2 for 1 offer Swiss Saver (Flexi) Pass

I’m being told by the agent at http://www.raileurope-world.com that if using swiss flexi pass on those non validated days, i will not get any discount on train rides.

But on swiss travel system the statement “On the days between the first and the last activated day, your Swiss Flexi Pass offers a 50% discount on train, (postal) bus and boat rides, as well as on most mountain-top excursions’.

So I’m confused. Will get get 50% off train rides on non validated days? Or no discount at all as being told by raileurope world?

Hello Arun! Yes, regular rail passes will save you lots of money as well, even though you can’t use the offer. I’d say you should consider either an 8 day Swiss Saver Pass or a 5 day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass, using free travel days for your transfers Zurich-Interlaken, Interlaken-Zermatt, Zermatt-Andermatt, Andermatt-Lucerne and Lucerne-Zurich. Here‘s how to calculate which pass is best.

[quote]arun.sat said: Hello,
I plan to visit Switzerland from 16th Mar to 21st Mar with my wife. On 16th I would travel from Zurich to Interlaken and stay there for 2 days during which I want to go to Jungfraujoch. On 18th I would leave for Zermatt. Take the Glacier express the next day on 19th to Andermatt. Then take a train to Lucerne. On 20th I want to visit Mt Titlis and then back to Zurich on 21st Mar.
My dates don’t fall during Swiss 2 for 1 pass validity period.
Are there any other passes which can help me save? please suggest
Thanks,
Arun[/quote]

Hello jogijsr, and welcome! You can perfectly use a 4 day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass. That’s because the 4 free travel days don’t have to be consecutive. The pass is valid from your first up to your last free travel day. So you should use free travel days for your first transfer on May 5, your last transfer on May 12, and two other days in between on which you plan to make the longest and thus most expensive journeys (such as the Glacier Express and your trip to Lucerne). On the remaining non-free travel days, a 50% discount will apply. Further details and purchase options can be found at the Swiss Flexi Pass page.

If you use your Swiss Saver Flexi Pass this way, you will enjoy either free or discounted traveling on all days of your stay. You won’t have to buy an additional (discounted) ticket between Geneva and Leysin on May 5 or 12.

[quote]jogijsr said: I & my wife (in our fifties) are reaching Geneva on 5th May 2012 and will stay for 7 nights at the resort at Leysin village. We are attracted towards 4day flexi rail pass, 2 for 1 offer, in spite of the fact that we wanted minimum 5 days by rail including arriving on 5th May and departing on 12 th may. During this stay, we want to cover glacier express also, partly if not fully. Kindly advise how we should plan within 4 days flexi offer. If required, we can buy ticket on 5th May or on 12th May between Geneva & Leysin.We will prefer to see Montreax, Lausanne and Lucerne also, using our Leysin resort for night stay. Please advise about our rail travel. Regards[/quote]

Hi siamglory! One 4 day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass will cover traveling for the 2 adults. The STS Family Card will cover traveling for the 2 children. This STS Family can be ordered along online for free with your 4 day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass, or obtained for free at any manned rail station in Switzerland.

To order, get to the Swiss Saver Flexi Pass page and fill out Thailand as your country of residence. This will provide you with an overview of resellers available for Thailand. Click ‘more information’ for details on shipping and payment. All you have to do next is click the button ‘Go to website’ at the reseller you prefer and enter the order process.

Please refer to the validity map we link to from the Swiss Saver Flexi Pass page to see where the pass is valid. It isn’t for the leg Geneva-Paris, so you need an additional ticket for that part of your itinerary. Tickets can be bought through several agents, such as the ones you listed or the same reseller you order your Swiss Saver Flexi Pass with. They all sell tickets for the same TGV trains.

We (father, mother, 7-year-old son, 4-year-old son) planned to go to Switzerland during mid Apr-May 2012.
1. Can only ONE ticket of this 4-day 2-for-1 Swiss Saver Flexi Pass cover all of us travelling together for 4 days in Switzerland?
2. Do we need to get a family card to go along with the above Flexi Pass? If so, how and where to get it and with any cost/fee of any kind?
3. Are we required to buy it in advance? How far?
4. Please confirm the official website from where we could buy this pass?
5. What’s the different between buying it from the above and through the reseller? Any reseller in Thailand?
6. Can we buy it inside Switzerland and where?
We also plan to go from Geneva to Paris.
7. Can we use this pass for this trip? If not, can it be used for some part of this route? Which part?
8. If we need to purchase another train ticket for this Geneva-Paris round trip, please advise which train we can take and which website to book the ticket?
So far, we could book this Geneva-Paris ticket via the http://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html ,http://www.tgv.com/en, and http://www.tgv-lyria.fr
Are all these 3 different trains?
Thanks in advance
Siam Glory

also for the earlier question as to the border travel, which day pass will be used? is it just either Swiss or AUstria ? or Both will be deducted as 1 day travel?

Hi shirl. It’s hard to say which pass would be best. The Eurail Austria-Switzerland Pass seems to make sense, but there are less discounts for your trips in Switzerland than with the regular Swiss Pass. Since you plan to travel quite intensively during your stay in Lauterbrunnen, I think the Swiss Pass or Swiss Flexi Pass would be a better choice, especially if you can use the 2 for 1 offer (I’m not sure when exactly you’ll be traveling). You could opt for a separate Eurail Austria Pass for the second of your trip. If you want to travel for free during your outbound trip from Switzerland to Austria, a free travel day would be used for both passes.

If you want to be sure which pass or combination is most economical, calculations are the only way to find out.

[quote]shirl said: Hi Arno,
thanks so much once again for your valuable advice!! we logically thought so too… but didnt want to take the chances…
is it possible to help me with our planning which pass to get :
arrive Zurich to Lauterbrunnen (6 nights) will travel around Bernese Oberland like First, Grindelwald, Wengen, Klein Schedeigg etc.. in chalet
Lauterbrunnen to Innsbruck (3 nights)
Innsbruck to Salzburg (5 nights) – not quite sure where to visit yet
Salzburg to Vienna (2 nights) then to Vienna airport
… we are stuck as we initially wanted to get the 2for1 Swiss Pass & just travel to Innsbruck , then we got a little more ambitious to go a little further. Now we are stuck with what to get… 2 country pass, or Swiss AND AUstria Pass separately…
or.. just stick to Swiss leg and just only to Innsbruck by individual return tickets (fly back from Zurich instead)… OR should we travel alittle more in Swiss instead..
what do you think?
Thanks to hear fr u…[/quote]

Hi,
I am travelling for 5 days/4 nights and if i buy the 2 for 1 pass then can you suggest how you can manage the travel for the 5th day?
Is there a better option for 5 days because we would be travelling for all 5 days.

regards,
Jaisal

Hi,
If I’m a pack of 11 adults, that means I only buy 6 lots of the 2 for 1 offer on the 4 Day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass. Since this is 2 for 1 offer, can the 11th person travel alone with his pass?