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> you can basically take whatever train you want that you believe goes towards your goal.

That's a big difference between Germany and Switzerland. Full fare tickets let you take any route, but reasonably priced tickets are specific to a schedule of trains. If there is a delay causing a misconnect, you have to queue at the ticket window to get it endorsed for a later specific train. And my ticket inspectors on the train seriously inspected the endorsement each time.

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The Swiss don't use those super saver tickets, or at least I don't think so: they either have GA or Halbtax to start with, and apps like Fairtiq mean that they get the best price for the route(s) they take automatically, as calculated by the end of each day (this makes it possible to get switched to a daily ticket on the fly if you travel so much that it would cost you less in the end).

I know it's unfair towards tourists, but Switzerland is a very expensive country - if you need a "super-saver" ticket you'd probably be better off visiting any of the neighbouring countries anyway.