Swiss Travel Pass vs Half Fare Card calculator

Prices last checked: 27 October 2026 · Pass prices are valid until 31 Dec 2026

Add the journeys you plan to make, or a rough total, and the calculator prices the same trip six ways: full-fare tickets, Swiss Half Fare Card, Swiss Travel Pass, Swiss Travel Pass Flex, and Saver Day Passes with or without the Half Fare Card.

1. Traveller

Age group Class

Children aged 6–15 travel free with a parent who holds any of these passes or the Half Fare Card, using the free Swiss Family Card. Children under 6 always travel free. So price the trip for the adults only.

2. Your journeys I know my routes I only have a rough full-fare estimate

Add each one-way journey and the day of your trip it falls on (Day 1 = first day you travel). Fares are flexible point-to-point fares from the SBB shop. For a route not in the list, choose "Other" and type its full fare from sbb.ch.

3. Mountain excursions Jungfraujoch from Interlaken Ost on day Season Rigi Kulm return (cogwheel train) on day Another excursion: full price CHF , pass discount on day

Check the operator's site for the exact pass discount on other mountains. "Up to 50%" is common, but it is not universal: Jungfraujoch is only about 25% off with the pass.

4. Saver Day Pass prices Assume

Saver Day Passes are sold only in advance (1 day to 6 months ahead), in limited numbers, and are rarely refundable. Prices change with demand.

The calculator needs JavaScript. The worked examples in Swiss Travel Pass vs Half Fare Card show the same maths for 3-, 4-, 8- and 15-day trips.

How the calculator works

No pass: the sum of full-fare tickets and full-price excursions.
Swiss Half Fare Card: CHF 150 for one month, plus Half Fare prices for every journey and excursion. On some short routes the discount is less than 50% because of minimum fares.
Swiss Travel Pass: the shortest pass (3, 4, 6, 8 or 15 consecutive days) that covers your first to last travel day, plus what excursions still cost with the pass. Rigi is free with the pass.
Swiss Travel Pass Flex: the calculator tries 3, 4, 6, 8 and 15 Flex days. It uses them on your most expensive days and prices any remaining days at full fare, then shows the cheapest combination. All Flex days must fall within one month.
Saver Day Passes: a Saver Day Pass is only bought for days where it costs less than tickets. On the Jungfrau line, a day pass covers you as far as Grindelwald, Wengen or Mürren, so you pay only the mountain section. With a Half Fare Card, that section is half price.

Things the calculator ignores: seat reservations on panorama trains (Glacier Express, Bernina Express and others; no pass covers them, see what they cost), luggage forwarding (prices), the free museum entry that comes with the Swiss Travel Pass, and Supersaver tickets, which can undercut full fares on specific trains.

Want the reasoning behind the numbers? Read Swiss Travel Pass vs Half Fare Card, Swiss Travel Pass vs Flex and what Jungfraujoch costs with each pass.

Sources

Every price and rule above was checked against these official pages on 2026-10-27. If something has changed, the operator's page is right and we are wrong. Please tell us.