Last month I used rail Europe (via ricksteves.com) to reserve tickets on the highspeed train from Copenhagen to Stockholm in August. I got back an email from rail Europe that they'd confirm the reservations "when they become available" and would contact me if any problems. I thought maybe I'd misunderstood the number of days ahead schedules become available, and I sat tight for a month before inquiring. (Dumb) The story I get now is "once we receive the fares and schedules from Europe we will confirm your order" and a promise to contact me at least 5 days before my departure "wth alternate options if the fares and schedules have not been released to the international market."
Now I've looked directly on SJ.SE and all the non-stop highspeed trains that day are marked as sold out. (It does look like we could take several more hours to go to Malmö and catch the fast train there. For twice as much as the initial quote.) We are on a tight schedule and it's either the highspeed train or I'll need to make plane reservations. (Also 2x cost)
Does anyone have insight into whether the seats have truly not been released or are actually sold out?