Originally Posted by
ajeleonard
Special Rapid: Yes
Limited Express (Haruka): No (unless you buy the limited express supplement separatly, at which point you may as well just buy the whole ticket)
The non-stop from Osaka station is special rapid, it gets crowded during rush hour
because we didn't want to bother with the ticket machines, what we did was use pasmo/suica for getting through the gates and then buying the Ltd. Express supplement ON the train from the conductor directly. There were multiple people doing the same thing so I assume it's fairly common and doesn't cost any time.