Alternate ticket purchase service refers to that passengers purchase tickets through the 12306 official website or mobile client. If there is no ticket for the required train number and seat type, they can submit the ticket purchase demand according to the date, train number and seat type, and the ticket sales system will automatically arrange online waiting after prepaying the ticket payment. I sorted out why this year's train tickets are all candidates. Welcome to learn from them.
Why are all train tickets on standby this year
What is the alternate ticket? Here is the official answer:
Alternate ticket purchase service refers to that passengers purchase tickets through the 12306 official website or mobile client. If there is no ticket for the required train number and seat type, they can submit the ticket purchase demand according to the date, train number and seat type, and the ticket sales system will automatically arrange online waiting after prepaying the ticket payment. When the corresponding train number and seat type generate tickets for sale due to ticket refund, ticket change and other businesses, the system will automatically cash the tickets and notify the passengers of the ticket purchase results.
Charges
The advance payment for standby ticket purchase is calculated according to the order, and the advance payment for each order is calculated according to the highest amount of ticket payment in different combination needs of the order (the sleeper is calculated according to the lower berth ticket price). When the user successfully settles the ticket payment, if the advance payment exceeds the actual ticket payment, the system will automatically return the balance. There is no extra charge for the standby ticket service.
The submission and cashing time of alternate ticket purchase orders are consistent with the operation time of the website, from 6:00 to 23:00 every day. If the driving time is between 0:00-5:59, the standby termination time shall not be later than 19:00 two days before driving; If the driving time is 6:00-23:59, the standby termination time shall not be later than 19:00 of the day before driving.
The railway department said that within the above time range, passengers can set the termination time when submitting the standby order, or take the initiative to terminate the redemption at any time after submitting the standby order. If the passenger voluntarily terminates or the system automatically terminates the standby, the system will automatically refund the advance payment in full. For the submission, success or termination of standby ticket purchase orders, the railway department will push them to users through SMS, wechat and mobile client. In case of travel conflict, passengers will be reminded in the message.
Prompt information
1. When cashing in, the seats will be allocated according to the actual situation of the passenger's waiting train. When multiple people travel, they may be allocated to different carriages. In case of sleeping seats, they will be allocated according to the seats.
2. The refund and ticket change rules for successful ticket cashing shall be handled according to the existing rules, and the refund fee shall be collected according to the following rules: the refund fee shall not be charged for more than 15 days (excluding) before the ticket starts at the station, 5% of the ticket price for more than 48 hours, 10% of the ticket price for more than 24 hours and less than 48 hours, and 20% of the ticket price for less than 24 hours. If the ticket is changed or the date of arrival is during the Spring Festival transportation, the refund fee shall be charged according to the standard less than 24 hours before the driving time. The mantissa of the above calculation is in 5 corners. The mantissa less than 2.5 corners is rounded off, the mantissa more than 2.5 corners and less than 7.5 corners are calculated as 5 corners, and the mantissa more than 7.5 corners are calculated as 1 yuan. The minimum refund fee is 2 yuan.
3. The refundable items will be returned according to the original payment channel within the specified time according to the relevant provisions of the online payment tools used during payment.
4. When cashing, the real name system and travel conflict rules shall be handled according to the existing rules.
Social impact
The emergence of the "standby ticket purchase" function will alleviate the difficulty of passengers in grabbing tickets to a certain extent. First, it is expected to solve the problem of asymmetric demands between ticketing platforms and passengers. In the past, there will be refunds, no one will buy, and some people will buy tickets without refunds. The "standby ticket purchase" function can timely and effectively match the passenger's demands with the remaining ticket information. Secondly, the "alternate ticket purchase" function can automatically purchase tickets for alternate passengers, effectively cracking down on ticket grabbing software.
The "standby ticket purchase" system is also very helpful to prevent and combat scalpers. After the implementation of the real name system, the "second rush and second refund" has become the "killer mace" of scalpers. First, they use the ticket grabbing software to hoard a large number of popular line tickets, return the tickets when someone comes to buy them, and then use the identity information of the ticket buyer to grab them back in an instant. After the "standby ticket purchase" system goes online, the ticket grabbing artifact of scalpers will fail, because once a ticket refund occurs, 12306 platform will automatically purchase tickets for standby passengers, so as to ensure the fair opportunity of ticket buyers and maintain the normal order of ticket purchase.