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A.SERVICES OFFERED All the services given below are fully available for this website. 1. Rail Tour /Holiday Package Voucher - refers to a Railway reservation booked on this website, for the consummation of which the customer prints out a Voucher which, along with the concerned authorized personal identification. It constitutes a receipt for the booking of the Rail Tour Package and not an authority to travel on the Indian Railway Network.
2. Counter Ticket - A ticket booked manually at the authorized offices of IRCTC for which details are given with every package. 3. Cab rental - All rentals are subject to terms and conditions as mentioned in the rental agreement.
4. Hotels - All the services related to Hotel booking are fully available for this website.
Cancellation facility of your booked hotel voucher is possible Online only (Only in some special cases/situation, when the cancellation is not possible online, customer can call IRCTC Hotel helpdesk @ 022-61539545 for the help in the cancellation). Services Not Offered: Advance booking for foreign tourists 360 days in advance. Reservation on Police/military warrants, Railway passes, PTOs, card passes &IC cards issued to MP's and INDRAIL Passes and all types of Rail Travel Coupons or on any Concessions. (Except senior citizen's concession). Tickets to cluster stations. (Stations not on the route of the train) Reservation on tickets with Break Journey. |
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B.TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE Definitions: In this agreement the following words shall have the following meanings: >* Ticket - means any ticket issued by us. It is an authorization to travel using our ticket booking facility for the specified journey over the network of Indian Railways. This Rail Tour Package Voucher. *Weekdays - All the days of the week other than Sunday. *Rail Tour Package Voucher - refers to a Railway reservation booked on this website, for the consummation of which the customer prints out an Voucher which constitutes the authority to travel, in lieu of the regular ticket on standard stationary. *Charting Time - The time at which the charts for a particular train are prepared, for pasting on the coaches/exhibition boards before the departure of the train. *The rates offered Peak/Non-Peak season would be applicable from the date of commencement of tour/ Package for the whole tour/ package. Under no circumstances the rates will change even in case the tour package runs from Peak/Non-Peak season and Vice versa. Further when a passenger(s) opts for a partial journey of a tour which starts in Peak season, but the date of commencement of tour is in Non peak season, the rates for peak season will be applicable. Similarly when a passenger(s) opts for a partial journey of a tour which starts in Non Peak season, but the date of commencement of tour is in peak season, the rates for Non peak season will be applicable. * Voucher - The printout in standard specified Performa containing reservation particulars and instructions for use which can be used by the Passenger as travel authority for performing the journey. (See Performa / sample here) link showing Voucher. The user of the Voucher is governed by these rules and the instructions available on the Voucher itself. The IRCTC provides only the facility for transacting through the Internet. Indian Railway's rules for reservation and booking apply to all such transactions along with special conditions imposed for Internet based booking. The special conditions and the terms of service applicable to Internet booking are detailed in this document. The following terms and conditions will apply if you wish to use the Indian Railways online ticket booking service offered through the IRCTC website. Please go through the conditions carefully and if you accept them, you may register and transact on the site. No user can register more than once on the site. Please note that once you register yourself on the IRCTC site, you are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions set forth below. If You do not agree with all these terms and conditions, you must not transact on this Website. Once you have clicked the 'I Agree' buttons at the bottom of these Terms and Conditions you have entered into a formal agreement with IRCTC for the purpose of transactions on this website. If a user violates the terms and conditions of use by registering more than one userid and or booking tickets on such multiple userid’s, IRCTC reserves the right to deactivate all such user registration and cancel any or all ticket booked using these registrations without any notice. IRCTC's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal processes of Govt. Of India, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of IRCTC's right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this Web Site or information provided to or gathered by IRCTC with respect to such use. You agree that IRCTC may provide details of your use of the Web Site to regulators or police or to any other third party, or in order to resolve disputes or complaints which relate to the Web Site, at IRCTC’s complete discretion. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth herein, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the customer and IRCTC with respect to this Web Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the customer and IRCTC with respect to this Web Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. This agreement is made between: IRCTC (“Us”) and The User ("You"), the individual, whose details are set out in the User Registration page. |
