nrr

But they must have been from spots at least 50 km away.(?)

dinoscool3

Ahhh, that's it, I come from LUG.

SwissBritMiss

Yep, supersavers only available if it's not a "local" distance. They are occasionally available on the day of purchase, but the times are likely to be extremely limited. Funnily enough, the Zurich - Luzern route seems to have a lot more availability than other routes I regularly take.

Artemio

Actually, if I look up (right now: 12:26 PM) for a super saver ticket from ZRH to Lucern for today. The earliest I get is the 20:47 departing train for tonight for 18.- CHF.

Duke787

I know this is last minute but I'm still confused and hoping someone will chime in.

I'm heading tomorrow night to ZRH for work. I basically have Sunday to explore and then have to get to work. I'd like to take a train somewhere with nice scenery / mountains / lake / etc., it seems like Jungfrau may be a good option.

This late though it seems like a roundtrip train can be upwards of 250-350CHF. However there's this Swiss Transfer Ticket (http://www.swisstravelsystem.co.uk/e...affiliateid=71) that would seem like a good option since I fly into ZRH and could just hop straight on the train and go to/from ZRH and then at the end of the day just take a cab back to my hotel?

greg5

Skip the Jungfrau, the weather is forecasted to be awful until Monday. Though, the train itself is kind of interesting to ride on its own. Once. Anyways, I don't think the Swiss Transfer Ticket will get you to the top of the Jungfrau anyways, but I could be wrong.

One relatively cheap option is to take the trip up the Uetlibahn, though there are no lakes up that way. It goes out of the Züri HB https://www.zvv.ch/zvv/en/travelcard...day-pass.html, and a trip to the Türlersee would pack a lake in as well https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/uetliberg-albispass-lake-tuerler.html I was at the Türlersee last weekend for a walk around, and it was pretty nice. Lunch at the Albishaus on the Albispass is at reasonable in price for Switzerland. Last weekend their special was CHF 26 for soup and main. And the food was very good. You can, of course, link all of the places on the walk planned by myswitzerland with public transportation and skip the walk between them.

Another option would be to go to Luzern, see what the weather is going to be like, and then take a trip up Pilatus, if it's not too bad. The Rigi is another option.

If you're into wine tasting, there is a huge wine event on the Lake Ferries moored at Bürkliplatz going on currently. You can find more info on that at expovina.ch.

SwissBritMiss

If you can decide today, then you can get the day saver ticket still for 100Fr. It will take you anywhere on the Swiss network except most "tourist" cable cars and trains (ie those going to unpopulated placed on a mountain) , on which you get a discount. May not be worth it if you are not going far, hence decide and check prices for a standard ticket first.

Duke787

This is what I love about FT. Very much appreciated! Looking at prices might just grab the day saver pass and then I can have some flexibility to go where I want to go tomorrow at a set cost since it looks like basically everything other than Zurich to Lucerne would cost more than the day pass

EDIT: To add I'm confused once again since it appears a day saver can only be purchased if you have a half-price card (which I don't have). Hmmm

Artemio

Sorry, I'm not able to find the page in english, but you may give it a try here

you got an hour for the booking

greg5

Just a reminder that the weather is supposed to be horrible tomorrow. Fairly strong winds at about 80 km/h.

greg5

It's here. But it's 52chf for those without a half-fare card. It' says that it's 106chf on the next, but just click on that link and you'll get the half-price discount on the page after that. Sadly, the SBB site isn't quite a clear as it used to be.

Artemio

Interesting to see that you'll get the best value of it if you buy the pass at least 10 days prior the travel day. I've just learned something ^

Duke787

Thank you all! Managed to get it done with 3 minutes to spare while waiting for my flight to ZRH to depart. At least now my cost is fixed and I can just see what makes sense from a weather standpoint tomorrow (that's a whole different story though open to any recommendations!) once I get to the hotel.

Thanks again!!

greg5

Here's a webcam showing the top of Pilatus. That will give you an idea of what to expect from the views today. Pretty much in the cloud as I write this.

The Rigi is looking a good bit better this morning.

What I would probably do, is to head over to Luzern. Many of the train stations have free wifi. Zürich and Luzern both do. When you arrive, have a look at the webcams for Pilatus and Rigi. Then decide if one of them is decent.

Plan B: When you get to Luzern, and the weather atop the Rigi and Pilatus is bad. I would then take the train across the Brünig, futher to Interlaken, and then up Wengen or Grindelwald (If you have time, otherwise just continue from Interlaken), then back to Zürich via Bern (or if you have time, back over the Brünig via Luzern to Zürich).

Since you have the pass, you can just hop on any train you wish. But check the schedules on the SBB site.

greg5

Indeed. There are nice deals to be had in 1st class that far out.