20% discount promotion applies to all Eurail Passes.
e.g. $3804 for two adults for 3 months continuous first class 'Global Pass'
(including postage and 'Protect my pass' insurance)
This is usually $4988 based on regular Eurail.com pass prices.
Note: Eurail website also has 20% off but isn't as cheap as STA and no free eBook.
Eurail 20% Promotion runs from October 1 until December 31, 2016 so I assume STA will be the same.
I actually found the Eurail promotion in my Gmail spam but thought it was worth sharing.
My experience:
We had first class Global pass for 3 month in 2013 .
Pass now includes more countries than 2013 (Bosnia, Croatia) but still no UK.
I guess Brexit means that will never change.
Good:
* Generally a great experience - almost all trains exactly on time (except a few in southern Italy).
* Free WiFi on Norwegian trains and probably more countries now I'd imagine.
* Fastest was 300km/h in Spain - displayed in carriage.
* Train between Denmark and Germany drives onto a ferry - very cool.
* First Class was great as rarely full.
* Eurail App 'Rail Planner' (on android) is amazing and works offline.
* Only had to show Passport once while on train between Austria and Italy, but imagine it maybe different now.
Bad:
* Additional 'Reservation' charge is required in some countries (e.g. Italy, France, Spain) which was quite expensive and had to queue up to get tickets.
* Bookings in same countries also a bit limited and sometimes sold-out.
(App 'R' means reservation required~pays to be organized and book entire country at once)
Spend $3804… But you get a free eBook!!
Awesome to see the effort you put in the post! Great that your sharing your experience, hopefully someone will find it helpful.