I am trying to book bus tickets on-line with Alsa/enatcar. It is not possible because one of the boxes to fill in is marked DNI.
My spanish does not include this.PLEASE HELP

DNI is Documento Nacional de Identidad. Maybe they will accept your Passport # .

Eddie is right. I don't understand why they need the Spanish ID card number (DNI #) to book a ticket.

I guess that, providing they can charge you the tickets on your credit card, they won't care whether you give them a DNI or your passport number.

Be aware that, sometimes, if you book things over the phone or the Internet you may be there 1 or 2 hours in advance to collect the tickets (I think this is what they do at Auto-Res)

Regards,

Antonio

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Thanks Eddie and Antonio, for your help.
The problem is that the process will not continue without the DNI. I have tried to contact them via their Home page and by e-mail. Neither work. Guess I will have to use the train. It would be helpful if Alsa would put a link to RENFE on their home page.
Thanks again

Hey, don't give up! Most of the 'long haul' MotorCoaches I have ridden have not been fully 'booked.' I called Continental-Auto on Sunday, 10 Sep to 'book' tickets on their Business Class bus Madrid-Santander for the following day. They gave me a reservation number and told me I had to purchase tickets by an hour and a half before departure or my reservation would be cancelled. That's the way they work. I have done the same thing with Viajes Julia (Sevilla-Lisboa). ALSA asked for my DNI in Santander when I bought tickets to Bilbao on my MasterCard. I showed the Agent my Passport. She said it was for my own protection (i.e., stolen credit cards etc.).