Bernina express train and bus reservations

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    20 March 2017 at 18:38:04 #811135

    Hope you all keeping well.

    do i need to pay twice for bernina trip reservations ? One seat reservation fee of 14 CHF from Chur to Tirano. And another 14 csf from Tirano to Lugano by bus?. Travelling in 17 th May and will buy STP.

    Also will stay in Luzern , what should be ideal to catch bernina. From Chur or Lugano? I m planning from Lugano so can wake up a bit late.

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    21 March 2017 at 8:06:02 #860273

    Hi Shaah,

    Yes, you do need separate reservations – one for the train seat and one for the bus seat.

    Do you mean Tirano or Chur to catch the Bernina Express? I assume you want to start at one of those end points?

    Regards,
    Lucas

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    21 March 2017 at 22:24:47 #860274

    Hi Lucas,

    The seat reservation for the Bernina Express is a return ticket or single journey?

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    22 March 2017 at 6:09:37 #860275

    Hi Ayu132280 and welcome to MySwissAlps!

    Reservations for any train would be for a single, one-way trip.

    Lucas

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    22 March 2017 at 6:55:36 #860276

    Thanks ayu133380

    I was going to ask the same question today. And ofcourse many thanks to Lucas for helping us up.

    Lucas do you know is the STP refundable? In case i cant make the journey to swiss.

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    22 March 2017 at 8:25:21 #860277

    Hi Shaah,

    I believe you can cancel but there is a fee for doing so. They don’t run out of Swiss Travel Passes, so the best option is to wait until you are sure you are going before you buy it.

    When bought online you will get the pass emailed to you within a couple business days and then you can print at home – so no rush!

    Lucas

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    22 March 2017 at 11:43:22 #860278

    Thanks.

    speak the truth i was planning to buy now cos if the Brexit triggers next week pound might go down so STP prices will go up due to scf currency exchange with gbp. I will buy quite a few STP for myself and friends going with me .

    Arno
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    22 March 2017 at 15:16:28 #860279

    Right now it’s indeed cheaper to buy online and pay in GBP, see here. Difficult to say what will happen. If the exchange rate changes more than a bit, pass prices in GBP usually change along with it not much later.

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