How to travel in plane if you reserve a ticket in train
Posted on: 27/May/2016 12:43:57 PM
Railway passengers who have booked waitlisted tickets will have a doubt that whether the tickets will be confirmed. Now this situation has changed. Passengers on the waiting list can now get their reservations upgraded to air tickets.
Air India has signed an agreement with the Indian Railways. According to this arrangement some arrangements have been made. This agreement will allow passengers with unconfirmed AC class tickets to get air tickets by paying a little extra.
The tie-up with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will initially start with Rajdhani trains. After seeing the response, this system will be introduced in other trains.
Although the upgrade is free of charge for those with AC first class tickets, passengers with AC two-tier tickets would have to pay somewhere between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 over and above their train tickets in order to avail this upgrade.
Soon, passengers holding waiting list tickets will receive a message from IRCTC offering them flight tickets to their desired destinations. If the passenger is interested to avail this option, he can book the ticket through the IRCTC website within the next 24 hours. A passenger needs to be careful enough to take a quick decision, as these seats on Air India flights would be available only on first-come-first-serve basis.
