Swiss Pass, Half Fare Card or 4 day Swiss Card

svrider

1 post
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Jun 14, 2011 - 7:43 PM

Hello,

This is my itinerary for a 7 day trip to Switzerland with the point-to-point train trips I will need.

Day
1 Zurich Lucerne
2 Lucerne Mt. Pilatus
3 Lucerne Interlaken
4 Interlaken Lauterbrunnen
4 Lauterbrunnen Murren (RT)
4 Murren Schilthorn (RT)
5 Lauterbrunnen Wengen (RT)
5 Wengen Jungfraujoch (RT)
6 Lauterbrunnen Zermatt
6 Zermatt Matterhorn (RT)
7 Zermatt Bern

Bern Munich (already booked)

What would be my best option from the following 3?

a) Swiss Pass starting from Zurich to Lucerne and Zermatt to Bern with 50% everywhere in between
b) Half Fare card everywhere
c) 4 day consecutive saver pass (2 of us) for days 4-7 and full price otherwise.

Thanks,
Nivas

Arno

14658 posts
expert &
moderator

Jun 15, 2011 - 2:27 AM

Hi svrider,

You can calculate exactly if you want, but from my experience I would say that option b (Swiss Half Fare Card) is the cheapest. It seems like you mean a Swiss Flexi Pass with option a, buit there isn't a 2-day version available, and also Zurich - Lucerne is relative short to use a free travel day for. Option c would be expensive as days 4-7 start with 2 days of short trips and also the Swiss Saver Pass gets you less discount on the Jungfraujoch than the Swiss Half Fare Card.

Does this help?

MySwissAlps.com recommends to read this:
All Swiss rail passes How to choose a pass?

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