Train ticket standby means that after a train has no seats, you can submit a standby order to snap up the tickets returned by others. This way of purchasing tickets can't be 100% successful, but if it fails, our prepaid tickets can be returned in full, and we can buy spare tickets when we travel.

The meaning of train ticket standby

Many people choose to travel by train during holidays, but it is easy to get tickets at such rush hours. Therefore, the online ticketing platform 12306 has introduced the function of spare tickets, so that some people who can't buy tickets can queue up to buy them.

Spare tickets mean that when we buy tickets, we can add spare orders for more satisfactory trains. After the passengers who buy the train refund their tickets, the tickets will be sold to the passengers who submit the standby orders first.

However, the standby ticket is not 100% available. We can set a deadline when adding standby orders. If we fail to purchase the ticket within the time limit, the ticket we paid in advance will be refunded in full, so we can also buy a guaranteed ticket when choosing the spare ticket to ensure normal travel.