Ride infinitely, pay a limited amount

What is FAIRTIQ?
FAIRTIQ is an app that makes it incredibly easy to use public transport. No more buying a ticket up front. No need to specify your destination. No time wasted trying to understand the fare zone map. With the FAIRTIQ app, all you have to do to get a valid ticket is swipe once before you board and again at the end of your journey (Check-in/Check-out). And there's more: no matter how often you change from one form of public transport to the other – train, bus, tram or boat – during your journey, the FAIRTIQ will automatically charge you the cheapest available fare.

How does the monthly fare cap work?
The monthly fare cap limits how much you pay for your public transport use over one calendar month. If you are a FAIRTIQ app user travelling in the A-Welle fare zone, every journey you make in the course of one month is charged to your FAIRTIQ account. So far, so normal. But with the monthly fare cap, if the total cost of your fares (incl. half-price fares for Half Fare Travelcard holders) is more than the fare cap set by A-Welle, the difference will be credited to your FAIRTIQ account. This travel credit is valid for two months and will automatically be used to pay for your subsequent public transport tickets in Switzerland purchased via the FAIRTIQ app.

What do I need to do to take part in this scheme?
Nothing. The monthly fare cap will automatically apply to all FAIRTIQ journeys in the A-Welle fare zones and for all available modes of public transport.

What is the maximum I will pay per month?
The upper limit depends on the number of zones you travel in. Say, most of your journeys are in Zones 510 and 511. As soon you reach the A-Welle monthly cap for 1–2 zones (CHF 105; see Table below), the price of all subsequent fares charged during the rest of the month will be credited to your FAIRTIQ account. The table below shows the monthly fare caps by number of zones.

Examples for adults

As you can see from the Table, the monthly fare cap also applies if you travel in more than two zones. Say, your fares for journeys in Zone 530 add up to CHF 37, and the price of your fares for journeys in Zones 510 and 511 come to CHF 105, the monthly cap for 3 zones – CHF 142 – will apply. This means that if the total price of your fares is more than CHF 142, the price of all subsequent fares charged during the rest of the month will be credited to your FAIRTIQ account. Don't worry, though. The FAIRTIQ app will do all the fare cap calculations and work out the best cap for you. All you need to remember is that you have to spend a certain amount for journeys in one or several zones to reach the monthly fare cap.

Is the monthly fare cap lower if I travel after 9am?
No. The monthly fare cap remains the same regardless of what time you travel at.

I have a Half Fare Travelcard. Does this affect how the monthly fare cap is calculated?
The monthly fare cap is a fixed amount. This means that it is the same for everyone, i.e. regardless of whether you have a Half Fare Travelcard or not. The FAIRTIQ app adds up all the fares charged to your account in a given month, and on this basis works out if the total exceeds the fare cap that is applicable to you.

What type of journeys are covered by the monthly fare cap?
The monthly fare cap covers all journeys, regardless of the mode of public transport, which you make using the FAIRTIQ app provided that they are in 2nd class and are within the A-Welle public transport network. The following journeys do not count towards the monthly fare cap calculation:

• Journeys outside the A-Welle fare network (e.g. from Solothurn to Bern)

• Onward journeys (journeys starting in the A-Welle network and the other way around, e.g. from Aarau to Zurich)

• Journeys within the Oberes Fricktal (see section below)
   

• Journeys covered by subscription passes

• Journeys that are not paid for via the FAIRTIQ app (e.g. via the SBB mobile app, incl. EasyRide, paper tickets etc.)

• Journeys in 1st class