Payment options

It’s especially easy to pay with your credit card when booking online.

You can pay with the following credit cards:

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

Simply store your credit card once only in your user profile. You can enter this information during booking if you haven’t yet set up a profile.

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

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

Available anywhere 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 conjunction 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 usually 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 and pay in shops anywhere in the world by entering your PIN or with your signature. But not all 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 linked 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 continue the booking process.

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 to make a payment 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 the need to register – 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 from the next update to 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 by SOFORT is only available in certain countries and only for transactions 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 from the next update to our booking platform.

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

These allow shoppers the following three authentication processes:

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

Purchase on account 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 from the next update to our booking platform.

POWERPAY is a Swiss payment processor that specialises in invoicing.

Choose “Purchase on account” when selecting the payment method 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.

When using Purchase on account, our partner POWERPAY will carry out an online check. 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 via our FAQs on swiss.com.

If your journey starts in the Czech Republic (CZ), Germany (DE), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), the United Kingdom (GB), Ireland (IE), Luxembourg (LU), the Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO) or Poland (PL) an Optional Payment Charge (OPC) may apply depending on your chosen payment option.

Cash & Miles gives Miles & More members the option of redeeming their award miles for all or part of the airfare on swiss.com. This option is available from as little as 3,000 award miles and for all travel classes and international routes. The airfare is calculated on the total ticket price, including taxes, fees and surcharges. However, if you don’t have sufficient miles for a flight award in your mileage account, you can redeem the miles you have earned up to that date for part of the airfare.

Of course, the attractive flight awards from the Miles & More programme will continue to be available to you.

1. Enter your Miles & More login details on swiss.com.
2. Choose the flight you would like in the booking window.
3. Set how many miles you wish to redeem.
4. Close the transaction securely.

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, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam.

Pay simply and securely with Apple Pay.

Apple Pay is a mobile payment service from Apple. It allows users to make payments via their Apple devices such as an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad or Mac. Apple Pay enables users to make secure and contactless payments in shops and on apps and websites by using their stored credit or debit cards.

Apple Pay is offered by SWISS for many currencies on your iPhone, iPad or Safari on Mac. Add your credit or debit card to the Wallet app on your Apple device to use Apple Pay. Authentication is carried out via Touch ID, Face ID or a password. This means you can use your card for payments without having to have the physical card on you.

The following cards are accepted from your Apple Wallet:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• American Express