But, if you are going to go to Bern on a rainy day that cancels out the money you would have spent taking the cable car from Lauterbrunnen to Grutschalp and the train to Murren, cable car to Gimmelwald, for example.

You have to crunch you numbers if you want to determine what pass is best for you.

And it really is not that big of a deal to stand in line to buy a train ticket. It just takes a couple of minutes and you can buy a round-trip ticket.

P-P-P, you know me.

but a pass gives you so many options - Half-Fare card takes a calculator and precise knowledge of exactly what trips you will take and no more - flexibility and spontaneity lost - and the Half-Fare card costs $130 or so to start - some passes are not much more than that.