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ArschtrittLindgren
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Posted 7 years ago

so im planning to travel from Kiruna to Stockholm (4th of September 2016) by train with my girlfriend.
both of us will be travelling with an interrail pass.
i was checking the sj website for the night trains and easily found one (departure 16:49 from Kiruna).

my questions are:

reserving 3 beds (1 for me, 1 for my gf, and 1 for a phantom passenger) in a sleeping compartment would cost us ~ 1100 kroner while reserving a private compartment would cost 2424 kroner. but isnt the result the same? it says on the website The compartment has three ready-made beds for the sleeping compartment, so wouldnt reserving all 3 not just mean that i have the whole compartment for myself?! why would i pay the whole 2424 kroner for the same result? am i missing something?

and my second question:

if we decide not to reserve 3 beds or the whole compartment to save some money, but instead reserve only the 2 needed beds in a sleeping compartment, will we be split up because of different genders? the website only allows me to choose between male or female cabin, even though i have 2 travellers chosen. does that mean we will be split up in the end? and why can i only choose male OR female, since we are 2 travellers with different genders i should be able to choose 2 different-gendered cabins, shouldnt i?

i would be very pleased if anyone experienced would answer, since the sj's phone support is horrible and couldnt help at all.

cheers!

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anonymous
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replied 7 years ago

[quote]so im planning to travel from Kiruna to Stockholm (4th of September 2016) by train with my girlfriend.
both of us will be travelling with an interrail pass.
i was checking the sj website for the night trains and easily found one (departure 16:49 from Kiruna).

my questions are:

reserving 3 beds (1 for me, 1 for my gf, and 1 for a phantom passenger) in a sleeping compartment would cost us ~ 1100 kroner while reserving a private compartment would cost 2424 kroner. but isnt the result the same? it says on the website The compartment has three ready-made beds for the sleeping compartment, so wouldnt reserving all 3 not just mean that i have the whole compartment for myself?! why would i pay the whole 2424 kroner for the same result? am i missing something?

and my second question:

if we decide not to reserve 3 beds or the whole compartment to save some money, but instead reserve only the 2 needed beds in a sleeping compartment, will we be split up because of different genders? the website only allows me to choose between male or female cabin, even though i have 2 travellers chosen. does that mean we will be split up in the end? and why can i only choose male OR female, since we are 2 travellers with different genders i should be able to choose 2 different-gendered cabins, shouldnt i?

i would be very pleased if anyone experienced would answer, since the sj's phone support is horrible and couldnt help at all.

cheers![/quote]

Yes, different genders are only possible if you book the whole compartment. For me the prices look like a bug in the booking system. I would try to buy the reservation at a DB ticket office at the train station. This should cost the same.

Even if you buy reservations for three people of the same gender nobody guarantees you that the booking system books all three passengers in the same compartment. So this doesn't work.

Regards,
Bernie83

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Flo
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replied 7 years ago

Hi!

Reserving three beds (with one phantom passenger) could likely end in discussions with the conductor or even a fine. You would need a full ticket+reservation.
I guess that with the full compartment option there is a bug in the booking system as it says in the description that a childs fare ticket is calculated for the third bed if two persons want to book a full compartment - but the price difference shouldnt be that high (750 SEK for two Interrail reservations, leaving the rest of 2002 SEK for a childs fare ticket seems unreasonable).

Yes, normally sleeping compartments are separated by sex, only if the full compartment is booked, male and female travellers can travel together.
If you want to book berths in a three bed compartment you apparently have to book them separately - one male, one female reservation. To travel together you would need to take the whole compartment option but then we are back at the start with the unreasonably high price...

I can only recommend to contact SJ via mail - I have made quite good experience with their support via mail, maybe you too are more lucky than via the phone.

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