- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, planned 2025
A few days ago there was a post about train ticket availability in June from Santiago to Madrid. This morning I was able to book tickets for the first part of July on that route while earlier this week I could only see the times, but could not purchase. These tickets do sell out so you may want to take a look at what is available, rather than waiting to stroll down to the station and purchase when you arrive in Santiago. You will have more options if you book in advance. I use the Trainline App as I have had poor luck with the Renfe App and my US credit card.
FYI: We normally use our sr access discount (dorada card), but our Dorada cards will be expired in late June and the system would not grant me the discount for early July.
You are supposed to be able to renew your dorada card online. I tried, but the system would not let me. This could be because the renewal request was not in the 60 day window to renew or because the Renfe App would not work for me. I am not sure which. The Renfe App did find my card in the system, but would not let me renew so we will have to do that in Spain, I guess. We will try for the multi year extension of 2 or 3 years at that time.
FYI: We normally use our sr access discount (dorada card), but our Dorada cards will be expired in late June and the system would not grant me the discount for early July.
You are supposed to be able to renew your dorada card online. I tried, but the system would not let me. This could be because the renewal request was not in the 60 day window to renew or because the Renfe App would not work for me. I am not sure which. The Renfe App did find my card in the system, but would not let me renew so we will have to do that in Spain, I guess. We will try for the multi year extension of 2 or 3 years at that time.