On MAV-Start website it's stated that return ticket Budapest - Kiev is 76,80 eur, so one way shuold be half of that, considering that now is same discount for one way and return tickets.
Just to make sure, this is only for Ukraine - Hungary, not for Hungary - Ukraine?
I can save few euros if I buy Belgrade - Zahony return ticket, and then in Budapest buy Zahony - Kiev and Lvov - Zahony. That way I can get 60% discount between Budapest and Zahony instead of 50%. I hope conductors will not make some problems with that. I realise that that is legal.
I think that for Budapest - Krakow is written 78 euros because the cheapest one way SparNight ticket is 39 euros (6-berth couchette), so both ways is 2X = 78 euros.
is it possible to buy ticket Kiev - Budapest in Budapest already, and then buy only reservation in Kiev?
We came back from Ukraine. Had no problems buying tickets for domestic train, except the language barrier, but I used some of my russian, learned years ago.
We payed 20 euros for UZ 2/3 carriage Budapest-Lviv, directly to provodnik
but for return we bought it at the station it was 32 euros (it was 19 euros reservation, and 13 euros of taxes)
we saw that commission for international ticket/reservation is 40 UAH
But that was maybe because we bought Lviv-Budapest reservation in Kiev.
And, also, the cashier needed 25 minutes to issue the ticket.
If he find's it, I'll post it.