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Hi Ashima,
The 3 working days is the absolute maximum. During business hours you usually the receive the pass within hours. The advantage of buying the pass online and printing it yourself is not so much the price (although in some case you can save online). It’s about saving time because of skipping the queue and it’s about having a backup pass: if you lose the pass you can simply print it again. You can’t do that with a pass you buy from a ticket counter. Such a pass can’t be recovered.
If you visit http://www.swissrailways.com/ en, then mind the delivery options they show after filling out your address: pick “Online Ticket” from the bottom of the list. You’d normally receive it tomorrow (Friday). But if not, you will get it in time in any case as it’s simply a PDF document sent by e-mail. You can print it anywhere (home, airport, hotel).
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Hello Ashima, I bought the 8 day pass yesterday at Geneva airport.It took less than 5 minutes and it was the official swiss railway price of 376CHF. It could not have been easier. No problems.
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Welcome to MySwissAlps Milly!
I’m glad it worked out for you. I’ve seen ticket counters with nobody waiting and I’ve seen long lines, particularly in popular places like Zurich, Zurich airport, Interlaken, etc. It really depends.
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Thanks for your replies Arno and Milly. I have bought the pass last night online hoping it will reach me on time.
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one can it easily on train stations and airport both
not a big issue
both the choices are ok ( online or over the counter in cash )
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Do I understand this right? If I buy my pass at the counter I would have to pay cash? If they do not take credit card would I need Swiss franc or would they take Euro?
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Hi Ashima
Have u got your pass??
In how many days and from where u have ordered it??
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HI Dianefamily,
You can pay with a credit card at the SBB railway office – no worries! They would also accept Euros as well.
Lucas
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Hi himarora,
I booked my passes online via http://www.swissrailways.com
I got it within 24 hours on my email id.