Travel by train in Italo Club Executive

If you're looking to travel around Italy in style, Italo’s Club Executive class is the only choice for you!

Club Executive is Italo's version of Premium First Class, offering the most exclusive benefits and guaranteeing the best travel experience, with maximum comfort, space, privacy and entertainment.

Italo Club Executive allows you to travel in style with:

  • Fast Track priority entrance
  • Free access to the Italo Club Lounge
  • Complimentary drinks and snacks
  • 9" personal screens available
  • Free unlimited WiFi
  • Onboard entertainment portal
  • Option to book Italo Salotto

 

Free WiFi

Complimentary drinks & snacks

Fast Track

Italo Junior

Lounge access

Personal screens

Italo Club Executive vs Smart and Prima

If you’re wondering which class fits your needs, check out the table below where you can see the different services and options available in each class.

 SmartPrimaClub
WiFi 
Accessibility ✔ 
Fast Track  ✔ 
Lounge ✔ 
Restaurant ✔ ✔
Personal screens ✔
Extra space ✔  ✔ 
Catering ✔
Welcome service ✔ ✔
Power sockets ✔ ✔ ✔

 

Psst: Looking for something more affordable? Italo Smart (Economy class) offers the benefits of a high-quality service at a low cost! Take a look at our dedicated Italo Smart class page for more info.

What is Italo Club Executive?

Italo Club Executive is Italo’s most exclusive travel class. If you travel in Italo Club Executive, you will enjoy all the services of First Class (Prima), plus much more.

The Club Executive class is equipped with large, comfortable, reclining leather armchairs, which guarantee extra legroom. That’s not all – every seat is equipped with personal 9" screens and power outlets to recharge your electronic devices. Thanks to the free WiFi, you can surf the internet or access the ItaloLive on-board entertainment portal, with a wide range of films, TV series, podcasts, music, and news.

If you’re feeling hungry or thirsty, you can enjoy the dedicated on-board catering service with espresso coffee and a rich selection of delicious bakery products served directly to your seat. Furthermore, you can book your seat in the Italo Salotto, an onboard lounge where you can enjoy additional privacy and comfort.

Don't forget, in some stations, you can access the Italo Club Lounge for free, where you can enjoy free WiFi, as well as hot and cold drinks as you wait for your train to arrive. Ready to go? You can skip the queues by taking advantage of the Fast Track access to the train.

Italo Salotto (lounge)

The Italo Salotto (Italian for lounge) offers privacy, entertainment, comfort and style. Available on Italo Treno's AVG trains, the Salotto provides you with maximum comfort when traveling!

If you’re traveling for work and need extra privacy and comfort, in Italo Salotto, you can organize a meeting directly on the train! Italo Salotto is a real meeting room on the move: four seats for you and your colleagues, where you can review important documents together before a meeting, define the final details of a strategy, or share opinions after an intense day of work. Every minute spent on board will be productive, but in maximum comfort.

You will have all the comforts of the Club Executive class at your disposal, including:

  • Free WiFi connection
  • Dedicated catering with a vast selection of sweet and savory products to choose from plus hot and cold drinks
  • Large seats with extra legroom
  • Extra space for baggage
  • Newspapers and magazines in the morning
  • Complimentary breakfast
  • Fast track to access the train
  • Access to the lounge

Services in Italo Club Executive class

Italo Club Executive, aka First Class, is the only class that guarantees more comfort and quality throughout the entire journey. You can look forward to unlimited WiFi and reclining faux leather armchairs, with large and comfortable seats, footrests, coffee tables and power sockets all available. Let’s have a closer look at all the perks you can get.

Fast Track

When traveling in Italo Club Executive, you can use Italo's "Fast Track" service. With Italo Fast Track you can skip the queue, save time at check-in and reach your train directly thanks to a dedicated entrance. The service is available at Milano Centrale station in Milan, at Gate E, and Roma Termini station in Rome on platform 12. Fast Track can also be extended to children if they travel with a valid ticket.

Dedicated Catering

As an Italo Club Executive customer, you will receive a dedicated catering service offering a wide selection of delicious drinks and snacks, like espresso coffee, bakery products, pastries and many other hot and cold drinks.

Personal Screens

In Italo Club Executive class, a personal 9" screen is available for you to view movies, shows, cartoons or documentaries. With the ItaloLive onboard portal, you can access blockbusters, award-winning TV shows, books and magazines, all for free!

What are the different Italo ticket types?

When choosing a class to travel in, you’ll also need to choose either an Italo Low Cost, Economy or Flex ticket. If you want to learn more about Italo, head to our dedicated Italo page. 

Low Cost

Although this is Italo’s most affordable ticket type, it comes with more restrictions. You can change the ticket’s date or time up to 72 hours before your train’s departure time. You’ll have to pay any difference in fare, plus a fee equal to 50% of the ticket price.

Economy

The Italo Economy ticket allows you to change the date or time of the ticket up to 3 minutes before departure. You’ll have to pay any difference in fare, plus a fee equal to 20% of the ticket price. If you cancel this type of ticket, you’ll get 60% of the ticket price back as a refund.

Flex

With an Italo Flex ticket, date and time changes are free of charge. You can modify this ticket up to 3 minutes before departure. If you wish to cancel the ticket, you will get 80% of the ticket price back as a refund.

How to buy Italo Club Executive tickets

Booking a seat in Italo Club Executive is simple with Trainline!

If you want to buy an Italo Club Executive ticket, simply start a search in our Journey Planner and enter your departure station, arrival station and the date you want to travel. Select the Italo train of your choice and the first-class price option. In the 'Comfort' section, select the 'Club Executive' option. You’ll also see the price difference between Standard and First Class before completing your purchase.

You can travel in Club Executive class with any type of ticket (Flex, Economy or Low Cost) depending on your flexibility needs.

ItaloLive entertainment portal

Continue reading to find out how the ItaloLive portal works.

During your journey, connect to the free onboard WiFi, enter your email, and then surf the web freely. Log onto the ItaloLive portal and browse a wide selection of entertainment services: all completely free! New TV series, films, books, music and much more are frequently added.

How to access Italo’s free WiFi quickly and easily:

  1. Connect to the .italo network
  2. Enter your email address on the screen that appears automatically
  3. Start surfing the web straight away!

Typically, the entertainment portal includes:

  • Cinema: Find a film to suit you by searching for a title, your favorite actors or a specific director.
  • Games: There’s even a games section on Italo’s entertainment portal! You can choose from three digital games: Checkers, Solitaire or 4-in-a-row. There are also some traditional Italian card games you can play. In collaboration with Digitalmoka, all the games have been created by Dal Negro: a perfect mix of tradition and innovation!
  • E-books and newspapers: Browse all the main Italian newspapers and magazines for free – they’re just one click away! Or if you’d rather read an e-book, there’s a vast selection of digital books provided by Rizzoli Libri.
  • Music: 10 playlists curated to please even the most demanding of listeners, whether you’re into pop, rock, hip-hop, rap or something else.
  • Ansa News: Keep up to date with the news in real-time, with news alerts about sports, the economy and world events.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find the answers to our most frequently asked questions below. 

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