Priority Seat

Zurrezau47

Hello!

My wife and I have booked tickets for EC 61 from Spiez to Milano Centrale on November 26, 2026.

Our reserved seats are in coach 7, seats 14 and 16. However, seat 14 is marked as a “Priority Seat” on the ticket.

We are both healthy adults and do not require priority seating.

Are we allowed to use seat 14 since it was officially reserved and issued to us?

If we are allowed to use it, we would prefer to keep our current seats.

If this seat is restricted to passengers with reduced mobility or other special needs, would it be possible to change it to a regular seat without cancelling our existing tickets?

Thank you for your help!

Tafunge25

Hello Zurrezau47

I think not freeing up a priority seat might cause arguments if the train is super-full and a person in obvious need of a seat were to enter. Afterall, I think I do very much understand that a person with reduced mobility will want to take a seat. To be absolutely sure, why not contact the SBB support to maybe have a different seat allocated to you? https://www.sbb.ch/en/help-and-contact.html (I suggest you to contact them by phone or live-chat.)

If the exchange is refused, then I would recommend you to simply use the seats. I strongly doubt however that this train will be overly full, so worst case you are very likely to find a solution, either by you or that other person taking a free seat.

Krist

That seat is not restricted. You are allowed to use it. I would expect you to be able to just stay in that seat.

Its only if someone who is entitled to a priority seat boards, and this person was given a non priority seat that you might be requested to swap.