My husband and I will be traveling from Interlaken to Florence via Spiez & Milan. We need to travel on May 25th and I was wondering if we should try and buy our tickets through SBB.CH or just wait until we get to Switzerland.
Posted by
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2779 posts
Will you be able to buy it off a Swiss clerk speaking German with a heavy Swiss accent? If you must travel on the 25th of May anyway why not get it over with and buy the ticket online?
Posted by
Green Bay
20979 posts
When I checked the other day at SBB, there was a savings fare with a 68 chf price verses std price of 117 chf. That would be an incentive to buy now if the date is set.
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
At this relatively late date, the Swiss Rail site doesn't show any discount fares for 25 May. It only shows a standard fare of 148 CHF (€121) for Interlaken Ost - Firenze. If you're willing to do some extra work, you could save a little money this way: 1. Buy tickets for Interlaken Ost - Spiez in Interlaken. The fare is 10.80 CHF (€9). 2. Book Spiez - Firenze (one connection at Milano Centrale) on trenitalia.com. The lowest fares still available are €62 for Spiez - Milano and €29 for Milano - Firenze.