Swiss Travel Pass Flex: Non selected travel days

Hello Greg,

Welcome to MySwissAlps.

That’s great you are Switzerland bound.

With the Swiss Travel Pass Flex, that’s right, all the benefits are only valid on the selected days. More information on the Swiss Travel Pass Flex can be found here including the coverage map, where to buy, how to use:

• https://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpassflex

Kind regards,

Yolanda

Yes, I’m afraid this is the same for all ‘flex’ type transport passes. Unfortunately you can’t expect the authorities to allow entry to museums, discounts on mountains etc on non ‘selected’ days , as you would be getting something that you have not paid for!

Bear in mind that you can tweak your itinerary so that on days you don’t select as ‘travel days’ you can use local or regional day passes and other beneficial ticketing options.

This does not just apply to cities but to whole areas – Switzerland has many ‘tariff areas’ (aka ‘Fare networks’) – a concept developed in Germany in the 1970s to bring together under common ticketing a major conurbation or region.

For example, ‘Ostwind’ covers the north East corner of Switzerland around St Gallen, Bodensee and Appenzell: http://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/buying-options/fare-networks/ostwind-fare-network.html

Links to all the Swiss tariff areas can be found here:

http://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/buying-options/fare-networks.html