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What to do with overlapping passes?
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2021/6/16 07:45
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I'm planning a trip to japan for 2022 and want to travel from Kanazawa to Okayama and the cheapest way seems to be using Jr Hokuriku area pass ( https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361_08.html) to cover Kanazawa to Tsuruga and the Jr kansai wide pass ( https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361_08.html) to cover Tsuruga to Okayama (with transfer in Kyoto), with these two passes do I have to get off in Tsuruga or can I take the Kanazawa-Kyoto train directly, Thank You.
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by fghgfdfb
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Re: What to do with overlapping passes?
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2021/6/16 10:22
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There is no need to change trains at Tsuruga. However, if you want to travel by reserved seat, there may be some complications. I guess it would be easiest to do the reservations at a manned counter with some additional explanations. Alternatively, you could make two separate reservations (one to Tsuruga and one from Tsuruga) and try to go for the same seat, which could be a challenge. If you travel by non-reserved seat, you won't have any of these complications.
By the way, for a one-way trip, regular tickets will be cheaper than rail passes.
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by Uji
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Re: What to do with overlapping passes?
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2021/6/17 05:52
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Uji, do you have an official source for that as on R/JapanTravel I got the opposite answer with someone saying that I must transfer
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by fghgfdfb
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Re: What to do with overlapping passes?
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2021/6/17 10:30
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If the train runs, and you have a seat, you do not have to change trains. The point is to have a valid ticket (or pass) covering the full route. That is the general approach for many trains and tickets all across Japan and I would not unnecessarily get off a train due to an arbitrary boundary like that.
There are some exceptions I have built into my recent travel like when I had a local trip on one suica card and the following shinkansen trip on a second suica card, but that was more about correctly terminating the separate journeys and not getting my cards hopelessly messed up.
Someone on a reddit thread might not know the actual ins and outs of ticket/pass usage, even if they sound confident.
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by JapanCustomTours
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