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What is Auto- Upgradation of tickets?
The Indian Railways in 2006 started a win-win scheme through which passengers while booking their tickets can check/tick mark the option to automatically upgrade their journey class. Any passenger can opt for the service either online or offline booking via ticket counters at stations or by IRCTC online portal. As the passenger details are entered in the ticket generating software with the option to upgrade the class, the reservation system will consider it and make the passenger eligible for upgradation. The passengers are selected on a random basis and automatically at the time of chart preparation. Passengers under this scheme can enjoy an upgraded class journey on the actual ticket price and the class they have selected while booking tickets. eg. If a traveler books his ticket in Sanghmitra Express, sleeper class which costs Rs. 860, and if upgraded, will get an AC3 tier accommodation. The good news is that the passenger will not be charged with an extra fare of AC class. Under this offering, Indian Railways upgrades full fare paying ‘waitlist passengers’ to the next higher class with the available vacant accommodation. This not only benefits the waitlisted passengers but also benefit Railways in terms of filling up of seats running vacant.
Aim behind Launching the Scheme:
The basic aim of Indian Railways to launch the scheme was to utilize the berth availability by allocating the vacant seats to the passengers under the scheme, which in turn will make seats available for the waitlist passengers. By the scheme, the waitlist ticket status can move easily leading to more number of confirming berths. So, wait for the final chart.
Rules for auto Upgradation:
Read full article here- https://www.railrestro.com/blog/auto-upgradation-scheme-of-the-indian-railways-how-it-works/
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