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I had a reservation for 3 tickets on 2-tier AC from Renigunta to Dadar on Train # 2164 for 7th March.

Reservation date: 15-2 Status at time of reservation: 13/14. PNR: 4415017760

By 6th March the status had been updated to 3/4/5 and a few hours before travel improved to RHA1 17 / WL1 / WL2. I was traveling with my parents (68 and 57 yr old) and was not willing to board the train if we did not have individual berths.

We got to Renigunta station early to inquire about the possibility of traveling with 2 waitlisted passengers. We were CLEARLY told by the railway authorities that since we have 1 RAC passenger on the ticket, we are ALLOWED to board the train and the TC on the train should be able to accommodate the 2 wait listed names.

Given the assurances stated above we boarded the train and soon hit a brick wall. The TC started the conversation with "Its a full train and there not much I can do". Well he ended up doing a lot of stuff for another group which had 'lots' of money to shell out!

The same group shared the single RAC reservation with us and were kind enough to give the entire seat to us. So yeah we had now paid Rs 3680 to share 1 berth amongst:

- Me

- 68 yr old man

- 57 yr old woman.

The TC had the audacity to say "You dont have much to offer, the other group had a lot to give! "

After a good 8 hours of travel, a different TC was kind enough to allocate a 'no-show' seat to us in the adjacent berth and that made it a little better for the 3 of us.

I do not feel like claiming TDR since we all ended up traveling on the ticket on offer. However I ask IRCTC if this was worth Rs 3680 that they charged us?

Company: IRCTC
Country: India

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