Swiss pass, Swiss Half-Fare card or Swiss card?

Hi lhm17, and welcome to the forum! According to my calculations, a Swiss Half Fare Card is the cheapest option, whether you decide to include the trip to the Jungfraujoch or not. It costs only CHF 99.00 and allows you to make all your trips with a 50% discount.

If you decide not to get up to the Jungfraujoch, the price difference between a Swiss Half Fare Card and a 4 day Swiss Saver Pass is quite small. A 4 day Swiss Saver Pass wouldn't cover your last and least expensive trip from Lucerne to Basel, but it would allow you to travel for free on regular trains, without the need to purchase tickets for each trip, during the first 4 days of your stay. A 50% discount applies to the Gornergrat. The total costs for this solution would be CHF 290.00, whereas the total costs with a Swiss Half Fare Card in this case would be CHF 273.20.

I hope this helps you out!

Hello hazmel, and welcome! Your Swiss Card will grant a 50% or 25% discount on many mountain railways and cable cars in the Lauterbrunnen area, so this may suffice. Please take a look at the map linked to on the Swiss Card page, which gives an exact overview of the Swiss Card's validity in this region.

If you plan to travel very intensively on some days, you could supplement your Swiss Card with either a Regional-Pass Bernese Oberland or a Jungfrau Railways Pass. The Regional-Pass Bernese Oberland is valid during either 7 or 15 days, and contains either 3 or 5 days of free travelling within the Bernese Oberland on days which don't have to be consecutive. On the remaining days, a 50% discount applies (but your Swiss Card provides comparable discounts). The Jungfrau Railways Pass allows 6 consecutive days of free travel within the Jungfrau region.

I doubt whether purchasing one of these passes is more economical than simply using the discounts your Swiss Card offers. Only if some long and expensive journeys will be made, this might be the case. Exact calculations, based on a detailed list of your travel plans, would have to be made to figure this out.

Hi pkohli, welcome to this forum!

This FAQ explains how to select the most economical pass. A 4-day Swiss Saver Pass would be your best option. It would cost you less than half the amount regular tickets would cost.

Hi sfbb28, and welcome to the forum!

The fares for the Jungfrau region can be found here. I would say that the Swiss Half Fare Card is the cheapest option as it provides more discount on the Jungfrau. But you can calculate exactly if you want, using this FAQ and the link to the fares I just provided. If you want to be flexible and be able to do more trips than just the ones you listed, a Swiss Youth Pass is definitely better. It would, for example, allow you to do a free boat trip from Interlaken or Luzern.

Pick the Jungfrau if you're interested in a magnificent piece of railway engineering and want to see a glacier up close. Otherwise, the Schilthorn is great as well: a beautiful 360 degree view across the region. Both are great but very different.

I removed your other post as it contained the same questions. Also, feel free to open a new topic rather than attaching your questions to an old one. More people will notice that way. Please check our forum rules for details.

Have fun!

Hello Maki, and welcome! The Swiss Half Fare Card seems to be the best choice for your trip, since you're mostly making rather short trips. You could make some calculations to know for sure.

By the way, would you mind opening a new topic for your questions, rather than attaching them to an older post, as asked for in our forum rules? Thank you!