When can I buy the train tickets for the Spring Festival? The Spring Festival 2019 will start on January 21, 2019 and end on March 1, 2019. Spring Festival usually lasts for 40 days, from the 15th or 16th of the 12th lunar month to the 25th of the first lunar month of the next year.
Ticket grabbing time of Spring Festival 2019
Train tickets for the first day of the Spring Festival, January 21, 2019, can be purchased on December 23, 2018. Train tickets for the new year's Eve 2019 (February 4) are only purchased on January 6, 2019. Train tickets for the Spring Festival 2019 (February 5) can be purchased on January 7, 2019. Train tickets can be purchased on January 12, 2019 for the sixth day of the first month of 2019 (February 10). On January 30, 2019, you can buy train tickets for the last day of Spring Festival, March 1, 2019.
Strategies for ticket grabbing in Spring Festival 2019
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More opportunities to grab tickets in advance
Many people don't go home until after the 25th of December, which is also the peak time of passenger flow. It's the time when Spring Festival is the most serious time for ticket grabbing. If you are leaving at this time to go home, you must remember that from the 25th of December, that is, January 30, when the train tickets can be pre sold, ticket grabbing will begin. That is to say, the train tickets on the 25th of December 2019 can be purchased on the day of new year's day on January 1, 2019. At this time, you can book tickets first and say other things. If you don't buy them correctly, you can return them. At most, you can spend dozens of yuan more. This cost is not worth mentioning compared with spring transportation home.
Pay attention to the daily release time and the success rate of ticket grabbing
Every morning, tickets will be released from 8:00 every morning. Every half hour and whole hour is the time point for train tickets to be released until 6:00 p.m. However, it should be noted that these 21 ticket release time points are not all train tickets released at the same time in the whole country. Different routes and stations have different ticket release time, which should be checked according to their own needs. There are ticket release time points for different routes on Baidu. You can set an alarm clock by comparing the time.
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Paying attention to refund is also an opportunity
Generally speaking, some people will buy more train tickets as spare tire, and think about sleeping when they have tickets. Those who have express tickets also want express or bullet trains. So refund is a great opportunity. Generally speaking, the refund time is generally about 45 minutes after the release time. After the ticket is released, the passengers who have already got a good ticket source will start to refund the tickets. This time, as long as you refresh the website frequently, you may have a chance. At this time, you should pay attention to the catch.
Extra shifts waiting
The trains are all fixed-point departure, missed is not. However, during the Spring Festival, there will be extra shifts every day, especially when the traffic is large, the more likely it is to open more shifts. If you pay attention to the news of Railway Bureau for a long time, you can wait for the rabbit. You can pick up the rabbit before others respond.
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The time of the Spring Festival is generally 15 days before the Spring Festival and 25 days after the Spring Festival, totaling 40 days. The time of the Spring Festival in 2019 is the new year's Eve on February 4 and the Spring Festival on February 5!
The first day of the 2019 Spring Festival is January 21, 2019, starting and ending from January 21, 2019 (December 16) to March 1, 2019 (January 25).
According to the purchase time one month in advance, the purchase schedule of Spring Festival transportation is as follows:
The pre-sale period of network and telephone booking is 30 days, the pre-sale period of station window, booking point and automatic ticket machine is 28 days. On December 23, 2018, the train tickets on January 21, 2019, the first day of Spring Festival can be purchased.
Train tickets for new year's Eve 2019 (February 4) can be purchased on January 6, 2019
Train tickets for the Spring Festival 2019 (February 5) can be purchased on January 7, 2019.
Train tickets can be purchased on January 12, 2019 for the sixth day of the first month of 2019 (February 10).
On January 30, 2019, you can buy train tickets for the last day of Spring Festival, March 1, 2019.
Strategies for ticket grabbing in Spring Festival 2019
1. Best time to buy tickets for Spring Festival
The legal holiday of the Spring Festival is from New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first month. According to the data of previous years, this period is the peak of the passenger flow of the Spring Festival, especially on New Year's Eve and the sixth day of the first month. According to the information provided by China Railway, tickets for the day of new year's Eve will be sold on January 6, and tickets for the sixth day of the first month will be sold on January 12. If the holiday time is relatively free, you can try to avoid the two days of new year's Eve and the sixth day.
