Travelling with friends? You can book your seat reservations together, so the system tries to seat you next to each other. Anyone in the group can make the booking for everyone.
Booking with seat reservation credits
- To book together with credits, everyone in the group must still have seat reservation credits available.
- The system automatically uses one credit from each traveller for each train.
- If one person doesn't have enough credits left, you can't complete the group booking with credits. That person needs to book their seat separately and pay for it.
How seat reservation credits work
Note: if you take part in DiscoverEU through a local organisation, seat reservation credits don't apply to you.
Paying for seats together
If you've all used your credits, the person making the booking pays for the whole group in one payment. It's up to you how you share the cost. For paid bookings, the €2 booking fee is charged per traveller per train.
Paper tickets: if your train only has paper tickets and you pay for the seat reservations, there's an extra fee of €9 per order for the paper tickets. A group booking is one order, so you only pay it once for the whole group. If you split into smaller groups and book separately, each booking is a new order with its own €9 fee. With credits, there's no extra charge.
Travelling with someone who has a different Pass?
If someone in your group has a different type of Pass, for example a regular Interrail Pass or a companion Pass, please contact the DiscoverEU Travel Team before you book, and we'll help you.
How do I book seats together?
- Log in to Interrail Self-Service with your DiscoverEU account, or tap Continue with Google if you registered with Google.
- Click your name at the top right and go to Travellers.
- Tap Add a traveller. Enter your friend's Pass details. Repeat this for each person in your group, up to 9 people in total.
- Go back to seat reservations in the DiscoverEU Travel app, or to Interrail Self-Service, and search for your journey. Your friends' names now appear below yours. Select them, and the price will show for the whole group.
- Book as usual. The system books seats for everyone in one order and tries to seat you together. If a train is almost full, you may still get seats in different places.
Already booked separately?
We can't change seats on existing bookings. Contact the train company and give them the PNR code from each of your e-tickets. They can tell you if they can seat you together.
Travelling in a group of more than 9?
You'll need to split into smaller groups and make separate bookings, as one booking can include a maximum of 9 people.