[Arno]

4 September 2018 at 17:39:44 #818223

Dear travelers,

There is a promotion for residents of Brazil and India. You can get one extra day of travel on the 4-day Swiss Travel Pass or two extra days on the 8-day Swiss Travel Pass. Please see here for details:

• Brazil: http://www.raileurope. com.br/pass/swiss-pass-527
• India: http://www.raileurope. co.in/pass/swiss-travel-pass-82

More information about this promotion:

• You can buy until December 26, 2018;
• The first travel of the pass can be no later than March 31, 2019;
• Extra travel days are available for 1st and 2nd class adult and youth passes;
• This promotion is only available for people with a billing address in the countries mentioned above, and only via the Rail Europe websites listed above;
• The passes will be e-mailed to you to print at home.

If you can’t take advantage of this promotion, then please keep an eye on http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass/promotio ns. We always publish the latest promotion there.

Enjoy your trips!

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[User]

Reply 1 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 3:23:39 #895612

Hi the extra bonus day is it available to travel from sept 8th? Also is this offer available for the Indian residents staying out of India ?

[User]

Reply 2 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 5:47:27 #895613

Hi Imran,

The promotion is happening now. The only restriction is buy before Dec. 26 and use before March 31, 2019.

As long as you book on the India RailEurope website above and have an Indian passport it should be fine. However, with promotions like these they sometimes issue physical passes (usually it’s via e-mail), to be shipped to your home address, and they may only allow an Indian address there. Also this mean that you need to allow some time for delivery. I can’t check as at the moment their site does not list the promoted passes for some reason. They should be back soon so you can have a look. Just start ordering and see what the options are.

[User]

Reply 3 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 6:10:24 #895614

Dear Lucas,

thanks for the feedback. I see the option on the Brazil’s link but don’t see On indian Website. How about getting this physically in Switzerland as I am traveling on 7th Sept. so that means not much time for physical pass delivery.

Looking forward for your reply.

Thanks again.

[User]

Reply 4 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 6:14:51 #895615

Yes, If the Indian website for RailEurope won’t email the pass to you and insists to physically mail it to an Indian address (or you can’t find the promotion yet) then you are out of luck I am afraid (with only 2 days before your departure).

RailEurope doesn’t have an office that you can go into in Switzerland and buy the Swiss Travel Pass.
You can buy the regular 4 day Swiss Travel Pass online or buy the 4 day pass in Switzerland (I’m not sure what your original plan was to buy the rail pass?)

[User]

Reply 5 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 6:20:56 #895616

Dear Lucas,

Thanks for the quick reply. I understood. Only option I have is to wait till offer is displayed on the rail Europe Indian website which is I don’t know why it’s not yet displayed.

My original plan was to take 8 days pass but my stay is only for 5 days.

Thanks.

[Arno]

Reply 6 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 6:43:38 #895617

Hi Imran,

I hope the Indian promo is back soon, but when looking at the one in Brazil they require physical shipping to Brazil only. So I don’t expect you to be able to take advantage of this unfortunately.

If you don’t travel much on your first or last day, a 4-day Swiss Travel Pass would be fine. You can get it with 5 minutes via e-mail though https://shop.switzerla ndtravelcentre.com/#/e n/home, or within 30 minutes and slightly cheaper via https://www.happyrail. com/en/pass/europe/swi tzerland/swiss-travel-pass-consecutive. Either way, double check that you select the correct first travel day while ordering.

[User]

Reply 7 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 8:42:15 #895618

Hi Lucas,

You are right, the promotion is not reflecting on the RailEurope website.

I found the same promotion on swisstours.com, is it reliable? Can I book it via swisstours.com?

Don’t want to take any risk so can easily forego 1 free day 🙂

Regards,

Swati

[Arno]

Reply 8 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 10:32:02 #895619

Hi Swati,

I have heard of them but don’t know anything about them. So I can’t say if they are credible or not. I did not see this promotion on their website by the way. Their standard prices in CHF are the same as the websites listed on this page: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass/price.

[User]

Reply 9 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 11:13:12 #895620

Hi Arno,

Thanks for the response. Will not book through their website then.

The 4+1 & 8+2 offer can be found using the following link:

swisstours.com/PassMtE x/Rail-Pass.aspx?FamilyId=100715&cntry= IN

Regards,

Swati

[User]

Reply 10 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 13:03:17 #895621

Thanks guys…

but the pass on swisstours will be couriered to Home country as mentioned on the site which is not help as I am travelling in couple of days.

Thanks.

[User]

Reply 11 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 15:16:02 #895622

Hi Imran

If you are based in Mumbai /Delhi.

You can walk into swisstours office and get the promotional swisspass by hand.

I did it last year.

Regards

Saurabh

[User]

Reply 12 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 15:32:35 #895623

Dear Sourabh,

Thanks for the info but I am based out of india.

[User]

Reply 13 of 54 • 5 September 2018 at 23:51:59 #895624

Hi , We will come on 3rd October to 7th October. We have USA passports and dual citizenship for India too and for that we have OCI card issued by Indian government. Is it considered for promotion of Swiss pass. ?

thank you

[User]

Reply 14 of 54 • 6 September 2018 at 3:34:36 #895625

Hi,

According to Swiss Tours web site it was established in 1977 and is a 100% subsidiary of Swiss Air. They have 2 offices in Bombay. We have done our stay arrangements through Swiss Tours and found them to be quite professional & helpful and have no reason to doubt their credibility.

[Arno]

Reply 15 of 54 • 6 September 2018 at 5:18:04 #895626

Hi Pshah1,

If you live in India it will work, as you need an Indian address to ship the pass to.

[User]

Reply 16 of 54 • 6 September 2018 at 5:38:54 #895627

Thanks a lot for the information Dilip.

[Arno]

Reply 17 of 54 • 6 September 2018 at 16:17:02 #895628

It looks like the Indian promotion is available again: http://www.raileurope. co.in/pass/swiss-travel-pass-82.

[User]

Reply 18 of 54 • 6 September 2018 at 18:31:31 #895629

Dear Arno,

Thanks for the update. But will the pass be issues electronically or it will be couriered to Home country. I am travelling tomorrow. Please if you can let me know urgently.

Thanks

[Arno]

Reply 19 of 54 • 7 September 2018 at 5:14:10 #895630

Hi Imran,

It’s only physical shipping to India unfortunately. You’d better buy your pass via https://shop.switzerla ndtravelcentre.com/#/e n/home. You’ll receive it via e-mail in 5 minutes.

Have a good trip!

[User]

Reply 20 of 54 • 12 September 2018 at 2:21:46 #895631

Hello Everyone,

I have booked the 8day STP (with 2 free travel days) pass for me and my husband and print@home version is available now in the Rail Europe India site.

Enjoy !