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Available to use from any Swiss
Airport or border station.
- Good for one inbound rail journey from any
Swiss airport or border station to any single
destination
in Switzerland and for an outbound journey
from any single destination in Switzerland
to any
Swiss Airport or border station.
- Each journey to and from the airport or
border point must be completed in a calendar
day.
Stopovers are permitted during the journey.
- The ticket is valid on the most direct route
and cannot be used on the Glacier Express
Line.
- Validity: 1 month
General
Information
Free Swiss Family Card
For families travelling together, the free Swiss
Family Card allows children under 16 years
to travel free of charge when accompanied by
a parent (including step and foster parents).
Excludes reservation fees.
- Valid
with all Swiss products (Swiss Pass, Swiss
Flexipass, Swiss Saverpass, Swiss Saver Flexipass,
Swiss Transfer Ticket and Swiss Card).
- Children
aged 6 - 15yrs inclusive who are not members
of the family qualify for a 50% reduction
on all Swiss Travel System tickets.
Extra information
Benefits
Are:
- Access
to scenic trains (Bernina Express, Glacier
Express, Golden Pass, William Tell
Express).
Reservations are compulsory and fees
vary by train.
- Special
passholder fares on TrainHotel Elipsos connecting
Switzerland and Spain (Zurich-Barcelona).
Valid only with a Swiss Pass or Swiss
Flexipass. Not valid with the Swiss Card
or Swiss Transfer
ticket.
Special passholder fares on Lyria (France-Switzerland
TGV) and Geneve Med. Valid with a Swiss
Pass or Swiss Flexipass. Not valid
with the Swiss
Card or Swiss Transfer ticket.
- Special
passholder fares on CityNightLine (from/to
Switzerland routes). Valid
with a Swiss Pass
or Swiss Flexipass. Not valid with
the Swiss Card or Swiss Transfer
ticket.
Note: Passholder Fares - passes must
be validated prior to boarding the
first train and travel
must be completed by midnight on
the last day of validity of the pass.
On
some trains,
a
Passholder Fare may necessitate the
use of a travel day
on the pass.
-
Special free or discounted travel
bonuses: for a full list, pls refer
to Swiss
Travel System
maps issued with the pass. Bonus
partners and applicable discounts
include:
- Mountain
Railways - cable cars and mountain trains
not included
in the
Swiss Travel System
range
of passes offer a 25% discount
(must be booked locally - Swiss
Card holders
receive a 50% reduction. No discount for Swiss
Transfer tickets). Please
refer to the STS map.
- Rent-a-bike
- 4000 bikes for rent at 150 railway stations.
Reduced
rates
for full
or half day
rentals.
- Rent-a-ski
- approx. 10% discount on ski and other winter
equipment
rentals.
www.swissrent.com
- Basel
- 50% discount on the "Basel Card".
- Bern
- 20% discount on a guided walking tour through
the old
town/ clock
tower or guided
city bus tours.
- Geneva:
20% discount on guided day tours
- Lausanne
- 20% discount on guided city tours.
www.lausanne-tourisme.ch
- Schaffhausen
- 20% discount on guided
city tour.
- Zuerich
- 50% discount on guided city
walking tours.
- Gubelin
- 8% discount on all
watches
and jewellery.
- RailAway
- various discounts
on
exhibitions,
musicals,
museums and
events. Bookings
can
be mad at
major railway
stations
in Switzerland.
Fare
Types
- Residents
of Switzerland & Liechtenstein
are not eligible to purchase or use a Swiss
Travel System product.
- Passes
must be validated prior to boarding the
first train / first use of a travel bonus.
- Passes
must be validated within 6 months of issuing
date by a railway official in
Switzerland.
- All
parties must be present when validating
a Saverpass.
- Seat
reservation fees are an additional charge
and not inclusive in the cost
of the pass.
- Comprehensive
conditions of use can be found on the ticket
cover.
-
Passes
must be presented unused and not validated
for refund. No
partial refunds.
-
A
25% cancellation fee plus GST (only in
Australia) applies to totally unused
passes returned within one year of issuing
date
-
Swiss
Passes cannot be refunded or reissued
if lost or stolen.
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Bonuses
Bonus
offers can only be obtained in Europe, from the
local ticket office of the granting
company. Your rail pass must be valid in the
country in question.
