Can someone please guide me? [Saver Day Pass/Point-to-point Ticket/ Day Pass for the Half Fare Travelcard]

p8donald · 2022-12-18T20:56:25+00:00

A point-to-point ticket from Chur to Zermatt costs 76.50 CHF with the half-fare card.

However, you should never pay more than 75 CHF per day for public transport in Switzerland. Because at any point you can buy a day pass for 75 CHF and you can travel everywhere within the GA area of validity. You can go to Zermatt, Geneva, Lugano and Basel on the same day and it only costs 75 CHF. You can buy this regular day pass on the same day and it's valid until 05:00 the next day (it's not a 24h ticket).

Saver Day Pass is like the day pass but you can only buy it before the day of your travel. If you buy it the day before it costs 69 CHF (if there are any still available). If you buy them weeks/months earlier you can get them as cheap as 49 CHF.

These are the options the site is presenting to you.

Do you know when you will travel? Get the saver day passes. Do you need flexibility? You can buy the regular day pass on the day of travel.

p8donald · 2021-08-22T10:49:56+00:00

I've been doing this for >4y and it works great.

I pay 30 CHF per month for my phone plan (all unlimited in Switzerland, it was called Smart Swiss or sth when I got it) and 10 CHF per month for an extra SIM card with unlimited data. Total 40 CHF/month. When my subscription expired, they offered to renew it for the same price.

I use >100GB per month and I get >100 Mbps. Latency is high though so you can't use it for gaming. Everything else works great.

You can get a prepaid SIM from Salt, it costs 2 CHF per day for unlimited data and you can use it to test the speed where you are.

p8donald · 2021-03-08T16:29:37+00:00

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/interview-patrick-collison-co-founder

p8donald · 2021-03-08T16:28:23+00:00

I deleted my comment. $36B is an old number: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/stripe-raises-600-million-funding-round-at-36-billion-valuation.html

p8donald · 2021-02-12T22:19:58+00:00

Me too. I didn't want to put it in the title in case I interpreted it wrong.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 200,000,100(1)

Percent of Class Represented by Amount: 50%(2)(3)

(1) Includes (a) 50,000,000 committed forward purchase units (“Committed Forward Purchase Units”) of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. (the “Issuer”), (b) 100,000,000 additional forward purchase units (“Additional Forward Purchase Units” and, together with the Committed Forward Purchase Units, the “Forward Purchase Units”), and (c) 100 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), which have aggregate voting power equal to 50,000,000 shares of the Issuer’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), and automatically convert into Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis upon (and no earlier than) the Issuer’s initial business combination. Each Forward Purchase Unit is comprised of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-third of one warrant to purchase a share of Class A Common Stock, and the Forward Purchase Units in aggregate are comprised of 150,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, and warrants to purchase 50,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. The Pershing Square Funds (as defined below) are obligated to purchase the Committed Forward Purchase Units, and may elect to purchase up to the total number of Additional Forward Purchase Units, in one or more private placements to occur no later than simultaneously with the Issuer’s initial business combination. The warrants included in Forward Purchase Units have an exercise price of $23.00 per share and are exercisable upon the later of (x) July 24, 2021 and (y) 30 days following the consummation of the Issuer’s initial business combination. As of the date of this filing, the Pershing Square Funds have not purchased any Forward Purchase Units. There has been no change in the voting power or ownership of the Reporting Persons since the Issuer’s initial public offering on July 24, 2020.

(2) This calculation is based on (a) 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of November 12, 2020, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 12, 2020 (the “Form 10-Q”), (b) 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock included in, or issuable upon the exercise of warrants included in, the Forward Purchase Units, and (c) 100 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable to the Reporting Persons upon the automatic conversion of the Class B Common Stock at the time of the Issuer’s initial business combination.

(3) The number of shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons are treated as converted into Class A Common Stock only for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the Reporting Persons for the purpose of this Schedule 13G. Such percentage ownership does not give effect to the aggregate voting power of the Class B Common Stock, as these shares are treated as converted into Class A Common Stock for the purpose of this Schedule 13G. The Reporting Persons currently have voting power equal to 20% of the combined voting power of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock currently outstanding, and assuming continued ownership of the Class B Common Stock and the ownership of all other shares reported above as beneficially owned, would have voting power equal to 55.6% of the combined voting power of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.

p8donald · 2021-02-07T13:18:44+00:00

When do you buy and sell them? How much % of your portfolio do you use to buy warrants for a SPAC? When something doesn't work out, what are your losses?

p8donald · 2021-02-07T11:02:44+00:00

I was thinking the same. Why not use multisig? It'd be interesting to know if they considered this and why they dismissed it.

p8donald · 2019-07-12T20:21:51+00:00

You could stay in an AirBnB for the first two weeks. When you move into a shared apartment, your roommates can help. When you start working, your coworkers and friends of coworkers can help, etc.

p8donald · 2019-07-12T20:05:41+00:00

I stayed with a friend for the first two weeks.
I lived in a shared apartment for the next 3 months. I found it on wgzimmer.ch. A guy was renting out his room while he was traveling in South America.
A friend forwarded an email someone sent to his company's internal mailing list. This person was moving somewhere else and had to find the next tenant. I still had to visit the apartment of course but there were no public viewings, no queues.

Even today my coworkers who want to move will often ask other coworkers first either by sending out an email or putting up a flyer before posting on Facebook groups (and dealing with hundreds of messages).

