How to buy Swiss Saver Day Pass on Omio.com?
A traveler named H2jungfrau is looking for help purchasing the Day Saver Pass for their upcoming trip. They've had trouble navigating Omio.com and want advice on where to find the best prices and ticket options for their journey planned for April.
- Try entering a journey on SBB's website to see if the Saver Day Pass is available for your travel date and offers savings.
- If your trip exceeds CHF 50 in regular ticket costs, the Saver Day Pass is likely a good option to consider.
- For children under 16, you can purchase a Saver Day Pass for CHF 19 online, or explore the Junior Travel Card for greater flexibility during your travels.
- Buying tickets early generally leads to lower prices, so plan your purchases ahead of time.
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Can anyone share a link or directions on how to purchase the Day Saver Pass from Omio.com? I tried the link to that retailer on the Saver Pass page here, but it only brings me to a generic page to buy point-to-point tickets. Yes I know if Omio doesn’t work, I can buy it from HappyRails or SBB directly.
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Hi H2jungfrau,
Welcome to MySwissAlps! On our page http://www.myswissalps.com/saverdaypass/price, you’ll find a bit more information below the Omio link: “Find a Saver Day Pass: search for your train, and the Saver Day Pass will be shown if available and if it’s one of the cheaper options for your trip.“
So basically you can go to http://www.omio.com, enter a journey, and then click on the options presented. You’ll see various ticket options, and the Saver Day Pass will be there too, if available for your travel date, and if it will save you money. You won’t see it if regular tickets are cheaper or if it’s sold out. Please see the attached screenshot.
Did it work for you now?
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Thanks! So the trick is to find an expensive route for your chosen date. Mind sharing a 2nd class ticket route that will always be over 100CFR?
Btw, I just selected a trip from Zurich to Rigi Kulm and back, and while I could force Omio to give me Day Saver passes for that trip for our part of 4, the price was actually a lot more than SBB or HappyRail because somehow they consider that selection an “upgrade”. See attached.
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Hi again,
What they mean by “upgrade”, is any type of ticket you pick instead of the cheapest option. In case of Zurich to Rigi, the cheapest option I got presented was the Supersaver ticket, then a regular ticket (upgrade option 1), then the Saver Day Pass (upgrade option 2).
So the Saver Day Pass is not more expensive than elsewhere, it’s just more expensive than Omio’s cheapest ticket for the trip. It’s a bit of an alternative way to present things.
A long route like Zurich to Geneva should work fine to find Saver Day Passes.
Thank you for your response. I attached the screenshot to my previous post: I picked a same-day round trip journey from Zurich to Rigi and it wasn’t able to figure out that the Saver Day Pass would be the cheapest option. More of a problem with the site, but not a big deal. I will use the Geneva example. I guess it doesn’t matter what journey you pick if you are buying a Day Pass as long as the date is correct!
To clarify, if I select my same day roundtrip it shows me options to buy tickets for $297 or $321… Which we know isn’t the cheapest option because I can by Saver Day Pass for that day for cheaper for that day (2 adults, 1 kid and one free toddler).
Hi h2jungfrau,
I usually buy from one of the other options at https://www.myswissalps.com/saverdaypass/price. I’m not sure how it works on Omio. It would only make sense to get a Saver Day Pass if your journey cost more than CHF50 for a regular ticket. So normally a long distance journey such as Zurich to Zermatt or Zurich to Geneva would cost more than that. If you plan your trip early, using the timetable, you might be able to get the Saver Day Pass for the date you wish to travel.
For your information, if your kid is under 16 you can get a Saver Day Pass Child for her for CHF19. Like the Saver Day Pass Adult, this is only available online.
Let us know if you need more info.
Regards,
Thank you Anna!
I’m looking specifically for April 23rd. On the SBB websit, the adult saver pass for that day is currently 70CHF and for our 8 year old it shows up as 49CHF. We don’t have the half fare card because we really only have one full day to travel (hence, the day pass!). I’m curious to know how to get the 19CHF saver for our 8 year old…
Hi h2jungfrau,
The price of the Saver Day Pass varies by demand and the purchase date. Buying early is normally cheaper. If you buy it closer to the date of travel, the price is likely to be more expensive (though still cheaper than a regular ticket).
