Thanks for the update; good to hear things went well.
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DATA POINT - the system says sit in “any available” 2nd class seat but not the case, he and a lot of other people were made to vacate them, they were reserved. He said the train is crammed with people with luggage, suitcases everywhere (he has the one, work tools). Turns out there are reserved and non-reserved seats with the majority being reserved.
Reserved seats are not really "available" -- the advice, while technically correct, could have been worded more clearly to say unreserved and unoccupied, or something similar.