Fast Technology reported on January 11 that according to the official news of China Railway, from today, the 12306 website and App standby ticket purchase function will be upgraded.
The number of standby orders and alternative options has been increased, the range of options for the redemption time of standby orders has been expanded, and the temporary new passenger train seats have been given priority allocation to passengers who have submitted standby orders, which will further improve the success rate of passenger waitlist ticket purchase.
The details are as follows:
The first is to increase the number of waitlist orders. The number of pending waitlist bookings that can be submitted per passenger has been increased from 2 to 6, and a maximum of 9 passengers can be added to each order.
The second is to increase the number of alternatives. When submitting a standby order, passengers can choose 2 adjacent travel dates, and each date can choose 5 combinations of "train number + seat", up to a maximum of 10 combinations.
After the optimization and upgrade, passengers can choose any 3 travel dates during the pre-sale period, and can choose up to 60 combinations of "date + trains", and each train can choose multiple seats.
The third is to expand the range of options for waiting order fulfillment time. The original cut-off time for standby orders was 2 hours before departure, but after the optimization and upgrade, it was adjusted to 20 minutes before departure, and passengers can choose to modify the cut-off time according to the actual situation in a wider range.
Fourth, the temporary new passenger train seats will be allocated to passengers who have submitted standby orders. When submitting a standby order, passengers can choose to accept the purchase of new passenger train tickets that meet their travel needs.
If the railway department temporarily adds a new passenger train, when the ticket is sold, the railway 12306 will automatically give priority to the passengers who have submitted the waitlist order, and the passengers do not need to manually query the information of the additional train before purchasing tickets.