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TICKET BOOKING Supply By Us: We agree to provide online ticket booking facilities to registered users who agree to the terms and condition set forth in this document. Standard of Service: We will supply the service to you with reasonable care and skill. Service Hours: Booking through Internet is allowed from 5 AM to 11.30 PM. (Indian Standard Time) on all days including Sundays. Service hours are liable to be changed without prior notice. Issue of Tickets User Registration: You must be a registered user to use our site to book tickets and for any type of enquiries. No user can register more than once on the site. All payments towards the cost of the tickets issued will be through one of the payment mode provided on the payment page. Our site is VeriSign secured and your credit card details will travel on the Internet in a fully encrypted (128 bit, browser independent encryption) form. To ensure security, your card details are NOT stored in our Website. Scope of Service: IRCTC makes no guarantee that any service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.Booking through Internet is allowed round the clock. Rules Governing the Booking of Tickets through Internet: Normal Booking (Other than Tatkal Booking) is allowed for journey by this train from the Delhi Safdarjng railway station (from the train starting station) to any intermediate halting station (with minimum 03 nights stay) or to the destination of the train or from one halting station to another halting station on the train route. - All rules and regulations applicable for reservation of seats/berths and charging of fare for reservation through internet will be as per rules defined by IRCTC. - Allotment of coach/berth/seats will be done as per existing allocation logic available in the IRCTC server. Confirmation of Booking: Your booking and reservation will be confirmed online, after you complete the transaction successfully. Further, the system will issue you a unique Transaction ID for each booking. Payment on your credit card is processed by one Payment Gateways viz ICICI. If the Payment Gateway is not functioning please try the other banks. Booking of tickets is subject to realization of fare and the service charges (including Service Tax) from concerned Bank through the Payment Gateway. You will be responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes and assessments arising out of your use of this Website. If, for any reason, the reservation does not materialize, the entire amount debited from your card account will be credited back to your card account. If you want to try for the same reservation again, it will be treated as a fresh booking. Payment Option: 1. Payment by credit cards: a.Gateway No.1 (Operated by ICICI bank): Payments through any Master / Visa credit cards issued by any bank(Transaction charges of 1.8% on the total transaction value will be levied by the card-issuing bank.) / HDFC Visa debit cards. b.Gateway No.2 (Operated by HDFC bank): Payments through any Master / Visa credit cards issued by any bank(Not International Credit Cadrs)(Transaction charges of 1.8% on the total transaction value will be levied by the card-issuing bank.) / HDFC Visa debit cards. 2. Payment through Direct Debit facility : a.ICICI Bank Direct Debit: (Transaction charges of Rs.10/- + service tax as applicable on the total transaction value will be levied by ICICI Bank) I. This implies that the account holders of ICICI Bank will be taken to ICICI Internet Banking Site, where customers can authorize payments from his / her account to IRCTC and on successful authorization the customer will be returned to IRCTC Site and the Ticket will be booked. In case of failure of booking the amount Debited will be Credited back to the customer's account. b.IDBI Bank Direct Debit : (Transaction charges of Rs.10/- on the total transaction value will be levied by IDBI Bank) I. This implies that the account holders of IDBI Bank will be taken to IDBI Internet Banking Site, where customers can authorize payments from his / her account to IRCTC and on successful authorization the customer will be returned to IRCTC Site and the Ticket will be booked. In case of failure of booking the amount Debited will be Credited back to the customer's account. c.Union Bank Of India Direct Debit: (No Transaction charges is levied by Union Bank Of India ) I. This implies that the account holders of Union Bank will be taken to Union Bank of India Internet Banking Site, where customers can authorize payments from his / her account to IRCTC and on successful authorization the customer will be returned to IRCTC Site and the Ticket will be booked. In case of failure of booking the amount Debited will be Credited back to the customer's account. d.ITZ Cash Card : (Transaction charges of 1.5%) This implies that the account holders of Done Cash Card will be taken to ITZ Cash Card Internet Banking Site, where customers can authorize payments from his /her account to IRCTC and on successful authorization the customer will be returned to IRCTC Site and the Ticket will be booked. In case of failure of booking the amount Debited will be credited back to the customer's account. After pressing the “Buy” button, if the “Ticket reservation output page” is not displayed on your monitor due to power failure or Internet link failure, please click the “Booked Tickets” menu on the left side of the screen. This page contains all the details of the tickets booked by you. If the reservation desired by you finds a place in the above page, you can note down the transaction id, Tour Confirmation Number and other details. The tickets will be delivered as desired by you. You are also advised to check your e-mail or contact IRCTC, if necessary. In case user fails to check his "booked Tickets", does a repeated transaction, also fails to cancel the ticket. The user shall have no right to claim the amount. The loss on this account shall not be borne either by IRCTC or by the Banks /Payment Gateways. |
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1. NON-AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT Non-authorization of payment more than once by payment gateway for tickets booked by you is liable to result in deregistration of your account with this site, without any notice. |
