Hello! I'll be traveling with my husband and two teens to Switzerland in mid-June. We're pricing out tickets and plan on getting the Good Morning tickets for the Jungfraujoch if the weather is good. Question I have - should we purchase these tickets a day or two before or can they be purchased the morning that we go? Thanks!
Posted by
San Diego, California
6370 posts
Wait until you have a weather report. Probably the day before. Enjoy!
Posted by
Bend, OR
1402 posts
Last summer, we purchased the morning we went. Try to do as early as possible, it was clouded in by the time we came back down at around 2 pm.
Posted by
Nashville, TN
914 posts
That ticket is really only an advantage if you have no other passes/discount cards. Are you not getting any of those for your trip?
Posted by
OP
3 posts
We have to rent a car because we are visiting friends/family who live further away from easier public transport. I had hoped to do the trains but the extra fees for dropping off in a different country don't make any economic sense for this trip. Glad that the Good Morning ticket is an option!
Posted by
Nashville, TN
914 posts
So are you saying that the only train transportation you're doing in all of Switzerland is Jungfraujoch? You're never going anywhere else only accessible by cable car/train? If you're wanting to explore the mountains, even with a car you still have to take public transportation and it adds up quicker than you think, so you may end up still wanting to get something like a half fare card, unless everything else you're doing is just drivable.
Posted by
OP
3 posts
Don’t need the hate. Just had a question about the Good Morning ticket that works for my family trip.
Posted by
Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
35023 posts
there's no hate there, sorry you feel so sad. Avery experienced volunteer trying to save you money and hassle.
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Posted by
Switzerland
220 posts
The Good Morning Ticket used to be cheaper, but now it gives only a 15% discount.
Good Morning Ticket is 182.00 return including mandatory seat reservation. You can only use it on the first two trains going up (or first three, depending on the season).
A ticket for any time of the day with HFC costs 120.00 including seat reservation
So if you are going up other mountains, which generally cost 60.00/person or more, it could be worth your while to get the HFC. It also gives you half price on boats, busses and trains.
https://www.sbb.ch/en/tickets-offers/tickets/guests-abroad/swiss-half-fare-card.html