Swiss Half Fare Card best pass 6 days, discounts?
A traveler named Abhi19 is planning a 6-day trip from India to Switzerland and is considering the Swiss Half Fare Card for transportation. They want to know if train ticket prices fluctuate as the travel date approaches and if it's better to purchase tickets in advance or at the station.
- Purchase the Swiss Half Fare Card to save on tickets, and consider its use with Saver Day Passes for additional savings.
- Ticket prices for Saver Day Passes fluctuate, so buy them as early as possible.
- Point-to-point ticket prices remain constant, making them a straightforward option.
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Hi, I am travelling from India to Switzerland for about 6 days and based on the passes, conclude that Swiss Half Fare Card is more economical for me.If I purchase this pass 2 months in advance and buy the discounted tickets on the spot at the rail stations, will their prices fluctuate as the date approaches or will they remain constant throughout?
Is it better to buy them in advance or can we just buy on the spot at the stations?
Thanks
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Hi Abhi19 and welcome to MySwissAlps!
The best pass depends very much on your itinerary. I presume you’ve done your full itinerary and then calculated the different options? http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses/prac tical/chooserailpass
The Swiss Half Fare card http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isshalffarecard can be used in combination with Saver Day Passes http://www.myswissalps.com/sa verdaypass or 1 Day Passes http://www.myswissalps.com/on edaytravelpass.
The Saver Day fluctuates in price so you need to book it as early as possible whilst the 1 Day pass price will stay constant throughout.
If you want to make the most savings, it would be best to buy Saver Day passes as early as possible.
If not, be sure to check if a 4 day Swiss Travel Pass http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass isn’t cheaper for your itinerary (+ Saver day passes) for instance for the remaining 2 days.
Maria.
Hello Maria,
I got your point. However after checking the day saver pass etc. I find that the Half Fare pass is the best. The Day saver pass is not economical. So how & where do I buy the normal ticket using the Half fare pass? Also do i need to buy them in advance or can I buy them over the counter at the station? Do their prices fluctuate?
Thanks
Hi Abhi
As explained before you already have 2 choices that can be used with the Half Fare card, the Saver Day and the 1 day pass, and I have already explained regarding the price fluctuations, please click on the links to read the full explanation and details of where to buy them.
The third choice which is not as economical is to get point to point tickets, although it would be the simplest way and least hassle: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/switzerland halffare
Maria.
Thank You very much Maria. You made it a lot easy now.
I got 1 last Question for you.. 🙂 Do the point to point tickets prices vary or are they always constant?
Regards, Abhi
No problem, the point to point ticket prices stay the same 🙂
Maria.
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