The Swiss Railways do offer saver day tickets that may be another alternative if you want to travel in 1st class (I’ve been on the glacier express in 2nd class and it’s still pretty good, but understand if you are 2 people maybe you dont want to share a table). These would be valid on that train once you pay the reservation supplement as with a Eurail or Interrail pass. The Saver Day Ticket ranges from around 88-170chf per person in 1st class, without the Swiss half price card. You can check the days and prices here; https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/tickets-for-switzerland/day-pass/saver-day-pass.html Andrew
Thanks all for the replies, I called SNCF and they could make the reservation directly however as @mcadv notes - the price with the interrail pass in my case was the same as buying a ticket so not really worth wasting a domestic travel day.The cross border TGV are available to book via other means earlier than making reservations on the same trains to board in france. I’ll wait and see if seats are availble at the €20 or €10 interrail to board in Bellegarde once booking is permitted (for me it’s the same distance from home)Although the TGV-Lyria seems expensive for cross-border journeys, for journeys on the same train within France it seems to be priced at the same interrail rates as the regular TGV.
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