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2. CANCELLATION/REFUND/MODIFICATION OF TICKETS For cancellation of your ticket, please log in to your account, select the Tour Confirmation Number of the ticket you wish to cancel and cancel your ticket from your booked history on line. Cancellation of your Ticket is possible only on the website www.railtourismindia.com, and is NOT possible on PRS Counters. Cancellation can be done till the time of chart preparation for the train which is normally 96 hours before the scheduled departure of the train from the train originating station. If the user wishes to cancel his ticket, he can do so till the time 96 hours before the scheduled departure of the train from the train originating station. He can log on to www.railtourismindia.com, and go to Booked Tickets link and select the ticket to be fully or partly cancelled and can initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers to be cancelled. Cancellation would be confirmed online and the refund would be credited back to the account used for booking as for normal Internet tickets. If there is any partial cancellation of ticket please ensure that the modified ticket (Voucher) is printed separately. The refund amount due to you after cancellation will be credited back to the same account which you had used for booking the ticket, for more information contact. In case the user wishes to modify the ticket, he may opt to change the master passenger details, change of name, age, sex of the passenger. Note : No refund is permissible in lieu of modification of the ticket. DGM (Tourism), Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. 2nd Floor, STC Building, Janpath Road, New Delhi 110001. |
| 3. USER REGISTRATION: New user will receive a password and account designation upon completing our registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) Immediately notify tourticket@irctc.co.in of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) Ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. IRCTC cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this. There is also an option for already existing users of www.irctc.co.in to update their profile for using tourism services. Once the user also opts for tourism related services, he is registered with www.railtourismindia.com |
| 4. TICKETS : For Ticket- Tickets (Reservations) can be cancelled only through Internet till Chart preparation of the train and cancellation is not allowed at face-to-face Railway Counters. If the user wishes to cancel his ticket, he can do so till the time96 hours before the scheduled departure of the train from the train originating station. He can log on to www.railtourismindia.com and go to Booked Tickets link and select the ticket to be fully or partly cancelled and can initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers to be cancelled. Cancellation would be confirmed online and the refund would be credited back to the account used for booking as for normal Internet tickets. If there is any partial cancellation of ticket please ensure that the modified ticket (voucher) is printed separately. In case the user wishes to modify the ticket, he may opt to change of name, age, sex of the passenger. Note : No refund is permissible in lieu of modification of the ticket. Modification on Tickets such as change of boarding point, change of Name is permitted. In case the passenger travelling against Ticket is not carrying the printed copy of the "Voucher" during his/her journey, a nominal charge of Rs.50/- is chargeable by the TTE/ Conductor Guard in the train against an excess fare ticket. |
| 5. YOUR OBLIGATIONS : a.General Obligations: You shall access our web site only for lawful purposes and you shall be responsible for complying with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations in connection with the use of our web site. This Website is for your personal and non-commercial use. You shall not modify copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information, products or services obtained from this Website. You shall not create a hypertext link to the Website or "frame" the Website, except with the express advance written permission of IRCTC. b.Information Provided: The information you provide in the Registration page must be complete and accurate. IRCTC reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as IRCTC deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or Governmental request. c.Use of the Online Reservation Service and Mobile Reservation Service: You may only use this service to make legitimate bookings / reservations i.e., you may not use this service to book tickets for the purpose of commercial resale and profit. Without limitation, any speculative, false or fraudulent reservation or any reservation in anticipation of demand is prohibited. d.Non-authorization: Non-authorization of payment more than once by payment gateway for tickets booked by you is liable to result in deregistration of your account with this site, without any notice. e.Customer Responsibility: You confirm to us that you are 18 years of age or above and have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement with us and that all information you provide in respect of your use of the service is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You are responsible for the security of your password and for all transactions undertaken using your password through our service. The Password entered by you is transmitted in one- way encrypted form to our database and stored as such. Thus the Password will not be known even to IRCTC. You confirm that you are the authorized holder of the credit card or the original account holder used in the transactions you make using the site and you alone use the "id" and "password" you have created in the site. Railways/IRCTC will not be responsible for any financial loss, inconvenience or mental agony resulting from misuse of your ID/password/credit card number/account details number for booking tickets on this site. |
