During the peak travel period of the Spring Festival and holidays every year, train tickets have become a "scarce resource" for the majority of passengers. 12306, as the official ** of China Railway Customer Service Center, provides two main ways to purchase tickets - ticket grabbing and waitlist ticket purchase. These two methods of purchasing tickets have their own characteristics, and the operating mechanism, effect and security behind them are different.
First, let's take a closer look at the concept of "ticket grabbing." The so-called ticket grabbing is mainly a service provided by a third-party ticket grabbing software, which uses technical means to achieve high-frequency refresh, real-time monitoring of remaining ticket information, and automatically submit orders when there are tickets. This model may seem convenient and efficient, but in fact there are many uncertainties and potential risks. Due to the large number of users using ticket-grabbing software at the same time, the pressure on the network server increases dramatically, which may lead to slow system response and affect the efficiency of ticket purchase. More importantly, the railway department has strict management measures for ticket grabbing, such as restricting frequent requests in a short period of time, etc., to maintain a fair and just ticketing environment. Therefore, although ticket-grabbing software can improve the probability of successful ticket purchase, the actual effect is not stable, and there may be problems such as personal information leakage and fund security, making ticket-grabbing not an ideal ticket-buying solution.
On the other hand, the "standby ticket purchase" function launched on the official website of 12306 provides passengers with a more formal, safe and successful way to purchase tickets. When there is no ticket for the selected train, the user can choose to submit a waitlist order, and the system will dynamically adjust it according to the actual situation during the operation of the train (such as refund, change, etc.), and allocate the tickets fairly and reasonably according to the waiting order. Especially in the period before the departure of the train, due to the refund or change of tickets due to some passengers due to itinerary changes and other reasons, the success rate of repurchasing tickets at this time is often high, and sometimes even a high redemption rate can be achieved.
In summary, after considering the formality, security and actual results in recent years, we can see that the standby ticket purchase has greater advantages and higher feasibility than ticket grabbing software. However, this does not mean that the waitlist ticket purchase will guarantee the success of the ticket purchase, after all, the ticket purchase result is also affected by various factors such as train number, time, season, etc. Therefore, it is recommended that the majority of passengers give priority to the waitlist ticket purchase function on the 12306 official website, and at the same time pay attention to the time of ticket release, and manually purchase tickets in a timely manner, so as to seize the opportunity in the fierce competition for ticket purchase and smoothly embark on the journey home or travel. In the face of the problem of ticket purchase, we should remain rational, understand and respect fair and just ticket purchase rules, and jointly create a good travel environment.