Boarding Train at different station, but same ticket

tittooraju · Oct 15th, 2009, 06:02

Why bump the thread when it is on board with queries already.?

tittooraju · Oct 15th, 2009, 06:19

Oops.. Haylo..
Never mind..
Did not see that junk flood..

vsp27759 · Oct 15th, 2009, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaurav1441

I have booked several such tickets. Just try logging inro irctc and check.You dont have to make a Payment to check this

##I am sorry,Sir, I don't use IRCTC to book my tickets, because I don't have a Credit Card.However, when I am travelling in a group and if I am unable to book the tickets for all of us for any reason, then somebody else in the group will book the tickets for us through IRCTC by using his credit card.

##Now, please look at this:
-----------------------
2296 SANGHA MITRA EX 15-10-2009 PATNA JN BANGALORE CY JN GENERAL
S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - SL Class -3A
1 15-10-2009 Charting Done Charting Done
2 16-10-2009 WL 33/RAC 43 WL 23/WL 10
3 17-10-2009 RAC47/RAC 29 WL 12/WL 5
4 18-10-2009 WL 139/WL 83 WL 50/WL 13
5 19-10-2009 WL 203/WL 111 WL 52/WL 15
6 21-10-2009 WL 102/WL 55 WL 26/WL 16
..............................
2296 SANGHA MITRA EX 16-10-2009 NAGPUR BANGALORE CY JN GENERAL
S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - SL Class -3A
1 16-10-2009 WL 70/WL 42 WL 16/WL 9
2 17-10-2009 WL 89/WL 66 WL 17/WL 8
3 18-10-2009 REGRET/WL 80 REGRET/WL 21
4 19-10-2009 WL 89/WL 64 WL 27/WL 19
5 20-10-2009 WL 71/WL 49 WL 33/WL 17
6 22-10-2009 WL 55/WL 43 WL 23/WL 14
==========================

##Can you book a waitlisted SL Class ticket for PNBE-SBC with NGP as Boarding Point in the method suggested by you? Once the PNR is generated, you may cancel the ticket. I am sorry, you have to forego Rs.45/- for this experiment and ofcourse, your precious time.:-)

##I am interested to know in which Waiting List, the Passenger would get placed.

vsp27759 · Oct 15th, 2009, 20:46

Dear Gaurav

You may do this booking for 17th October ex.PNBE with NGP as Boarding. Let us see whether you will get a Waitlisted Ticket (OR) REGRET!!!

gaurav1441 · Oct 15th, 2009, 21:14

Dear VSP

Please find the RAC Ticket attached for you for 17th October. Ticket booked from PNBE with boarding point at NGP.

PS:You will have to save this image to Desktop and then zoom and check closely.

vsp27759 · Oct 15th, 2009, 21:54

Dear Gaurav,

##Thanks for taking pains to attempt this booking.

##I took a print-out. This is before making the payment.

##Hence, I requested you to generate the PNR and then cancel the ticket.

##The RAC.47/RAC.29 is the current status, which I have already produced.

##If you get the RAC Ticket, the status will change to RAC.48/RAC.30. Please see whether this happens or not.

gaurav1441 · Oct 15th, 2009, 22:45

Dear VSP

Over IRCTC you get the ticket which is shown before making payment. This is not an availability screen but a soft commit on inventory. This status has never changed after making payment in the same session..

Moreover I have had several such tickets in past. Not going to make a payment and then cancel..!!!!!!

coolsub · Oct 16th, 2009, 14:10

Yes VSP, the same thing happened to me too. Two months back I had to travel from Mumbai to Chennai on Dadar Chennai Express. I wanted a Ist AC ticket cause I had a puppy with me. I saw that the general quota was full and tickets from Pune was available. So I assumed if I book a ticket from Kalyan, with boarding Pune, I would get a confirmed ticket. But once the booking was over I got a waitlisted ticket and I had to cancel it and book ticket from Pune till Chennai and got a confirmed one immediately.

BTW, I was trying for tickets from Kalyan till Pune and there were not tickets available. And when I boarded the train from Pune, came to know from the reservation chart that no one had booked from Kalyan to Pune.

indracal · Oct 16th, 2009, 18:15

I just tried a booking (HWH KLK with 1 seat available in 2AC on 20 Nov) and tried changing the boarding point from the Journey details (passenger's name, age etc) window by click the "Engine" button beside the Boarding Point field. IRCTC shows the following warning:

Quote:

You will be allotted berths earmarked for boarding point.Check for availability of berths from boarding point before proceeding

If that's the case, then the following statements are contradictory:

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaurav1441

Over IRCTC you get the ticket which is shown before making payment. This is not an availability screen but a soft commit on inventory. This status has never changed after making payment in the same session..

