1st class Glacier Express with 2nd class rail pass

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    5 June 2019 at 22:26:14 #822060

    If I have an 8-day, 2nd Class, Swiss Travel Pass, can I reserve a 1st class seat for the Glacier Express, St Moritz to Zermatt and pay extra? Or is the only way to ride 1st class on the Glacier Express, is buy a 1st class 8-day Swiss Travel Pass?

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    rockoyster
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    5 June 2019 at 23:01:23 #914288

    Hello Babybl1017 and Welcome to MySwissAlps,

    If you are travelling with a 2nd Class Swiss Travel Pass but want to travel 1st Class on any particular trip you can buy a Class upgrade at any SBB station or using the SBB Mobile App or here bit.ly/2rZEIXh. You need to buy a route specific upgrade.

    If you buy on-line you need to nominate a Half-fare Card reduction to get the correct price. An upgrade will cost half the difference between 1st and 2nd class full-fares.

    You need to buy seat reservations to travel on the GEX.

    It is also possible to replicate the route on regular trains without reservations.

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    6 June 2019 at 21:35:42 #914289

    Thank you so much for the information. Have a wonderful day.

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