Online Railway And Flight Ticket Booking

THE PROCESS:

The process of booking a ticket can be very confusing. A decade ago there were no websites through which you could book online tickets for Indian railways. As a result, people had to stand in long lines at the rail stations to book one.

Thankfully, with the initiation of lots of new travel websites, you can book your tickets online now with zero hassles.

You can book your tickets directly via IRCTC(a site launched by the Government that lets you generate e-tickets). Since it’s by the government, it’s 100% safe and genuine. But it has lots of technical issues, and that can be very annoying.

      Steps to book the tickets online as shown below:

      USING IRCTC

1. Enter the URL  https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search  by using a browser.
2. Enter the user name, password, and click Login.The reservation page appears.
3. Enter the first three characters of your source journey in the From field. The reservation system prompts you to select from the list of sources.
4. Enter the first three characters of your destination journey in the To field. The reservation system prompts you to select from the list of sources.
5. Select the date from the calender.
6. Choose the ticket type - i-ticket, e-ticket.
7. Choose the quota type - General, Tatkal, Ladies
8. Click Find Trains. The train list is displayed on the right side.
9. Select the train and choose the berth type (SL,3A,2A,1A,2S,Chair Car (CC),FA).
10. The page refreshes and displays the availability.
11. Click Book on the chosen date that has availability.
12. The system refreshes and displays the reservation form.
13. Enter the passenger name (15 characters are allowed), age, sex(male, female), type of berth (lower, middle, side lower,side upper, upper).
14. Enter the passenger mobile number.
15. Enter the verification code.
16. Click Go.
17. The system prompts you to select the type of payment - credit card, netbanking, debit card, mobile payment
18. Choose your convenient payment type and make the payment.
19. The reservation system prepares to display the ticket.You should wait for sometime to see the ticket.But, do not refresh the page or navigate to previous page.If you do so,the ticket will not be booked, but the amount will be debited from your account.
20. You will receive a text message (SMS) from IRCTC about your journey details. You can show the SMS to the railway Ticket Collector (TC)with a valid document (PAN Card, Ration Card, Aadhar Card,Voter Card).
21. You can also book online tickets in India with the help of other websites, there are so many website which has the facility of booking online tickets in India but all of them acts only as third part website and they all process query based on India railway website ticket availability. They accepts online payments through credit card or debit card or internet banking. You will require bank ifsc code for online money transaction in India. Some vendors accepts online money transfer through internet banking facility which requires IFSC Code. 

      USING MAKEMYTRIP

    1.Go to www.makemytrip.com/railways/.

    2.Enter both the stations from where to where you wish to travel, and other journey                   details.

    3.Now search for the trains and choose the class you want to travel in.

    4.Fill in the passenger details and the boarding details.

    5.Finally choose the payment method.

    6.After the payment has been made you will be redirected to IRCTC page where you will        need to log in using your user ID and password to confirm the booking.