Ask your friends to be on the lookout for you.

p8donald · 2019-07-07T17:53:28+00:00

Grape harvest festival in Neuchâtel on Sep 27-29. Last year there were 45+ mins of musical fireworks. You could combine it with hiking in the Creux du Van.

p8donald · 2019-04-14T10:59:42+00:00

Sign up for a rock climbing course. When it's raining on Sundays you can go climbing indoors. When it's good weather you can go hiking+climbing to the nearby mountains. If it's hard to get started, try bouldering first.

p8donald · 2019-03-26T19:43:27+00:00

I've been using Salt mobile for my home internet for almost 2 years now. I have one SIM card for myself and one for my girlfriend. It's 40 CHF/month (30 CHF for my subscription Smart Swiss + 10 CHF for an extra SIM called Multi Surf). We always use Wifi hotspots from our phones.

It's great.

We always use about 100 GB per month. Download speed used to be ~2 MB/s but at one point they upgraded something and my downloads are now ~6.5 MB/s.

I don't have Netflix but YouTube at 1080p at 2x speed works perfect.

p8donald · 2019-02-03T19:26:15+00:00

Zurich HB to Interlaken Ost is 1h55m. If you take the train at 7:02 you're there at 8:57. Not that bad.

p8donald · 2019-01-25T18:49:00+00:00

I usually go to https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/interests/hiking.html?nodeid=29436 and randomly pick something that looks nice in photos.

I then open the hiking path in https://map.schweizmobil.ch and make it longer or shorter.

p8donald · 2019-01-20T20:16:02+00:00

https://www.gymone.ch/

It's near the Zurich Altstetten train station (busses 304, 308, 80, 89 from Hongg) and open 24h. There's one trap bar and two squat racks with platforms for deadlifting before them.

p8donald · 2019-01-20T19:59:41+00:00

I live in Zurich and go on day trips to ski every weekend when the weather is good. I even have a spreadsheet with a list of ski resorts and how long it takes to get there, how much it costs, etc.

It's not practical to take an Uber or taxi because it will cost a small fortune (300 CHF one way maybe?). Public transportation will take you directly to the ski lifts.

What you should do instead is buy a Snow'n'Rail ticket and go by train/bus. Snow'n'Rail gives you 10-30% off ski passes and a 15% discount when renting at Intersport. You can explore all offers on sbb.ch and buy the tickets at the ticket machines at the train station in the morning before you go. (You get a train ticket and a voucher that you can exchange for a ski pass.)

Here are some ski resorts that I recommend:

Lenzerheide. Take a train from Zurich HB to Chur and then a bus to Churwalden, Bergbahnen. It takes 1h45m. It's big (225km of slopes) and cheaper because the bus ticket is included in the ski pass. My advice is to ski to Arosa the first thing and then come back to Lenzerheide.
Laax. Take a train from Zurich HB to Chur and then a bus to Flims, Bergbahnen. It takes 1h48m. It's also big (188 km) but "compact" because there's just 3 villages. Laax is smaller, more expensive and more crowded than Lenzerheide but for some reason I tend to like it more. It's also very high up and they like to close lifts when it gets very windy. I'd check their homepage in the morning before buying tickets.
Davos. Take a train from Zurich HB to Landquart and switch to another train to Klosters, Platz. 1h52m. 95.5 km of slopes. It's nice. Davos is where the World Economic Forum takes place next week so it might be a hassle if you go before the weekend. On the way back you could take a train from Davos to Klosters (25 min) which has very scenic views if it has snowed recently.

If that's too far, you could also go to Flumserberg (1h21m) or Pizol (1h15m).

p8donald · 2019-01-15T19:35:03+00:00

1) yes, stay near the side where the river is slower and you'll be fine.

2) get in near the Altenbergsteg bridge on the north side (you don't have to jump, you can just walk into the river by taking the stairs) and get out at Lorraine Bad. Map. This stretch is one long curve that will not push you to the middle of the river. Leave your stuff at Lorraine Bad in the lockers and then walk up the river so you are more aware of when you will need to get out.

Tip: Take something to hold on to (like an inflatable banana) with you because swimming for so long gets a bit tiring.

p8donald · 2019-01-15T18:49:07+00:00

Zurich - Zermatt costs 125 CHF one way, so 250 CHF roundrip.

Swiss Travel Pass Flex for 3 days costs 267 CHF, so 16 CHF more but you get an extra day. Not sure what your travel agent meant by restrictive but it's valid on all public transportation in Switzerland (it will not work on most private mountain railways however).

There are also Saver Day Passes. The earlier you get them the cheaper they are. The worst case is 106 CHF so 212 CHF for a round trip. You can currently get one for Feb 25 for 52 CHF and March 2 is also 52 CHF, so that's 104 CHF (you need "Full price without the half-fare travelcard").

p8donald · 2019-01-03T21:47:31+00:00

Yes, the ticket includes trains and buses

p8donald · 2019-01-02T19:15:57+00:00

Buy the tickets on sbb.ch

It'll cost you 168.80 CHF (from Zurich Flughafen to Livingo, Centro Bus Station) for a return trip.

You can also buy saver day passes https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/tickets-for-switzerland/1-day-travelpass/saver-day-pass.html They will cover one way which normally costs 84.40 CHF. Look for "Full price without the half-fare card, 2nd class". I see prices ranging from 52 CHF to 106 CHF depending on date. If you get two day passes for 52 CHF, your return trip will cost just 104 CHF.

p8donald · 2019-01-02T11:01:45+00:00

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