Industry tips: online channel ticket purchase is 2 days ahead of offline, and it is best to "grab" the Spring Festival ticket now.

　　(Reporter Wang Meiling) On December 15th, the first day train tickets in Spring Festival travel rush will be "snapped up". In 2017, Spring Festival travel rush started from January 13th to February 21st, 11 days ahead of Spring Festival travel rush in 2016, making it the earliest Spring Festival travel rush in the last five years. On December 11th, the reporter learned from Chengdu Railway Bureau that it is expected that it will be difficult for Spring Festival travel rush to grab tickets in 2017 due to the pre-holiday passenger flow superposition, weather influence, shortened ticket pre-sale period and other factors.

　　It is more difficult to stack multiple factors to grab tickets.

　　According to the prediction of Chengdu Railway Bureau, the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush will send 32.5 million passengers, an increase of about 3.6 million passengers, an increase of 12.6%; The ratio of long-distance passengers to short-distance passengers is about 1: 2, and the peak passenger flow in a single day will exceed 1 million. "Spring Festival travel rush will come earlier next year than in previous years." According to the analysis of the relevant person in charge of Chengdu Railway Bureau, the biggest impact brought by this is that the students’ holiday passenger flow is obviously superimposed with the migrant workers’ return home passenger flow and business passenger flow, and the short-distance passenger flow before the holiday will show a greater increase. After January 20, 2017, there will be a wave of superimposed passenger flow peaks.

　　In addition, according to the preliminary forecast of the meteorological department, it is more likely that there will be "La Nina" weather event in China during Spring Festival travel rush. Due to the weather, the number of short-distance passengers who change planes to trains may increase. The time for "grabbing tickets" is also shorter than in previous years. From January 5, 2017, the national railway will implement a new train diagram. In line with the adjustment of the operation chart, the pre-sale period of train tickets after December 30, 2016 was adjusted from the previous 60 days to 30 days, and the stations, sales outlets and ticket vending machines were adjusted from 58 days to 28 days.

　　Due to the overlapping passenger flow and weather, tickets are more popular and the pre-sale period is shortened. It is expected that it will be more difficult for Spring Festival travel rush to grab tickets in 2017.

　　Try to buy train tickets online. It’s best to book them now.

　　How to crack the train ticket "it is difficult to grab tickets"? Industry insiders’ advice.

　　First of all, the means of grabbing tickets should be new, and try to buy tickets through online channels. Although there are many ways to pre-sell train tickets, the pre-sale period of online and telephone channels is 2 days earlier than that of offline channels such as windows. In the case of tight tickets, it is undoubtedly more advantageous to purchase tickets through 12306 website, mobile APP and telephone.

　　Secondly, remember the key day of grabbing tickets. Based on the pre-sale period of online channels, the first day train tickets in Spring Festival travel rush will be sold on December 15th. From this date to January 8th, 2017, short-distance tickets between Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou will enter the peak of ticket sales one after another, such as Chengdu to Wanzhou and Guangyuan to Chongqing.

　　The train tickets for New Year’s Eve will be sold on December 29th. It is expected that the bullet train tickets mainly for Chengdu-Chongqing, Shanghai-Kunming, Lanzhou-Chongqing, Chengda and Chongqing-Wan high-speed rail lines will enter the booking peak.

　　Train tickets for the fifth day of the first month will be put on sale on January 3, 2017. It is expected that long-distance train tickets from Sichuan to the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, North China and Northwest China will enter the booking peak.

　　The train tickets have not yet been sold, and the tickets are already "hot". On December 11, the reporter found that during the Spring Festival, the ticket prices of popular Spring Festival routes from Chengdu to Kunming and Sanya were much higher than usual. On New Year’s Eve, the first day, the sixth day and the seventh day, the trip to Sanya and the return trip are all full price.

　　The relevant person in charge of Ctrip. com reminded that the pre-sale time of train tickets is shortened this year. If the train tickets are not grabbed, the tickets may be gone. It is expected that the ticket booking summit will be advanced to the middle and late of this month. "Spring Festival tickets can be booked now."