Pass holders are entitled to a variety of
bonuses including numerous shipping lines.
Holders of a Eurail Flexipass, Eurail Selectpass
or Eurail Regional Pass please note that a
free bonus requires the use of a travel day;
reduced offers do not required the use of
a travel day. For reduced travel, the Pass
must be valid for the country of departure
or the country of arrival. For free travel,
the Pass must be valid in the country of departure
and the country of arrival. For domestic shipping
lines and all other bonus offers; the Pass
must be valid in the country in question.
Where a free passage on international ferry
routes is offered, your pass must be valid
for the country of departure AND the country
of arrival. Where a discounted passage is
offered, your pass must be valid for the country
of departure OR the country of arrival. When
traveling at reduced rate, you may travel
at any time, provided it is while your pass
is valid, even if all the travel days in the
calendar have been used up.
Only the following companies will honor your
Pass. Arrange your free or discount travel
locally, and always confirm that the company
you are dealing with actually honors the bonus
discount.
Bonuses
available:
Switzerland
Passes
Swiss Museum Pass
The
Swiss Pass, Swiss Youth Pass and Swiss Flexi
Pass are alsogive free admission to more
than 450 museums and exhibits in Switzerland
(www.museumspass.ch)"Inclusive of Swiss
Museum Pass" will be mentioned on your
coupon. The choice includes some of the most
popular museums, including:
- Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne
- The Swiss Open-Air Museum Ballenberg
- The Olympic Museum in Lausanne
- The spanking new Paul Klee Centre in Bern
- Most art and natural history museums
- The Museum of the International Red Cross/Red
Crescent in Geneva
- Numerous historical castles
Mountain
Top Trains & Cable Cars
- 50%
discount with the Swiss Pass, Swiss Flexi
Pass, Swiss Youth Pass and Swiss Card on
Cable cars and Mountain trains not included
in the
Swiss travel System range of passes. Please
refer to STS map or enquire at the relevant
mountain railway/cable-car station.
- Exception:
on the Kleine Scheidegg-Jungfraujoch route,
holders of Swiss (Saver) Pass, Swiss
(Saver) Flexi Pass and Swiss Youth Pass
are entitled to 25% discount.
- 20%
discount on the normal fare of the Furka
Cogwheel Steam Train : (www.furka-bergstrecke.ch)
- 20%
discount on the entrance fee in the Swiss
Miniatur Museum: (www.swissminiatur.ch)
- The
Swiss Flexi Pass also offers 50%
discount on the entire Swiss
Travel
System network (trains,
buses, boats, cable cars) on the
days they have not validated for
free travel,
but only
between the first and the last
day of free travel.
Guided city tours
- Basel
: 50% discount on the guided city tour
- Bern
: 20% discount on guided walking tour through
old town/clock tower or guided
city
bus tours
- Geneva
: 20% discount on the guided city tour
- Lausanne
: 20%
discount on guided city tours (www.lausanne-tourisme.ch)
- Lucerne
: 20% discount on the guided city stroll
- Schaffhausen
: 50% discount on guided city tour
- Zuerich
: 50%
discount on guided city walking tours
RailAway is a Swiss Travel System's bonus
partner and is offering remarkable
rebates (up to 30%)
to holders of a Swiss Travel System ticket
on the following offers and programs: Fun
(ideal for kids and adults), Active
(meant for sporty
types), Monthly Special, Musicals, Exhibitions,
Museums and Events as well as Rail Experiences.
All these programs can easily be booked at
major train stations in Switzerland, or by
phone (0900 300 300 CHF 1.19/mn) or on the
internet www.railaway.com Important: discounts are availed upon presentation
of valid Swiss Travel System tickets. In order
to avail of a discount on a Ski Pass for example,
clients will get a reduced ticket (from the
RailAway offer) at major train station in Switzerland,
upon presentation of their valid Swiss Travel
System ticket. The discount will not be available
at the skilift.
A complete list of all bonus partners, including
the services / reductions offered, will be
communicated in the Swiss Travel System brochure
and on the synoptic maps handed out with every
Swiss Travel System ticket. The reductions
offered are only valid between the first and
the last day validated of the Swiss pass.
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