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolsub

I saw that the general quota was full and tickets from Pune was available. So I assumed if I book a ticket from Kalyan, with boarding Pune, I would get a confirmed ticket. But once the booking was over I got a waitlisted ticket and I had to cancel it and book ticket from Pune till Chennai and got a confirmed one immediately.

I am

- what is the actual scenario?

coolsub · Oct 16th, 2009, 20:22

Actual scenario? IRCTC should remove the disclaimer.

Quote:
You will be allotted berths earmarked for boarding point.Check for availability of berths from boarding point before proceeding

One more example that I can quote is of my mothers. She's traveling in yesterday's raj from TVC and she boarded from TCR, will get down at PNVL. I booked the ticket for her with starting point as TVC and boarding point as TCR and I was able to book the ticket for her. Whereas if you try booking directly from TCR to PNVL, there is quota earmarked.

edoq · Oct 30th, 2009, 01:48

Another similar question: I've got an E-ticket from Madgao to Mumbai for a train that departs from Madgao and goes thru Thivim, which is exactly 1 hour later. If I'll want to board at Thivim instead of Madgao - do I need to inform railways about boarding point change or not?

gaurav1441 · Oct 30th, 2009, 01:51

It is better if you do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by edoq

Another similar question: I've got an E-ticket from Madgao to Mumbai for a train that departs from Madgao and goes thru Thivim, which is exactly 1 hour later. If I'll want to board at Thivim instead of Madgao - do I need to inform railways about boarding point change or not?

Oct 15th, 2009, 06:02	#31
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Oct 15th, 2009, 21:14	#35
gaurav1441 Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 731	Dear VSP Please find the RAC Ticket attached for you for 17th October. Ticket booked from PNBE with boarding point at NGP. PS:You will have to save this image to Desktop and then zoom and check closely. Attached Thumbnails

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Oct 15th, 2009, 06:19	#32
tittooraju 20LEGEND Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Home sweet home.. "Kerala" Back from a journey of a lifetime.. Posts: 149	Oops.. Haylo.. Never mind.. Did not see that junk flood..

Oct 15th, 2009, 20:46	#34
vsp27759 V.SRINIVASA PRASAD Join Date: May 2005 Location: HYDERABAD Posts: 2,725	Dear Gaurav You may do this booking for 17th October ex.PNBE with NGP as Boarding. Let us see whether you will get a Waitlisted Ticket (OR) REGRET!!!

Oct 15th, 2009, 21:54	#36
vsp27759 V.SRINIVASA PRASAD Join Date: May 2005 Location: HYDERABAD Posts: 2,725	Dear Gaurav, ##Thanks for taking pains to attempt this booking. ##I took a print-out. This is before making the payment. ##Hence, I requested you to generate the PNR and then cancel the ticket. ##The RAC.47/RAC.29 is the current status, which I have already produced. ##If you get the RAC Ticket, the status will change to RAC.48/RAC.30. Please see whether this happens or not.

Oct 15th, 2009, 22:45	#37
gaurav1441 Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 731	Dear VSP Over IRCTC you get the ticket which is shown before making payment. This is not an availability screen but a soft commit on inventory. This status has never changed after making payment in the same session.. Moreover I have had several such tickets in past. Not going to make a payment and then cancel..!!!!!!

Oct 16th, 2009, 14:10	#38
coolsub Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 10	Yes VSP, the same thing happened to me too. Two months back I had to travel from Mumbai to Chennai on Dadar Chennai Express. I wanted a Ist AC ticket cause I had a puppy with me. I saw that the general quota was full and tickets from Pune was available. So I assumed if I book a ticket from Kalyan, with boarding Pune, I would get a confirmed ticket. But once the booking was over I got a waitlisted ticket and I had to cancel it and book ticket from Pune till Chennai and got a confirmed one immediately. BTW, I was trying for tickets from Kalyan till Pune and there were not tickets available. And when I boarded the train from Pune, came to know from the reservation chart that no one had booked from Kalyan to Pune.

Oct 16th, 2009, 20:22	#40
coolsub Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 10	Actual scenario? IRCTC should remove the disclaimer. Quote: You will be allotted berths earmarked for boarding point.Check for availability of berths from boarding point before proceeding One more example that I can quote is of my mothers. She's traveling in yesterday's raj from TVC and she boarded from TCR, will get down at PNVL. I booked the ticket for her with starting point as TVC and boarding point as TCR and I was able to book the ticket for her. Whereas if you try booking directly from TCR to PNVL, there is quota earmarked.

Oct 30th, 2009, 01:48	#41
edoq Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moscow Posts: 38	Another similar question: I've got an E-ticket from Madgao to Mumbai for a train that departs from Madgao and goes thru Thivim, which is exactly 1 hour later. If I'll want to board at Thivim instead of Madgao - do I need to inform railways about boarding point change or not?