| 6 LIABILITY : a. Limitation of Liability: We shall not be liable to you save as expressly provided for in these terms and conditions and shall have no other obligations, duties or liabilities whatsoever in contract, tort or otherwise arising out of the use of the service or connection to the web site. To the maximum extent permitted by law, IRCTC and/or its respective suppliers hereby disclaims all warranties, terms and conditions with regard to this information, products and services including all implied warranties, terms and conditions, by statute, collaterally or otherwise, of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement in no event, shall IRCTC and / or its suppliers be liable for any loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of business, loss of revenue, wasted time, wasted costs, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss arising out of, or in any way connected with the use of this Website or with the delay or inability to use this Website or for any information, products and services obtained through this Website or otherwise arising out of the use of this website whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if IRCTC or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. b.Accuracy of Information: We shall use reasonable endeavors to check the accuracy of the information published on this web site. We give no warranty as to the accuracy of such information given on our web site and reserve the right to amend and vary the contents of this web site from time to time without notice. The IRCTC Sites/Services may contain links to third party Web sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of IRCTC and IRCTC is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. IRCTC is not responsible for web casting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site nor is IRCTC responsible if the Linked Site is not working appropriately. IRCTC is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by IRCTC of the site or any association with its operators. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by the privacy statements and terms of use posted at the Linked Sites. c. Transactions with third parties: Any transactions with third parties including advertisers on this website or participation in promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. IRCTC shall not be responsible or liable for any part of any such dealings or promotions. d. Maximum Liability: The maximum amount of our liability to you for all loss or damage arising out of your use of our web site and the service whether in contract or tort (including any liability for negligence howsoever arising out of or in connection with the performance of our obligations in the provision of the web site and this service) shall be limited to the value of the ticket purchased through your use of this service. e. Exclusion of Liability: We shall not be liable to you for any of the following types of loss or damage arising out of your use of our web site and the service whether in contract or tort (including any liability for negligence howsoever arising out of or in connection with the performance of our obligations in the provision of the web site and this service): i. Loss of revenue, business, anticipated savings or profits; Or ii. Any indirect or consequential loss howsoever arising. Earnest efforts will be made to deliver tickets to the customer within two days following the date of booking (3 clear days for certain destinations). For details of areas covered, click here. IRCTC and Indian Railway will accept no indirect or consequential liabilities with regard to any delay in delivery. f. Exclusion of other Warranties/Remedies: You acknowledge and agree that in entering into the Agreement, you do not rely on and shall have no remedy in respect of any statement, representation or warranty given by any person (including as to condition, quality and fitness for purpose). ALL warranties implied by statute, common law, custom or otherwise as to the standard of the service and the accuracy of any information (other than fraudulent misrepresentation) provided on this web site are hereby excluded. g.Force Majeure: We shall not be liable to you in respect of any delay in performance of these terms and conditions or delay in performance or breach of the terms and conditions due to any event or circumstances beyond our reasonable control. |
| 7. TERMINATION : Our Termination Rights: We may at any time at our sole discretion and without giving any reason or any prior notice terminate or temporarily suspend your access to all or any part of the web site. |
| 8. USE OF TICKETS : You must check your ticket: You must check your ticket for errors, if any, as soon as you receive it. If an error is noticed and the ticket does not comply with the information set out in the reservation page, you must inform us of the same immediately at Phone no 011-23701174/23701145/46/47 extn-221,223,222,229,226 or mail us at tourticket@irctc.co.in. Exclusion of liability for cancellation of trains: Please note that in case of cancellation/diversion/termination short of destination of trains, the Indian Railways Rules apply which contain limitations and exclusions relating to the liability of the Indian Railways to the customer in respect of loss or damage caused by the. |
