Eurail Passes 25% off today at RailEurope.com & Eurail.com TIME SENSITIVE

Posted by Bill (San Diego) on 10/15/24 03:10 PM

I just pulled the trigger on 2 @ 3 month 1st class global passes for next summer. They were $650 less than when I priced them last month. I had heard they went on sale every once in a while. Apparently today is the 65th birthday celebration. My traveling friends also pulled the trigger today, got the same price as I did.

BTW. Use a Non Foreign Transaction fee card as the charge is in France.

I used the date of my first date I want to start using it. And I have the mobile pass now and it has that date listed on it. But I do think I still need to activate it.

Good Luck, the first class tickets were cheaper than the 2nd class tix were previously.

-Bill

Posted by Badger

Uppsala, Sweden

10/15/24 03:35 PM

6969 posts

Even better to avoid sites like Raileurope and buy them direct from https://www.eurail.com/en

Posted by S J

Western Canada

10/15/24 04:48 PM

3480 posts

You will still have to book your travel days and times in advance, and pay for your reserved seats before travel.
Have a great trip!

Posted by Bill OP

San Diego

10/15/24 05:35 PM

41 posts

Yup. No matter what you pay for the pass. I’m just pointing out the great deal today for passes.

Posted by Estimated Prophet

10/15/24 10:34 PM

3438 posts

There is nothing illegal, immoral, or fattening about Rail Europe - contrary to what many people on this forum believe.

Posted by isn31c

Lake District, England

10/15/24 11:01 PM

7831 posts

There is nothing illegal, immoral, or fattening about Rail Europe - contrary to what many people on this forum believe.

No one on this thread said there was, but it is undeniable that you pay more through Rail Europe than you do buying direct, or even through the trainline- because of their commission. That money is going into private profit, not into the actual running of the railways.

Also buying through a third party (any 3rd party- even Dodo enterprises of Timbuktu- a made up company name) renders you one step away from the information systems if and when things change, for any reason.

The OP hasn't actually stated where they bought their tickets from, and it is irrelevant in the informational context of this thread.

At least on the Eurail website itself this offer runs for the next week- until 22 October,

Posted by Bill OP

San Diego

10/16/24 01:08 PM

41 posts

Yeah, It was $8 more due to the booking fee on RailEurope. But their app is so much better than what you get from Eurail for finding train routes, I was glad to pay the extra $8, on a $1800 purchase. -Bill

PS. Eurail should charge that fee too, just so they can fix their web & app not synchronizing. If you create a trip on the web, the phone app cannot see it, and vice versa, I wonder if they realize its 2024 and that is just NOT a thing anymore. Everyone that is in business sync's these days, even the guys that aren't selling anything.

Posted by Fred

San Francisco

10/19/24 08:31 PM

14974 posts

Hi,

Thanks for posting.

I got my Global Pass through Eurail Rail, a good deal as a senior pass, 15 days/2 months , 2nd class costing 374 Euro.

With the 25% sale discount and an additional senior discount of 10%, that equals out to 25 Euro per the 15 travel days, a super good deal of 35% total off for riding the TGV and ICE. I have 11 months to activate, which I'll do by the end of May or start of June 2025.

A few night trains (2-3 factored in for next summer's trip) this Pass will be easily paid for and more. Then it doesn't matter at all if all 15 days are not used up by the time the 2 months' duration are up. This summer I had the 15 day Pass and all 15 days were used up....quite easy.