Rachel’s Interrail Adventures

Train to Innsbruck – wrong ticket

Leisurely journey from Bratislava and connection onto Innsbruck train in Vienna. I treated myself to a business class upgrade for EU15. Nice big, reclining seat and plenty of room.

Business/class
Lovely big window

UPDATE: It seems that I have bought an upgrade but I don’t have the right ticket to qualify for it!!

This is how I made the mistake:

I had decided to reserve a seat for this service just in case it was busy. As I was reserving, I was given the option to upgrade as below:

Normal reservation EU3

But when I clicked for the Business Class upgrade both 1st and business are highlighted.

Business class upgrade EU15 – I thought

Anyhow it seems that the Business class upgrade is from 1st class to Business Class. And I only have a second class ticket.

That’s not clear in the purchase screen – I thought I was buying an upgrade from normal to business.

It turns out that Business is higher than first class and you need a first class ticket to upgrade to business.

The inspector noticed this and said she would ask her colleague to come and see.

I was expecting a fine, or to at least have to pay for the first class ticket.

The other inspector came and by then I had figured out what I had done. I apologized and asked what I should do. I explained what I thought I had done – and he decided to let me off!

Lovely man – I was very relieved! A real ‘pay it forward’ moment.

So I continued in my wonderful business class seat! Arrival into Innsbruck was smooth – lots of tunnels as we came over the border from Germany.

Beautiful views but not translated well into pics:

15 min walk to my hostel – Meininger Zentrum. Seems nice – very small room for 4 people – 2 x twin beds and 1 x bunk beds. Guess who’s on top? 😂😂😂😳😳😳

Came straight out to do my laundry as I don’t want to waste the morning tomorrow!

Egg sandwich while waiting for washing

See you soon

Rachel Stead

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9 responses to “Train to Innsbruck – wrong ticket”

  1. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    Views look stunning!

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    1. Nicholas Arnold Avatar
      Nicholas Arnold

      Bloody loving your blog Rachel, I’m heading to Germany in September and have decided to use Meininger Hotels for my accommodation. How was the breakfast?

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        Rachel Stead

        Oh gosh – that’s so kind of you to say! Re Meininger, I am not having the breakfast. From what I saw this morning it was cold meats, cheese, bread etc. I’ll try to take some pics tomorrow morning. Also there is a kitchen to cook things (with pots/pans I believe) and there is crockery to use. Also a fridge! I have taken pics and will try to put in blog tomorrow or next day. Room is very small but fine! Where in Germany are you going?

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        Nicholas Arnold

        Thanks for the information Rachel, I’m a Geeky Family Historian and I’m in search of my Great Grandmother birth place & her parents.

        Im going to be travelling mostly around Lower Saxony. First stop Bremen, then on to Bremervörde. Hamburg, Hanover down to Cologne and then home. 👍✔️

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        Rachel Stead

        Sounds super!

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  2. Rachel Holmes Avatar
    Rachel Holmes

    Innsbruck looks gorgeous. So does the business class seat, but what’s with the precariously slung reading material?

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  3. Frances Lond-Caulk Avatar
    Frances Lond-Caulk

    Lucky you managing to keep the posh seat!

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    1. Rachel Stead Avatar
      Rachel Stead

      I know – jammy dodger moment x

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      Rachel Stead

      How is your holiday going Frances? How about your apartment in Acapulco? Have you made any decisions?

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