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   Irina (irina@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 20:29:06 JST Irina

   Dear interrail website: I know what a seat reservation is! I know reservation isn't mandatory for this train! I want to reserve anyway, as you tell me I can! Why don't you give me a way to actually do it, *as you did earlier* when I wasn't sure the hotel would be able to print it? Oh, and also, I don't need more information because all of the "more information" is either irrelevant or I already know it!

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 20:29:01 JST pettter

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     @irina It's usually easier, and sometimes cheaper, to just go to the train operator directly for seat reservations, instead of trying to work through the Rail Planner app. At least that's what I've heard, and thus what we did for all the trips we got seat reservations for when we were out this summer.

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     Irina (irina@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 20:29:03 JST Irina

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     We're going to be on this train's entire route anyway.

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     Irina (irina@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 20:29:04 JST Irina

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     Okay, it says reservation "included" but doesn't tell us which seats we have. If I go to the "I don't have a pass yet" reservation page, an option to reserve appears but it was greyed out, perhaps because I was in fact logged in and the site knew I had a pass. Well, we'll just go to the station early and find the train and grab the seats we want.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 20:42:38 JST pettter

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     @irina Looking at https://www.interrail.eu/en/plan-your-trip/reservations/how-do-i-book-my-reservations it looks like VR doesn't actually provide another way to book just a seat reservation apart from locally at the station or by calling them.

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     Irina (irina@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 20:42:39 JST Irina

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     • pettter

     @pettter I have reservations for all the other trains, not through the app but through the website. I've tried the Finnish railways website but they want to sell me tickets with a reservation, and obviously we don't need tickets but I haven't found a way to buy only a reservation. We'll just take our chance. I can't believe that the Helsinki-Oulu train will be completely full.