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Help with travel from Venice to Graz, Austria

Hello,

My daughter will be studying abroad later this spring in Austria. We are planning a short trip to Italy before she goes to Graz. It is mandatory that she is in Graz on May 7. What is the best way to get her there? Flights from Venice to Graz are just over $300. I've been confused looking at train and bus schedules until I look on this website and see that there are buses, take about six hours but it says nothing about the fare cost (does say that they cannot be purchased online). So if I cannot purchase online, would I call now to purchase or purchase when we get there. She will need a round trip plan to fly back home from Venice in early June. This is what I found on this website. Venezia Tronchetto dep 11:20

Would appreciate any help with making sense of this. Thank you!

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The bus is run by the Austrian National Railway, OEBB. Saver ticket (nonrefundable) is 28 EUR. Change buses in Klagenfurt.
https://tickets.oebb.at/en/ticket/timetable

The OEBB website takes some getting used to. And you may have trouble with your credit card, as they use 3-D secure, which seems to be Visa Checkout or Master Pass. Also see if American Express works. People have had some good luck with that on balky European credit card clearing.

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So this bus would not have any of the Italian strikes that I keep hearimg about that are making me anxious about her being there on time?