The highest success rate is usually within half a minute of release. During the Spring Festival, there may be more tickets released at the whole or half of the ticket selling time every day, of which 12:00 / 13:00 / 18:00 is more likely. In addition, there is a high probability of remaining tickets at 19:00-20:00 on the three days before driving and 12:00-13:00 on the one day before driving. Pay more attention to the announcement of temporary trains and get more information, which can greatly improve the probability of getting tickets.
2. Ticket refund peak
If you don't get the ticket at the first time, don't worry. The passengers with online ticket purchasing experience will know that within 45 minutes from the start of the train ticket sale is the passenger's payment time. If you don't pay in time, these ticket sources will return to the ticket warehouse. Generally speaking, 45 minutes after the release of the ticket is the first refund peak.
In addition, according to past experience, 15 days before driving is the peak time of ticket refund, and between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. is also the peak time of ticket refund.
Worry about not being able to buy the ticket to go home, so when the time to go home has not been determined, I bought the ticket in advance and occupied it first. It is not rare to change the ticket after it is determined, so there will be a certain number of refunds 1-2 days before departure.
If you don't get tickets in the first time, you can wait a little longer and pay more attention to these time periods.
3. Ticket purchasing channels
The correct way to purchase tickets is to call 95105105, log in 12306 website, mobile 12306 client, train station window, train ticket agency and automatic ticket machine. On the same opening day, the opening time of different stations is different. For specific opening time of stations, you can consult through 12306 website, telephone and official wechat.
It should be noted that passengers who purchase tickets for the first time in 12306 need to carry their ID card to the ticket window for identity verification in advance, otherwise they cannot purchase tickets online.
In addition, although the railway official emphasizes not to trust the third-party software to avoid being cheated, there are many hot ticket grabbing tools launched by the third-party software in recent years, including where to travel, Ctrip Travel, flying pig, high-speed railway steward, intelligent train ticket, etc. some apps have opened the "reservation" function, that is, users reserve tickets sold in the past two days, pay in advance, and fasten The unified Commission will automatically swipe tickets and place orders. Although the "accelerated package" and "rush to grab tickets" can be a peace of mind, some users still say that they have used multiple ticket grabbing tools and paid a lot of money, but they still haven't got tickets in the end.
We need to remind you that there is a risk of information disclosure in the use of ticket grabbing software to bind 12306 account. Some ticket grabbing software also points out in the user agreement that it will authorize the account password to the third party to swipe the seller, so we must make a good judgment. If the ticket grabbing tool is used, it is better to unbind and modify the password immediately after the ticket grabbing to avoid unnecessary Loss.
Friends who don't have tickets can also choose to carpool home, but they must pay special attention to safety.
In addition, some new policies issued by the Ministry of railways are becoming more and more humanized.
Points and membership system
Since December 20, 2017, the railway department has launched the service of "railway free travel" frequent flyer membership. Frequent flyer members will get corresponding points when they buy tickets, which will be accumulated according to the ticket price. If they reach 10000 points for the first time, they will be eligible for exchange, which can be used to exchange train tickets of the train number designated by the railway department, and the exchanged tickets can also be transferred to other small partners.
Support wechat payment
Since November 23, 2017, the wechat payment function of 12306 website of China Railway Customer Service Center has been put into trial operation, and the station ticket windows and ATM self-service ticket machines in major cities across the country will gradually support wechat code scanning payment.
Free service charge for remote ticket collection
Since October 1, 2017, the national railway has cancelled the service charge for non local ticket sales. In the future, the service charge of RMB 5 will not be charged for the ticket window of the railway station or the window of the selling point.
EMU opens' seat selection 'function
From October 12, 2017, the "independent seat selection" convenience service for EMU trains was launched. When purchasing tickets on 12306 website or mobile client, the system will automatically provide seat diagram for you to choose.
Ladies and gentlemen, set up the alarm clock. It's time to grab tickets. I wish you all the best tickets to go home in time for the new year.