Saver Day Pass and Luzern-Interlaken Express

JayLB

We purchased two 1 Class Saver Day Passes for July 2025. When purchasing, we thought we were booking the actual reservations but it only shows a Day Pass and not a roundtrip ticket/reservation. How do we reserve times and seats for the Luzern-Interlaken Express for that day?

RolandP

Hello JayLB

Welcome to the SBB Community.

Swiss train tickets never come with seat reservations. We locals use our trains like others use buses in their city: by hopping on / off as we like; the obligation for seat reservations would mean a great hindrance to us.

Please read our guide on this subject:

https://community.sbb.ch/blog/23887-demystifying-seat-reservations-on-swiss-trains-a-comprehensive-guide

Here is the link to make optional seat reservations on the LIX, Luzern-Interlaken-Express:

https://store.luzern.com/luzern_en/specials/daytrips/zentralbahn-int-lu

A Saver Day Pass allows you to use the entire public transit network at will for the whole day. You just walk in or hop on / hop off as you like.

Apart from Supersaver tickets and at least for domestic travel, the selection of a particular connection during the ticket purchase process does not mean, you have to take that train as indicated on the schedule. The ticketing system needs your selection of a particular connection in order to calculate the available ticket offers; for longer distances the Saver Day Pass is one of them when the ticket is purchased online.

Kind regards,
Roland

JayLB

Thank you for the prompt reply. If I understand it correctly, with the Day Passes we’ve already purchased, we only need to purchase seat reservations (for the same day as the Passes) using the link you provided, and then we should be good to go?

RolandP

Hello JayLB

Yes, but:

Replace the word ‘need’ with ‘could’. You could purchase seat reservations. There is no obligation to do so.

If you think it makes sense and you feel more comfortable knowing you will have your seats, then go with the link provided.

Kind regards,
Roland

JayLB

Makes sense, thank you for clarifying.