Seat reservations on the Glacier Express

  • rockoyster
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    22 January 2020 at 9:41:10 #824963

    Seat reservations are required to travel on the Glacier Express. You can find out how to make reservations at http://www.myswissalps.com/glacierexpress/tickets.

    If you scroll right down to the bottom of that page you will find some links under “More Information”. The first link takes you to the official GEX website where you have the opportunity to pick your own seats. None of the options higher up the page give you that option. They just try to group people together, but which side of the train you end up on is pot luck.

    In my experience seats at the bottom of the screen on the seating plan on the official GEX site are on the right heading west to east. Not sure if that helps or guarantees anything.

    If you are going West to East you will arrive at Chur on the right-hand side of the train and depart on the left-hand side of the train.

    If you are travelling with a 2nd Class Swiss Travel Pass but want to travel 1st Class on any particular trip (including the Glacier Express) you can buy a Class upgrade at any SBB station or using the SBB Mobile App or here bit.ly/2rZEIXh. You need to buy a route specific upgrade.

    If you buy on line you need to nominate a Half-fare Card reduction to get the correct price (using either website of SBB app). An upgrade will cost half the difference between 1st and 2nd class full-fares.

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    Removed user
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    22 January 2020 at 19:37:51 #928489

    Hi Rockoyster, thanks for the tips also here.

    rockoyster
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    8889 posts
    17 February 2020 at 4:51:36 #928490

    Seat reservations can be made 3 months in advance. If your are using a travel pass then you don’t need to have already purchased it prior to making seat reservations; just so long as you have a valid pass or ticket when you board the train.

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