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Why are there no more DUO day tickets - previously CHF 54?

Warum gibt es keine DUO-Tageskarten mehr - früher 54.-- CHF

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Migros is offering single day tickets for 44.-- valid until the end of Nov. 2012 until Sept. 10 as a contribution M generation change to public transport. First of all, thank you for such a promotion. Nevertheless, I would like to raise a few points of criticism, even if this actually relates more to SBB, which issues these tickets via Migros.

1) The offer has clearly deteriorated compared to 2 years ago: for a couple or otherwise 2 people (who likes to travel alone!) it now costs CHF 88 compared to CHF 54 before.

2) Admittedly, in the previous promotion, 1 person had to have 1 Half-Fare Card, but public transport advocates have this and the invited 2nd person or spouse does not have to have it.

3) It is even more expensive than the municipal day pass, which costs around CHF 40. In addition, these communal day passes (do not require a Half-Fare travelcard) have the great advantage that they are not only valid from 9 am. This later validity is very important for residents of peripheral regions who have to allow 2 hours or more for the journey to Zurich alone.

4) Even if you travel from the outermost part of eastern Switzerland to the Lake Geneva region and only take a one-way ticket for the day pass, I prefer to spend the 3 hours later departure time in Zurich or Bern in between... I have a car and could avoid this disadvantage by first driving 1 1/2 hours to the Glatt center, where I arrive before 9 a.m. and have a free parking space...but whether that would make sense is another matter.

5) Admittedly, the card is weather-independent compared to the municipal day pass, but it is still very limited in time with the end of Nov. 2012.
a) Working people have to plan ahead anyway and if the weather doesn't work out, both offers would be ruined
b) Pensioners have greater flexibility and if they are not necessarily traveling during the school vacations, the municipal day passes are still available at short notice. The handling on the Internet is also well organized.

6) Another alternative to the Half-Fare travelcard - which I also use for spontaneous journeys - is a 6-day travelcard for CHF 320 (old price). - Also valid before 9 am...

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All replies (5)

Guest

Hello wef17

Thank you for your detailed message. I have passed on your request for clarification and will get back to you with an answer.

Best regards & have a nice Sunday evening
Sarah, Migipedia team

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Guest

Hello wef17

By dispensing with the Half-Fare travelcard, the offer is now also very attractive for people who don't normally travel by public transport and don't have a Half-Fare travelcard. They might be more likely to leave their car at home. What's more, it's still a good price even for people with a Half-Fare travelcard.

The 9 a.m. rule only applies Mon-Fri. At weekends, the day pass is valid all day.

Thank you again for your feedback. We will certainly take this into consideration when planning a new promotion.

Best regards
Sarah, Migipedia team

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Guest

First of all, I think this is an advertising campaign by SBB rather than Migros, just like the health insurance companies and the sale of sports equipment - Migros is simply the advertising platform.
It is certainly true that this campaign is aimed less at senior citizens (who will one day be 100% dependent on public transport anyway) and more at younger people who do NOT use public transport. It's just that these people also don't have a Junior Card if they have children. Then they might want to leave before 9 a.m. in order to be home on time. In these cases, it would be an advantage to be able to take 1-2 children with you per day pass, apart from the earlier departure, without having to buy an extra Junior travelcard for this entry into the public transport system.

And since I'm already "grumbling": instead of this advance sale until Sept. 12, a continuous sale during the school vacation period would have been more logical. The people targeted would buy spontaneously on a case-by-case basis and wouldn't have to do it for stock (risk).
This type of sale only stimulates the business of online trading: after the school vacations, senior citizens can then get hold of unused day tickets at a bargain price on Ricardo.ch ... because the weather didn't cooperate or something else came up.

One thing's for sure, this day ticket promotion won't make any big waves, because if I had written: "The next Mania wave is on its way", 20 reactions would have been sure..... ;-)

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Edis81

hello sarah yesterday i bought the day pass for the whole of switzerland at migro for 44.- it also includes the cable cars if you want to go up a mountain or not

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@Sarah_Migros

A bad premonition becomes reality... could have been the title of a new thread.

In my post 10 days ago in the 3rd section, I criticized, among other things, the limited advance sale until 12 Sept (correct is 10 Sept) and asked why no continuous advance sale during the school vacations...

Today in the Coop newspaper 2 promotions are listed together with Switzerland Tourism, which probably makes all those "crazy to angry" who have bought several Migros day tickets for the fall vacations. If Migros knew about this promotion and therefore stopped the sale yesterday, then it is a clear own goal - these buyers feel they have been "taken for a ride".

But the SBB's own travelcard for CHF 33 announced at the same time as a supplement to SBB's own products also makes the Migros promotion for CHF 44 pale in comparison, because it can also be combined for day tickets BEFORE 9am and for 1st class...

From a sober point of view, I don't think it's fair to Migros customers if the "actual provider SBB" makes such staggered offers for the same period of use (fall vacations 2012) and the first expired offer platform (Migros) is the worst offer. There will also be some who are annoyed with Migros (and not SBB) because Migros does not allow exchanges.... and Migros' aim would be to offer its own customers something and not to annoy them... !

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