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Hi there, I plan to use a 6-Day BO pass + Half Fare Card for 6 days trip in Interlaken and Grindelwad.
After that will be heading to Zermatt 2 nights, then Zermatt to Bern 1 night, then Bern to Zurich airport. Would it be possible to use Half Fare Card for the transport from Grindelwad – Zermatt, Zermatt – Bern and Bern – Zurich airport? Or what would be the best suggestion? Thank you very much.
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Hi sansan,
Welcome to MySwissAlps.
Thanks for sharing your plans. That’s great you have narrowed down your rail passes to the Berner Oberland Pass and the Swiss Half Fare Card for the first part of your trip.
Should you need any purchase options for both passes, you can find some in our guides, in the attached links below. Click on ” Where to buy the Berner Oberland Pass/Swiss Half Fare Card” in the table of contents.
- Berner Oberland Pass: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/berner-oberland-pass/
- Swiss Half Fare Card: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/swiss-half-fare-card/
For the second part of your trip. Yes, you can use the Swiss Half Fare Card for the remainder of the trip. If you are actually traveling on the last validity day of your Berner Oberland Pass, you’d only need to buy a ticket from the exit point of the Berner Oberland Pass network to Zermatt.
You can research your journey by using the Swiss timetable (https://www.myswissalps.com/travel/public-transport/timetable/) or you can also take a look at the validity map to view the Berner Oberland Pass routes that way (download from the Berner Oberland Pass link provided above).
If not, you may want to look at a Saver Day Pass or Supersaver ticket for traveling. If available, they can be quite reasonably priced and maybe even cheaper than the standard half price ticket Grindelwald to Zermatt for example.
More on both here:
- Saver Day Pass: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/saver-day-pass/
- Supersaver ticket: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/supersaver-ticket/
Kind regards,
Yolanda
Thank you Yolanda for the quick reply and helpful links. Much appreciated.
Can I confirm with you even with half fare card we may not get all the trips with reduced price, right? Unless we pair it with a STP or Super Day Pass. Because I keyed in destination in SBB app, some destinations show point-to-point ticket only (with full fare) without reduced rate.
Thank you.
Sorry, accidentally submitted it a few times as it didn’t shown earlier. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Hi sansan,
I’ve removed the duplicates 🙂
To answer your question – the Swiss Half Fare Card is valid on all Swiss public transport and most mountain transportation. So in general, you should be able to purchase discounted tickets for most of your trips. You can find further information in the following links:
Swiss Half Fare Card validity map: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/swiss-half-fare-card/#downloads
Scenic trains with Swiss Half Fare Card: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/swiss-half-fare-card/#discounts-train
Mountain excursions with Swiss Half Fare Card: https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/swiss-half-fare-card/#discounts-mountain
Hope this helps.
regards,
Anna
Hi sansan,
Do you have your SBB app configured to recognise that you have a half-fare card?
You might find this recent thread helpful:
https://www.myswissalps.com/community/thread/swiss-half-fare-card-24/
If that’s not the problem, can you be specific about starting points and destinations for which you don’t see any half-fare option?
For some short and inexpensive trips, the discount might be a bit less than 50%.
Hope you can figure it out!
Alpenrose
Hi Anna and Alpenrose,
Thank you for your helpful replies. I now understand how the SBB app works, as well as the half fare rate.
I am very grateful for this community, as it has provided me with a lot of good information. Your kind support is much appreciated.
Cheers! ~
Regards,
sansan
Hi sansan,
I’m glad to see that everything is clear now!
Thank you for expressing your appreciation of the MySwissAlps community!
Alpenrose
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