Hi. How do I reserve Glacier Express tix in advance with a rail pass? It seems simple, but when I clicked on a link from MySwissApls, it took me to a site called HappyRail. HappyRail offered to sell me reservations on a specific train but, when I checked on shop.glacierexpress.ch, that train was actually nearly sold out and had no seats together. I don't get it. Would I be paying for seats without actual reserved seats? Or would my family with 3 kids have to sit apart for 8 hours? It seems that the only way to find out if HappyRail would assign me seats with this reservation would be to pay for it. I don't like paying when I don't know what I'm buying. Thoughts?
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16895 posts
I would make the booking at shop.glacierexpress.ch or check again at a train station when you're there. I assume that this trip is coming up soon. I noticed that reserving from Brig instead of Zermatt (for instance, for test date this month) did bring up an afternoon departure with more space available to reserve. Another option would be to take unreserved trains on that route, but with more connections.
For further suggestions, please tell us your travel date.
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Knoxville, TN, USA
7209 posts
Beware booking via 3rd parties. Book directly with the source: