Payment options

Payment with online booking is especially easy with your credit card.

You can pay with the following credit cards:

• VISA Card
• Mastercard
• American Express
• Diners Club/Discover 
• JCB Card
• AirPlus business account/UATP
• China UnionPay

Simply store your credit card once only in your user profile. You can enter this information at the time of booking if you have not yet set up a profile.

Please note that an additional fee may be charged with some payment types.

3D Secure is the technical name for the security standard for online purchases by credit or debit card. With Mastercard it is called “MasterCard Identity Check”, with Visa “Visa Secure”, with American Express “Safekey”, with JCB “J/Secure” and with Diners and Discover “ProtectBuy”.

Available everywhere and anytime. Pay for your online booking on swiss.com securely and conveniently with your debit card.

Debit cards are linked to an account and generally only in connection with an existing current account with a bank. The debit card number consists of 13 to 19 digits and is printed on the front of the card along with the expiry date. The three digit security number can generally be found on the back of the card in or close to the signature field.

Note: bank cards or EC cards with the V-Pay or Maestro logo are often also described as debit cards. You can use these cards to withdraw cash from cash machines anywhere in the world and pay cashlessly in shops once you have entered your PIN or your signature. But not all of these cards have an online payment feature. The bank that issued your card can assist with information about this.

Unlike credit cards, with cashless payment by debit card the equivalent amount is charged to the current account allocated to the card within a few days. That’s why payments can only be made if you have sufficient funds in your account. With credit cards on the other hand, the amount is only charged at specific intervals, generally once a month. 

You can pay with the following debit cards on swiss.com:

You can complete the “Debit/Credit cards” field if you wish to pay with an international debit card - Visa Debit/Visa Electron or Mastercard Debit. You will be asked to enter your card number, the expiry date and security code. You can then complete the booking.

Please complete the separate “Maestro” input field for payments by Maestro card. The 3D Secure process is essential for all e-Commerce transactions with Maestro. Please note that payment by Maestro card is only available in certain countries. 

Please use the “Corporate debit cards” field provided for payments using a Degussa corporate debit card or AirPlus corporate debit account. Please note that payment by corporate debit cards is only available in certain countries.    

SOFORT (instant transfer) gives you the option of making a transfer from your online bank account during the booking process without registering – simply, quickly and securely. We can issue your ticket immediately because the transaction confirmation takes place in real time. 

Please note: This payment option will be available with the next update of our booking platform.

If you choose SOFORT as your payment method on swiss.com, you will be forwarded directly to the SOFORT page where you can chose your bank and enter your online banking details. The payment must be confirmed with a TAN. You will be forwarded to the SWISS booking confirmation page after payment. 

Please note that payment with SOFORT is only available in certain countries and only for transactions carried out in CHF and EUR.

PostFinance in one of the leading financial institutions in Switzerland and is the reliable partner for private and business customers for over 3 million people who wish to manage their finances independently.

Please note: This payment option will be available with the next update of our booking platform.

The payment type PostFinance e-Finance reaches over a million users of PostFinance e-Banking. With this payment type authentication takes place via the security elements of the online banking e-Finance function. 

These allow shoppers the following three authentication processes:

• Using a login via the PostFinance app
• Using MobileID
• Usine PostFinanceID and a card reader

Pay by Invoice gives you the option of paying for your tickets by invoice during the booking process on swiss.com.

Please note: This payment option will be available with the next update of our booking platform.

POWERPAY is a Swiss payment provider that specialises in invoicing.

Choose "Purchase on account" when selecting the payment type and follow the instructions.

Invoices are issued by POWERPAY. You will receive an individual invoice by email after about 24–48 hours. This invoice is issued free of charge. No charges are incurred if the individual invoice is paid on time. After this, the amounts outstanding from the individual invoices you have already received will be summarised into one account statement. You will receive this statement by post in the form of a monthly invoice approximately in the middle of the following month, together with a paying-in slip.  The cost for issuing the monthly invoice is CHF 2.90. 

Our partner POWERPAY will carry out an online check for Purchase on account. This check may have a negative outcome for a variety of reasons, such as creditworthiness, contradictory information or unpaid POWERPAY invoices. You can find more detailed information about these reasons on the POWERPAY website or our FAQs on swiss.com.

An OPC is charged on payments made using any credit cards issued outside the European Economic Area (EEA) if you start your journey in Germany (DE), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), Ireland (IE), Poland (PL), Czech Republic (CZ), the United Kingdom (GB) and the Netherlands (NL).

What is Cash & Miles?

Cash & Miles enables Miles & More members to redeem award miles for the full or partial amount of flight bookings at swiss.com. This service is available from just 3000 miles on all travel classes and international routes. The air fare is calculated based on the total ticket price, including taxes, fees, and surcharges. Even if you do not hold enough miles in your personal mileage account to enjoy a flight award, you can still redeem the miles you have earned to date for part of the flight fare.

Of course, the attractive flight awards in the Miles & More programs remain available.

How does Cash & Miles work?

1. Enter your Miles & More login details on swiss.com.
2. Choose your desired flight on the booking screen.
3. Select how many miles you would like to redeem.
4. Complete your booking securely.

In which countries can I use Cash & Miles?

You can use Cash & Miles in the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam.