Author Topic: Who buy a Ticket online from the Russian Railway (and have not a RU Bank Card)?  (Read 746 times)

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Offline Lord of nothingTopic starter

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Hi
Long storry Short I watched my favourite Youtuber who took some Trains in Russia.
Well since I way a young, slim Teen I wanted to took a Train in Russia.
There is just one small problem when I ever travel to Russia I want have a Valid Ticket in my Pocket before I board the Plane. In many Country its nowerdays possible to book Online Tickets. Now the have an Online Ticket Portal to.
There FAQ say:
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Only with the bank cards PC “Mir”, Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard or Maestro. There are no other methods of payment.
So does it mean only with a Creditcard from "Mir" or any Craditcard from any Company?
So could I book there a Ticket with my "European" Visa, Master?
Thanks
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You can pay with any Visa or Mastercard, no problem. Mir is a card of its own type and is not what most of people in Russia use anyway. It's by far less popular than Visa and Mastercard. Do you watch Bald?
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If you can get a prepaid credit card (MasterCard/VISA Debit) in your country i would do it that way if i were you and use it to buy train tickets and pay for purchases while travelling.
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So could I book there a Ticket with my "European" Visa, Master?
There's no "European" Visa, Master...
Your credit card issuer (mostly bank) is European and place any restrictions.
 
Just make sure that you can use it outside EU, if any extra step requires for a target country and what would be charges.
Ideally, you want to take two different brand cards just in case, or perhaps one of pre-paid to limit your exposure and not linked to the bank account :)
 
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Yes whatever card you decide to use it is a good idea to call your bank and speak to them about your travel plan. This will help avoid sudden blocks by their AI fraud algoritms if all of a sudden a transaction pops up a few hundred miles away from your home.
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Offline Lord of nothingTopic starter

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Do you watch Bald?
Sure and I wish I would understand one word Russian.  :=\
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There's no "European" Visa, Master...
Your credit card issuer (mostly bank) is European and place any restrictions.
There are the different Types of Visa, Master in the World what I learned.
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call your bank and speak to them about your travel plan. This will help avoid sudden blocks by their AI fraud algoritms if all of a sudden a transaction pops up a few hundred miles away from your home.
Yes outside of the EU i will do it. I can maintain it Online to.

In my case its just an idea. I will fell much more comfortable when I know that I can look online for Connection and in the Case I will fly someday to Russia I can book the Ticket in advance and know that I get 100% my Seat. I am not someone who like to share a Compartment with someone unknown. Especially when the are maybe drunk. I am not in the mood to restrain someone in a foreign Country when I can avoid it.
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A bit uk centric,but  still plenty of useful info for world wide train travel https://www.seat61.com/  for travel  inside Russia  https://www.seat61.com/train-travel-in-russia.htm
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Offline Lord of nothingTopic starter

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Sadly that Scam page is just about Affiliate Links nothing more.
For my Country the write a bunch of sht...  :rant:
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