IRCTC ties up with Airline companies to serve “waiting list” passengers

News

• Your train tickets are yet not confirmed, don’t worry as it will provide you discounted air tickets if you are in the list of waiting passengers.
• Railway has done a deal with two airline companies for the same. The airline companies are Goair and Spicejet.

Conditions

• You should have waiting train ticket The ticket must not be taken within the same day of the journey.
• It should be booked at least three days before.
• One can only avail the facility if the tickets have been booked through IRCTC website(e-ticket)

Procedure

• Once the railway chart will be ready with authorities, they will have a list of the passengers who are in waiting list.
• The IRCTC will then send a mail to these passengers saying that they can book a flight now.
• What will be the discount Reportedly, around 30 to 40 per cent discount will be given. For example, a flight where one had to pay Rs 5,000-6,000 will cost around 3,000.
• Precautionary measure Initially, you will have to bear discounted plane fare. It means IRCTC will not refund your railway fare at the same moment when you will book the plane. Fare will be refunded in your bank account later on.
• You can’t cancel plane ticket at the last moment as you will be overcharged for the same.

Source OneIndia