[Anonymous]

13 January 2020 at 7:17:42 #824875

HI

I will be spending 6 weeks in Switzerland in June and July, but will also be going to France and Germany for weekends.

What is the best sim to buy for prepaid data and some call time? Can it be purchased at Zurich airport or beforehand online?

Thank you

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[rockoyster]

Reply 1 of 4 • 13 January 2020 at 10:02:06 #927910

Hello Smithy and Welcome to MySwissAlps,

I can only comment on Switzerland.

For the best value data SIM you can’t go past shop.salt.ch/en/plans/prepay/

The actual offer may be hidden behind a 50% discount pop up which you have to dismiss to see the real deal. Hit the “X” at top right hand corner of the pop up.

It is not officially endorsed by MySwissAlps but I used this SIM when I visited in 2017 and 2019 and found it great value and excellent coverage.

CHF19.95 (when I used this SIM in 2017 it was only CHF10 but still great value) gets you 10 days unlimited high-speed data (assuming you use it only for data and not calls as well).

Swisscom offer a CHF2/day pre-paid deal but they have a limit of 10Gb/month and speeds are limited to 10Mbps download and 2Mbps upload which is probably OK if you primarily want to use the SBB mobile app. But don’t go trying to stream Netflix HD on that!

If you want unlimited calls and data the Sunrise have a pretty compelling deal (http://www.sunrise.ch/medias/sys_master/Factsheets/Factsheets/hef/hc7/8974911078430/B03-Factsheet-Sunrise-Prepaid-Unlimited-EN.pdf).

Make sure your phone is not locked to your home provider. If it is then the Traveller’s WiFi is the go. See http://www.myswissalps.com/simcard.

[User]

Reply 2 of 4 • 13 January 2020 at 21:42:57 #927911

Hi guys,

I will be on Zurich airport at 5:10pm on July 16,2020

Is there any salt mobile phone store on the airport so I can get SIM card.

I am also leaving for Lauterbrunnen immediately, so if there is no salt store on airport where else I can get it.

Also please let us know how is salt coverage on JANGFRAU peak.

Need help, thanks

[rockoyster]

Reply 3 of 4 • 13 January 2020 at 21:54:04 #927912

Hello Ashley

There is a Salt store at the airport. See http://www.salt.ch/en/store-locator/.

Coverage is excellent. Good luck getting to the peak of the Jungfrau. The train only takes you to Jungfraujoch. Pack crampons for the rest of the journey. 😉

Salt support are very responsive – see http://www.salt.ch/en/contact/ for contact form.

[User]

Reply 4 of 4 • 13 January 2020 at 22:29:00 #927913

Thanks a lot rockoyster,

Really appreciate your quick response.