Group tickets cost for children with half fare card

Dephead200409

I travel from the uk as leader with 9 children 5-16 and 10 adults 16+ There are 4 families. In each of the families, one adult will buy a half fare card = 4 half fare cards. Does this mean the children in the four families 5 to 16 are free or do they pay 30% on a group ticket?

How do I show this online please?

FatimaH

Hello Dephead200409

Thank you for your query.

Children and young people between 6 and until their 25 year have 30% discount on the half fare price in the group ticket. If you enter all persons online, you will get the correct group price. You can find all info here: https://sbb-tickets.cc/en/travelcards-and-tickets/tickets-for-switzerland/group-tickets.html

I wish you a pleasant stay within Switzerland.

Kind regards,
FatimaH

Dephead200409

FatimaH Thank you FatimaH. The difficulty is that when travelling from the uk, children of holders of half fare cards travel free. This is better than a 30% discount! So do I book the group of 10 adults online as a group with half fare cards and full fare discount of 30% and the children just travel free without seat reservations or do I book the whole group of 19 as a group. If I do this, then, how can I avoid paying for the free 9 children? Can the train station at basel sort this out? I’d prefer to do it online.