Visiting Switzerland
Tips and tricks for people visiting Switzerland: routes, passes, budgeting and scenic journeys for travellers, not just residents.
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Miles & More in Switzerland: Is Frequent Traveller Status Worth It?
A practical guide to Miles & More from Switzerland: Frequent Traveller qualification, SWISS lounge rules, credit-card lounge limitations and a Wise alternative for newcomers.
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The Bernina Express on a budget: how we rode first class with the Half Fare Card
The Bernina Express is genuinely as scenic as the photos promise: glacier views, the Landwasser Viaduct, and the switchback climb over the Bernina Pass between Chur (or St. Moritz) and Tirano in Italy. What surprised us was how little of that experience needed to cost full price, even sitting in the panoramic first-class carriage the…