Swiss Family Card if child turns 16 on trip

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    14 April 2019 at 8:18:45 #820965

    Hi,

    For an upcoming trip, I’ll be buying a Swiss Half Fare Card online for myself, and along with this will request a Swiss Family Card for may daughter. She will be 15 at the start of the Half Fare Card month-long period, but will turn 16 during that month.

    Based on this info: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw issfamilycard/howtouse, it sounds like she should be eligible to travel for free during that month long period, even after she turns 16.

    However as I was exploring some fares I noticed that the SBB website doesn’t seem to include this logic – it doesn’t seem to allow any way to apply a child discount if the age is 16 at the time of travel. (On the website, you declare the birth date of each passenger)

    Is this just a limitation of the website… i.e. is it necessary to just book these at the train station (machine or otherwise?)

    Thanks,

    -cs

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