First-class upgrade: terms and conditions

To celebrate our fifth birthday and five years of helping to make flight-free travel mainstream, our team are pleased to offer a complimentary first-class rail upgrade for eligible trips departing from April 2025 - December 2025, booked before 23:59 GMT on 25/03/25.

Trips eligible for the offer will show a ‘free first-class travel’ option for you to select at the top of the itinerary.

Full terms and conditions:

  • Applies to trips booked before 23:59 GMT on 25/03/25 with departure dates between 01/04/25 - 31/12/25.

  • Offer applies to trips to continental Europe only. (For non UK residents, applies for trips within the UK or continental Europe).

  • Only applies to trips booked on or after 17/03/2025.

  • Customers must tick the ‘free first-class travel’ tickbox at the top of the itinerary at the time of booking, to redeem the offer.

  • Applies only to eligible day-time trains covered by an Interrail pass. Sleeper trains, ferries and buses are excluded.

  • Trips with this offer aren’t eligible for a paper Interrail pass - customers will need to use a digital pass on their trip.

  • Eurostar services may not be valid for upgrade, depending on availability.

  • Offer subject to availability of first-class seats. It may not be possible to include first class on all trains or routes.

  • Any major changes requested post-booking will be subject to our standard major changes policy. Rebooked trips will not be eligible for the complimentary first-class upgrade.

These booking conditions were last updated on 17th March 2025.