I have found a loophole for buying Trenitalia tickets on their website!
Mar 17th, 2009, 02:15 PM
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I have found a loophole for buying Trenitalia tickets on their website!
After weeks of reading about issues getting credit cards to go through on Trenitalia's website messing around all day myself trying to purchase tickets, calling my bank a few times, trying to purchase again, risking getting locked out of my account.... I finally found a good solution!
Paypal offers a Virtual Credit Card feature that is free to its users. It's called "PayPal Plug-IN"
and gives the user the option of having a single use credit card number with a limit of $1000 or you can have a credit card number for use on one single website over the course of several transactions.
This Plug-In works on either PC or Mac; I believe the PC version you have to download but the Mac version you use straight off your web browser.
I believe this is the correct link:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...c-plugin-intro
Just saved myself $15 on train tickets since I could get the Amica fare in advance!
Hope this helps others!!!
Paypal offers a Virtual Credit Card feature that is free to its users. It's called "PayPal Plug-IN"
and gives the user the option of having a single use credit card number with a limit of $1000 or you can have a credit card number for use on one single website over the course of several transactions.
This Plug-In works on either PC or Mac; I believe the PC version you have to download but the Mac version you use straight off your web browser.
I believe this is the correct link:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...c-plugin-intro
Just saved myself $15 on train tickets since I could get the Amica fare in advance!
Hope this helps others!!!
Mar 25th, 2009, 09:33 PM
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acswift/all,
I tried your tip, got a paypal plugin and tried to buy tix on Trenitalia ... with no luck. It STILL rejected the virtual number, as well as my Citi virtual numbers and my regular cards.
Any ideas?? I am trying to buy tix in advance for travel on an Italian holiday. Thanks for any ideas!
I tried your tip, got a paypal plugin and tried to buy tix on Trenitalia ... with no luck. It STILL rejected the virtual number, as well as my Citi virtual numbers and my regular cards.
Any ideas?? I am trying to buy tix in advance for travel on an Italian holiday. Thanks for any ideas!
Mar 26th, 2009, 03:46 AM
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Are you a registered Trenitslia user? (I'm assuming so but thought I'd verify...) Did it give you a specific error or did it just say "transaction denied"? I don't think I've ever heard of a virtual card # not going through....
Mar 28th, 2009, 05:54 AM
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acswift/et al,
Finally SUCCESS!I originally set up Paypal/virtual and tried for 2 days with no success. I changed primary accounts in Paypal and waited 2 days. Now I tried today (Paypal/Virtual Mastercard) and it worked first time! I don't think the events were related, I think it was just the delay (waiting several days) after setting up the virtual Paypal switch. But who knows? I would not have bothered (buying online vs. in Italy)but I'm travelling on Labor Day there (May 1st) which is a big holiday and I wanted to make sure to get the AMICA discount. Thanks all ...
Finally SUCCESS!I originally set up Paypal/virtual and tried for 2 days with no success. I changed primary accounts in Paypal and waited 2 days. Now I tried today (Paypal/Virtual Mastercard) and it worked first time! I don't think the events were related, I think it was just the delay (waiting several days) after setting up the virtual Paypal switch. But who knows? I would not have bothered (buying online vs. in Italy)but I'm travelling on Labor Day there (May 1st) which is a big holiday and I wanted to make sure to get the AMICA discount. Thanks all ...
Sounds like the planets were aligned or something....
Aug 20th, 2009, 04:47 PM
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Thank you SO much AC, the PayPal single use MasterCard number worked like a charm for me!!! I was getting so peed after many failed attempts I felt like going on a cross-country shooting spree, LOL! Just kidding.... or am I? hehe....
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I have never had problems getting tickets on Trenitalia....until now 
I called them and I was told that they are not accepting what she called "international" credit cards....US included. I don't know for how long or what the story is.
I don't usually get tickets in advance for inside Italy because we don't have problems getting tickets when we walk up the the machines or window. But this time we'll be there over Easter and I didn't want a problem.
I never use Rail Europe because they were charging far above what the prices actually were. I tried them again and they had the exact price Trenitalia (I figured out the dollar to Euro) had and included free shipping. They don't give e-mail tickets which I prefer.
I called them and I was told that they are not accepting what she called "international" credit cards....US included. I don't know for how long or what the story is.I don't usually get tickets in advance for inside Italy because we don't have problems getting tickets when we walk up the the machines or window. But this time we'll be there over Easter and I didn't want a problem.
I never use Rail Europe because they were charging far above what the prices actually were. I tried them again and they had the exact price Trenitalia (I figured out the dollar to Euro) had and included free shipping. They don't give e-mail tickets which I prefer.
