Will unbooked Premium Tatkal tickets confirm my General Waiting List ticket?
I have a W/L 3 ticket for the Coromandel Express for the day after tomorrow. The ticket is in A/C 3 tier class which also has 18 RAC passengers in this train. So to get a confirmed ticket, I need to have at least 21 cancellations in the next 48 hours. However, I've noticed that the Coromandel Express has 21 tickets under Premium Tatkal quota.
Everyday, although the Tatkal quota gets filled up, premium quota tickets are not booked because of the high prices. My question is, suppose say 10 Premium Tatkal quota tickets are not booked and the normal Tatkal W/L number stands at say 5. Will these 10 Premium Tatkal tickets be used to confirm the 5 normal Tatkal W/L passengers first (since Premium Tatkal may be looked upon as a subquota of Tatkal if you wish) or will these 10 seats actually upgrade the status of the general W/L (and hence RAC) tickets?
Please note that my question is about the allocation of unused Premium Tatkal tickets and is not a duplicate of Do empty tatkal quota tickets get allotted to wait-listed passengers?.
Best Answer
The left over seat of premium tatkal will be filled the tatkal waiting list first.
Please refer the indian railway instruction last page.
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Will tatkal waiting list tickets get confirmed?
Tatkal tickets directly gets confirmed and doesn't go through RAC status unlike other quotas. During chart preparation, general waiting list (GNWL) is preferred over tatkal waiting list (TQWL) therefore tatkal waitlisted tickets are less likely to get confirmed.What happens in premium tatkal?
Premium Tatkal(PT) Scheme is a new quota introduced by the Indian Railways reserving a few seats with a dynamic fare pricing to book the train tickets. Premium Tatkal booking timings are same as Tatkal scheme and it is opened by 10.00 AM for AC classes and 11.00 AM for non-AC classes.Why premium tatkal is showing booking not allowed?
As per IRCTC the ticket booking agents are not allowed to book any ticket in the Premium Tatkal Quota. Confirmed passengers are charged dynamic fares. Under this premium quota, Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC)/ Waitlist ticket bookings are not allowed.100% confirm tatkal ticket booking 7 trick and tips for 2022
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