| 9. GOVERNING LAW: Indian Law and the courts of New Delhi, India govern This Agreement and your use of the web site. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in New Delhi, India in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the IRCTC Sites/Services. Use of the IRCTC Sites/Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. a. Entire Agreement: This Agreement including any document referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us and you in respect of your use of this service. b. Third Party Rights: Nothing in this Agreement shall be taken as granting any rights expressly or implicitly whether contractual or statutory to persons other than you or us. c. Website Contents: All content and software (if any) that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the IRCTC Sites/Services, excluding content and/or software that may be made available by end-users through a Communication Service, ("Software") is owned by and is the copyrighted work of IRCTC and/or its suppliers and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). No part of this site shall be reproduced in any form whether electronically or otherwise without the prior consent of IRCTC Ltd. other than temporarily in the course of using the IRCTC service or to keep a record of transactions entered into using the service. d. Materials Provided to IRCTC: IRCTC does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to IRCTC (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any IRCTC Site/Service or its associated services for review by the general public (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting IRCTC, its affiliated companies and necessary sub licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. IRCTC is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and IRCTC may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion. By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions. e. Severability: Each of the provisions of these terms and conditions shall be separate and severable. Should any provision be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed from the terms and conditions, and the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall continue in full force and effect and be amended so far as possible to give valid effect to the intentions of the parties under the severed provision. f. Waiver: The failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or at law. A waiver by us of any terms or conditions in any instance should not be considered to be a waiver of any term or condition for the future or of any subsequent breach. No partnership:Nothing in this Agreement shall operate so as to create a partnership, joint venture, an agency relationship or employment of any kind between you and us. g. No partnership: Nothing in this Agreement shall operate so as to create a partnership, joint venture, an agency relationship or employment of any kind between you and us. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. |
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10. PRIVACY POLICY : IRCTC respects and protects the privacy of the individuals who use IRCTC's services. Individually identifiable information about you is not willfully disclosed to any third party without first receiving your permission, as explained in this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"). a. Cookies: Upon your first visit to www.railtourismindia.com, we send a "cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a piece of data that identifies you as a unique user. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to understand our user base more. We do this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people transact on our site. IRCTC will its cookies to third parties except as required by a valid legal process such as a search warrant or court order. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse al cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Be aware, however, that some parts of our services may not function properly if you refuse cookies. b. What Information Do We Collect? : Except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information, we do not collect any unique information about you (such as your name, email address, etc.). IRCTC notes and saves information such as time of day, browser type, browser language, and IP address with each query. This information is used to verify our records and to provide more relevant services to users. c. Links to Other Sites: people over whom IRCTC exercises no control develop The sites linked to www.railtourismindia.com. Other parties, such as those advertising on our pages or those advertising thorough our envelopes carrying tickets are also in no way under the control or influence of IRCTC. These other sites /parties may send their own cookies / messages to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Our users may give such information or data only at their personal discretion. d. With Whom Does IRCTC Share Information? : IRCTC will not share your personal data with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties without your express consent. However, we may divulge aggregate information about our users. e. Your consent and changes to the Privacy Policy By using the www.railtourismindia.com, you consent to the collection and use of your information as we have outlined in this policy and to our Terms & Conditions. IRCTC may decide to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. f. Who can I ask if I have additional questions? : Feel free to contact us any time and we'll answer any additional questions you may have. Phone no 011-23701174/237001145/46/47 extn-221,223,222,229,226 or mail us at tourticket@irctc.co.in |
| C . CANCELLATION RULES Calculation of cancellation time would be based on the time of departure of respective train/package. Tickets (Reservations) can be cancelled only through Internet till Chart preparation of the train and it is not allowed at face to face Railway Counters. If the user wishes to cancel his Rail Tour Package Voucher, it can be done 96 hrs before scheduled departure of the train through the Internet. He can log on to www.railtourismindia.com and go to Booked Tickets link... and select the ticket to be cancelled and can initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers to be cancelled. Cancellation would be confirmed online and the refund would be credited back to the account used for booking as for normal Internet tickets. If there is any partial cancellation of ticket please ensure that the modified ticket (Voucher) is printed separately as for the original ticket. |