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Dec 13 2016 (13:10) Railway Fares to be 10% Less than Usual after Chart ... (www.railnews.co.in)
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New Delhi: Worried over vacant seats in premier trains, railways have decided to make a few changes in the flexi fare structure to attract last minute...
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Why they are complicating things so much huh!!! If at all in premium trains which are under Flexi fare system now can be run with Tatkal charges added for normal quota and for Tatkal quota also which would do wonders. Surely will fill the void.
Great loot, even the touts could not extract that kind of money for a sleeper class ticket that IR is doing in the name of Suvidha.
Suvidha/Flexi/Tatkal/PremiumTatkal/.... What ever may be concept or name or structure, funda is same - Sqeeze the paxs till the last coin in their pocket.
See one classic example of how Dynamic Fares logic is flawed and passenger unfriendly. In Train 82505 Pune Kamakya Suvidha Special, berths will always be vacant from Pune to Panvel, no matter how much the demand will be for Kamakhya/Guwahati. This is because there will be may passengers who would have bookings from Panvel onwards. Now with dynamic fare kicking in, railways is not allowing anyone to travel from Pune to Panvel at normal fares, despite knowing that they are anyways going to go vacant. Who would pay Rs 1136 in SL Class just from Pune to Panvel? This is when 236 berths are still vacant. What happens to this fare when these berths start depleting? And how is Rs 822 dynamic fare amount for a base fare of Rs 261? This is not just 40 or 50%. This is more than 3 times the base fare. So railways is ensuring...
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