lars' transport worldThis is how a long weekend should start! đ #SanRemoto
#SanRemoto begins with a Eurocity travelling south from Switzerland. If I have to pay a âŹ19 seat reservation fee for my #Interrail to enter Italy, I would like to take a direct train that goes further than Milan. The 10:33 Eurocity connects Zurich with Genoa, Sestri Levante, La Spezia, Pisa, Livorno and other coastal towns in summer. There are free seats in first class on this Friday in May.
By the way: I like to choose my own seat based on my preferences. Is there a way to do this online with #Interrail for the EuroCity SwitzerlandâItaly service? I only know of ways where youâre randomly assigned a seat. On this journey, I had the honour of being assigned to @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
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Stefan Lindbohm@larstransportworld These reservations are hosted in Trenitaliaâs systems, so it would need to happen with a retailer supporting both Interrail pass fares and seat selection via the official Trenitalia API. I donât think anyone does at the moment, but I donât think anything technically or commercially prevents it.
Oliver Blanthorn@stefanlindbohm happyrail lets you pick seats (âŹ2 charge)
https://www.happyrail.com/en -> reservations, add interrail as a discount card
@bovine3dom Ah! They do what I suggested then. The âŹ2 is a fee Trenitalia charges for this.
@stefanlindbohm I'm pretty sure âŹ2 is what they charge for all their reservations, seats picked or not, but I guess it's possible they're doing it at a loss
@bovine3dom Oh wait, did you mean pick on seat map or not? There is a âŹ2 fee from Trenitalia related to seats, but maybe itâs only on Frecce trains and only seat map or something. Iâll be able to get back on this once we implement it :)
Weâre probably talking about two separate fees, one from HappyRail and one from Trenitalia in some cases
@stefanlindbohm you can click on the seat map on happyrail for eurocity, or not, and the price does not change
@bovine3dom Then I was confused. The seat map fee must apply only on Frecce.
@stefanlindbohm they charge âŹ15 for frecce with or without a specific seat đ¤ˇââď¸
Moof! 
@stefanlindbohm @bovine3dom Renfe charges an extra fiver to pick your own seat. Though happyrailâs UI doesnât show it correctly, they claim itâs 0, and then tell you Renfe no longer has the ticket at that price, but 5⏠more expensive.