How to book deluxe sleeper Wien/Budapest-Bucharest

[nwales58]

Help please.

According to vagonweb D347 Wien-Bucuresti and IC473 Budapest-Bucuresti both carry CFR WLAB 7091 series sleepers which have a few 'deluxe' toilet+shower (often broken) compartments.

I have tried ÖBB and CFR international web sites and cannot see how to book these. The options are just for berths in a 1, 2 or 3 berth sleeper compartment. Can they be booked online or does it need a human at an agent or a station? If they are bookable, can an Interrail 1st pass be used or is that limited to standard sleepers?

And, yes, I do know the reasons for not using sleepers, this would be to pack more into a fixed time!

Thanks in anticipation

 

[rvdborgt]

Since ÖBB doesn't show the berth number for this train before you pay, you need to figure out which berths are in the Deluxe compartments and then get a human to try and book one of those, e.g. try calling ÖBB. AFAIK the pass reservation price is the same for all berths.

 

[nwales58]

Thanks.
Deluxe compartments seem to be numbers 2 to 5, in case anyone else is interested.