So I checked the SBB website and yes, it seems the SDP on the 23rd April cost CHF70 for adult and CHF40 for a child. One option for your child that would be cheaper than getting a regular ticket is to buy the Junior Travel Card. It is CHF30 and with it she travels along free as long as you have a valid ticket or a railpass.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Anna
Okay, so the Junior Travel Card will save us 19CHF (30 VS 49). Will it work everywhere the Saver Day Pass works (like the Rigi Cogwheel trains)?
Also, it looks like you can only buy it in person… So we should get our adult Day Saver passes now and but the Junior Card in person when we get to Zurich train station?
So I have now figured out the 3 options for our 8 year old’s day pass for April 23rd:
- Saver Day Pass 6-16 – currently 49CHF on SBB
- Day Pass Children – currently 19 CHF on SBB
- Junior Travelcard – 30 CHF (in person purchase only)
The second is obviously the most attractive… but the question then is if that one would work alongside our adult Saver Day Passes?!?
Based on the FAQs for the “Day Pass Children” a child can travel on that pass alone so by that logic it doesn’t matter what kind of ticket pass we are carrying. It says that “The Day Pass Children is a normal Day Pass, but just at a greatly reduced price. With the Day Pass Children, a child aged under 16 can travel alone throughout Switzerland for an entire day.”
Hi h2jungfrau,
With the Junior Travel Card your child travels for free everywhere in Switzerland. The only thing, that at least one of the parents needs to travel with the child and of course the parent needs to have a valid ticket or pass. So your child cannot travel alone with the Junior Travel Card.
Yes, you can buy the Junior Travel Card at the station. You can only order them along with a pass for the parents: http://www.myswissalps.com/juniortravelcard/price.
Day Pass Children is a different kind of pass – it is valid only for the chosen date (only 1 day), while the Junior Travel Pass is valid for a month. But you do not need to travel with your children if you buy them a Day Pass Children.
If you buy a Saver Day Pass for yourself you can get any of these too for your child – a Day Pass Children or a Junior Travel Pass.
I hope this helps,
Ildiko
When you say that for the Junior Travel Card “You can only order them along with a pass for the parents” do you mean that if I buy Saver Day Passes for myself and my wife online, I won’t be able get a Junior Travel Card for my kid at a station?
I guess I don’t know what you mean by “along with“?
Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough.
You buy your Saver Day Pass online for yourself. After you’ve arrived in Switzerland you go to a train station and you buy your Junior Travel Card for your child.
That will work perfect, no worries 🙂
Let me know if you have further questions,
Ildiko
Thanks! Sorry to appear to be so thick, I just want to make sure we are following the rules 100% while also saving money.
Anyway, now I need to figure out if the extra 11CHF for the Junior Card are worth it for us. Perhaps if we could use it as his ticket to go to Uetliberg and to the airport the next day and not have to buy those tickets separately…
I totaly understand you. 🙂 We are happy to help.
I am not sure where you are staying in Zurich, but from the Zurich HB (main station) to Uetliberg it costs 4.40 per way for a child (see the timetable for the price). So a return way costs 8.80 CHF for your child.
From the Airport to Zurich HB it costs around 3.40 CHF one way.
I think it is worth getting the Junior Travel Card for your child at the Airport. Using that you can stay also be more flexible regarding your itinerary.
Ildiko
More about how to travel in Zurich: http://www.myswissalps.com/zurich/travel
More about how to save in Switzerland: http://www.myswissalps.com/plantrip/doityourself/savemoney
So are actually taking the EC9 train from Koblenz to Zurich on day #1; doing the mountains on day #2 (with our passes!) and then flying home the evening of day #3. Day #3 is really the day “in Zurich” and it happens to be on a Sunday. We are debating whether to go up Uetliberg (and come down via Felsenegg) or walk around town and perhaps go to the Swiss National Museum in the 4-5 hours we have before we have to leave for the airport.
So the benefit of the Junior card VS the Child Day Pass depends on if we need to use any public transport on the last day (outside of the the trip to the airport).
To be able to decide you should know your itinerary first, that is true. If it is rainy, you can still visit the Swiss National Museum, it is a good plan.
I haven’t visited this museum so far, but I’ve heard good things about it.
For more activity tips in Zurich visit this page: http://www.myswissalps.com/zurich/activities
Ildiko
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