for several minutes to get a QR code to work with their reader. If just having the ticket were enough, I question why they would work so hard with the QR reader. But my last trip coming from Vienna I did notice that a few presented paper, not sure if there was a QR code or not, and the conductor just put a stamp on the paper and returned it.

Let me know if you have any problems. Always here.

Thank you. The ticket only has one QR code, but it does show two seat assignments. I sent a copy of the ticket to a travel agent here in the states, and he said that the ticket was valid and good for two seats. So I think I'm ok (?) I agree, if I need to eat these two tickets, then I'll just humbly do so and not let it spoil my adventure.

I think the odds of anything being wrong with them are very, very tiny. But if you will sleep better you can check by stopping by the MAV ticket office if you were worried

Who was the ticket issues by? Normally all RN does is go on a website and buying the ticket on your behalf. The top left should show which railway issued it. And somewhere on it should also be printed the price.

There is actually a European standard for train tickets. Most railways use in central Europe use the A4RT layout for international tickets.

These tickets combine reservations and can have multiple persons on one ticket, all with just one barcode. Nomrallyl on the top right is the logo of the railway that issued it. That can be another one than the one you are travelling on as the railways in Europe all are agents for each other.

Recently however the standards have made allowance for more flexible designs, taking in to account that tickets are now often displayed on a phone. So these layouts will be flexible, and will often show the QR code first. But they also do need to display who issued the ticket, and what the price is.

A lot of info on how to read train tickets is here:
https://help.raileurope.com/category/2150-at-the-station

BTW, I had a look at Rail Ninja, and picked just october 2 as a date. On RN you pay for 2 2nd class seats 116, on MAV you pay 75.-
Seems they are still at their old tricks.
(Also, you see that there is no need to book months in advance, as you can get good value tickets even a few days out...)

Thank you, this is helpful. I think you are right that I paid too much; however, I believe my ticket is valid. Thank you!