1 Day travel pass and Saver day pass it is same pass?

SergiuV

I want to travel with my family 2 Adults and 2 childrens of 4 and 7 years from Tirano to st.Moritz. When I make reservation and have Saver day pass I should select seat reservation only and pay for seat reservation or I should choose 1 Day travel pass and reserve seatt for free?

Thanks!

VlaznimA

Hello SergiuV

Seat reservations are additional purchases and are not included with the ticket. In this case, you will need to reserve a seat separately to your day pass if seat reservation is mandatory. You can find this out from the legend in the timetable.

Have a nice day.

Kind regards, VlaznimA.

lolitajimmy92

VlaznimA

Hello

How do you reserve seats? When I try to purchase a journey from Interlaken to Lugano, all the way to Lake Como doesn’t work, it converts them to Saver Day Passes, but doesn’t mention the train anymore nor seem to reserve seats. Please help.

Thanks

RolandP

Hello lolitajimmy92

We are thankful if you do not post the same question multiple times. Just be patient for someone to answer, we are usually fast in doing so. We are all volunteers and answer questions in our spare time. If you post the same question multiple times, it multiplies our workload 🙂

For us, guessing the issue is always difficult and not efficient. Please let us know the travel date and time you want to travel, so we can check on our end. Will you travel via Lucerne or Domodossola? What is your preferred route?

On national Swiss trains (with some exceptions for panoramic trains (PE)), seat reservations are optional and to be paid extra. Our trains have the free seating approach. A standard fare ticket is good for any train serving the route.

A Saver Day Pass is not valid for Como. It is a ticket that is valid on the Swiss public transit network only. You would need an additional ticket for the Italian stretch from Chiasso to Como.

Kind regards,
Roland

lolitajimmy92

Hallo Roland,

Thanks for the helpful message. I am sorry to post twice with similar questions because I am eager to clarify different topics. Instead of asking questions about what I think I should be doing, I will summarize below my travel plans, and you, with your extensive knowledge of SBB, will be able to tell me the most effective way to travel at the best cost in Switzerland. We arrive by plane from the USA in Zurich and stay three nights. We will also stay three nights at Interlaken before heading to Italy.

We are four travelers: two adults, one youth, and one child who will be 11 years old during the travel dates.

We intend to travel with luggage and get first class for convenience. Further, I had read some comments from past travelers that they had trouble finding seats and carrying luggage upstairs, so I thought getting first class and reserving seats when traveling with four of us and luggage would be essential.

Zurich to Interlaken Ost (mid-June): We will ideally take the train leaving Zurich for Luzern at 12:10 and arrive in Interlaken Ost at 14:55. This route has a PE train, which we want to take.

Interlaken Ost - Grindelwald - Lauterbrunnen - Interlaken Ost: We plan to take the trains to visit the two towns and move to the next town once finished. Here you told me to go to the train station and buy a round trip for all of us for the day. We wanted to go to Jungfrau but saw tour providers suggest a journey of around 6 hours with a stop in either Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen, which is too long before taking a 5+ hour ride to Como. I’m unsure of your thoughts on how long it would take to do it ourselves. We believe it is best to stick with visiting Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald.

Interlaken Ost—Zurich—Lugano: (I need to go to Como, but I can’t select Como as the final destination on SBB.ch.) We plan to take the 9:00 a.m. train to Zurich and change trains to Lugano.

The total number of days we would be in Switzerland using a train is six days. I considered the Swiss Travel Pass, a six-day version, but I believe it is cheaper to buy the trips separately and choose Supersaver Day passes. It seems the combination of Swiss Half Fare Cards and Supersaver Day passes offers savings that are less than the fee for the Swiss Half Fare Cards at 120 CHF. Finally, I was concerned that we wouldn’t find seats when we got on the train because we didn’t have specific trains and seats on tickets versus Supersave Day passes for specific journeys only.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards,
Jimmy