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Posted: Oct 18 2023 (18:05)
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Last Response: Oct 19 2023 (09:17)
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Oct 18 2023 (18:05) 15203/Barauni - Lucknow Jn. Express | BV/Babhnan (2 PFs)kirk781~ 3621 blog posts
I traveled in this train recently from BV to LJN since the GKP-LJN ICE was canceled. I had tickets in SL class booked. I didn't get my choice of seats ie. any lower berth. When charting was done, I was amazed that the seats were not upgraded. I immediately checked the current availability list made after charting and boy, all classes had TOO MANY seats empty. For eg. AC 3 Tier had ~250 seats empty when current booking closed for my station [from BV-Lucknow]. Heck, First AC had 17 seats empty. If IR really thinks that anyone will book in First AC at the last moment in this train, they really have their minds in the cloud. And correct I was, when current booking closed [and I was checking feverishly multiple times], there were cumulative ~400 seats vacant across all AC coaches. The irony furthur came to me when the...
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it seems that IR does not upgrade low distance tickets.it is logical as the Distance doesnt really require Sleeper facility and can be covered in a UR class.
Last time I heard about auto upgradation I my Friends circle was upgradation of CSMT MAO from SL to 3AC.
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Last time I heard about auto upgradation I my Friends circle was upgradation of CSMT MAO from SL to 3AC.
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I have seen folks here on IRI forum having their tickets upgraded in the past, though most of them were for reasonably long distances. I personally have experienced upgradation, only once, it was in GTNR-KYQ [basically Lucknow - Kamakhya Express] but then it was an end to end ticket. Most folks at that time in our coach were upgraded ones but due to the nature of the train, the distance factor for most folks would still come out to be significant.