Here's good news , Spring Festival is coming in less than two months .

What's more exciting is , This spring festival will be held in 2019 year 1 month 21 Day officially begins , According to the train ticket pre-sale mechanism （ Before departure 30 God ）, in other words ： From this month 23 Number up , You can go and buy 2019 The first train ticket for Spring Festival transportation .

Um. ~ The annual fight for tickets will start again , Believe in , At the moment, everyone is ready to take out all kinds of “ Ticket grabbing artifact ” Fight with the cattle to break the blood .

“ Which application to choose as the most powerful weapon ？” This is a multiple-choice question that must be tested before the Spring Festival .

Don't talk much , Let's go straight to today's topic —— We're looking for 4 Style mainstream “ Grab tickets ”APP： Ctrip 、 Meituan 、 Same way 、 High speed rail steward , From the convenience of buying tickets 、 Speed of ticket grabbing / The success rate 、 Details, etc , Which one on earth “ Grab tickets ”APP It's worth having .

The first step in ticket grabbing ： Whether the operation process is simple and fast ？

Page beauty 、 The simplicity of the operation process is to assess a “ Grab tickets ”APP It's one of the factors . These four APP in , High speed rail steward is the main application of train ticketing , It has the simplest and most direct entrance to buy tickets , The travel search button is provided on the home page , The user can start the ticket grabbing setting at the first time .

Ctrip 、 Meituan 、 These three are comprehensive applications , After entering the home page, you need to click again to enter the ticket page . For each application UI Different design styles , There are also many function buttons , Fortunately, you can find the ticket entrance after a glance .

After entering the ticket page , The functional layout of the four apps 、 There's not much difference in operational logic . Especially , Ctrip and meituan are currently online on the ticketing page “ Spring Festival rush tickets ” The strategy of 、 Calendar and other information , It provides a certain reference and schedule for the partners who need to buy tickets for Spring Festival transportation , It's a convenience .

4 Payment software from train number setting to ticket payment , The steps required are as follows ：

• Ctrip ： Train number list query - Select train number - Choose a reservation - Choose a predetermined channel - place order - payment .
• Meituan ： Train number list query - Select train number - Choose a reservation - Choose a predetermined channel - place order - payment .
• Same way ： Train number list query - Select train number + Book a parking space - place order - payment .
• High speed rail steward ： Train number list query - Select train number - Choose a reservation - Itinerary confirmation - Choose passengers - Recommended train number 、 Don't screen - place order - payment .

4 In application , The operation steps of the same process are the least , Ctrip and meituan have the same process , Although they are one step more than the same journey , But the process is still simple 、 quick , The high-speed rail Steward will be more complicated than the first three , Every step will bring up a dialog box , In some steps, there will be multiple train choices , Of course, this also shows that its operation is more rigorous 、 detailed .

Overall speaking , Each app has its own advantages and disadvantages in the operation experience . The simple process shows that the function is single , Complex process in booking function 、 The service will also be richer , Of course, the most important thing is the fluency and coherence of the operation , And it can achieve a good balance between convenient operation and functional richness , If you choose from the perspective of this experience , I would prefer Ctrip and meituan .

Actually measured ： Speed of ticket grabbing / Who has the highest success rate ？

Speed of ticket grabbing / The success rate is a “ Grab tickets ”APP The most important assessment criteria for good and bad , among “ Grab tickets ” There are two main types ：1. Book tickets for sale , It's usually in advance 30 God ;2. Tickets have been sold and robbed , Waiting for a refund , The system released the remaining tickets , It's called “ Leak collection ”.

Let's test the first way , Use 4 Two accounts are in 4 Book the following two trains on two platforms at the same time （ None of them use “ Acceleration package ”）：

• 12 month 13 Number 9:30 Open presale ： Train number D682, Shenzhen north - Chaoshan , Departure date ：1 month 11 Number ;
• 12 month 13 Number 11:30 Open presale ： Train number D2381, Guangzhou East - Xiamen , Departure date ：1 month 11 Number .

give the result as follows ：

notes ： As of press ,D682 The train number is in the state of insufficient tickets , It also showed that there was a lack of tickets soon after the sale , When tickets are in demand , Only Ctrip successfully grabs tickets at the first time , Tongcheng is on sale 35 I won the ticket in minutes , Should be “ Leak collection ” ticket .D2381 The number of trains is still sufficient at present ,4 All the platforms got tickets at the first time .

The second way of testing is “ Leak collection ”, Referring to past experience , The best time to pick up a leak is mainly divided into the following three periods ：

1. 1. After sales 30 minute （ Successful ticket grabbing, the user did not pay, leading to ticket refund ）;
2. 2. Before departure 15 God （ Free refund time ）;
3. 3. Before departure 2 Heaven and 12 Within hours ( It's the peak period of refund and renewal ）.

According to this rule , Now we mainly choose 2、3 Two time periods were tested .

• Before departure 15 God ：12 month 12 Number 12:00 Start setting up ticket grabbing , The number of trains is ：G1607, Guangzhou South - Xiamen North , Departure time ：12 month 30 Number 14:55
• Before departure 12 Within hours ：12 month 12 Number 12:00 Start setting up ticket grabbing , The number of trains is ： G6345, Guangzhou South - Chaoshan , Departure time ：12 month 12 Number 20:36

give the result as follows ：

From above 4 From the results of the ticket snatching of the last train , The most successful ones are Ctrip and Tongcheng , Second, meituan and HSR housekeeper , Among them in G1607 On the speed of ticket grabbing of train number , Meituan and high-speed rail steward are faster than Ctrip .

Of course , The above test is just a small sample , It doesn't mean everything . in fact , The success rate of grabbing tickets / The speed is different from the train number 、 Time 、 It has a lot to do with the start time of ticket grabbing . Xiaolei suggests , It doesn't have to be limited to one app , The most effective way is ： Use a few more “ Grab tickets ”APP At the same time, ticket grabbing can maximize the success rate .

Whether there is bundling 、 Deliberately charging more ？

It is worth mentioning that , We almost met one in the process of grabbing tickets “ pit ”—— Ticket grabbing acceleration bag .

4 In application , Ctrip 、 Same way 、 High speed rail steward this 3 Applications in the operation process will help you choose to buy acceleration package by default , Among them, Ctrip charges for ：30 element / Share , Same way ：20 element / Share , High speed rail steward ：30 element / Share . Although they can be set to cancel , You can also choose acceleration packages with different costs , But some apps don't have obvious charging tips , If you don't pay attention , be prone to “ inform ”.

Meituan also supports different acceleration package options , But by default, there is no acceleration package fee added to users , Here 4 In application , Is the only one in the default operation process , No bundling , It can be used to buy tickets at the original price .

Many of them may have a question mark ： Does the accelerator really work ？ General information on the Internet ： Different platforms use different acceleration methods after using the acceleration package , For example, more nodes will be added 、 Calculate the force 、 Resources or network speed , To improve the success rate of ticket grabbing ,

But in fact , It is also difficult for us to judge whether the system really provides users with additional ticket resources , There's feedback from partners , With the accelerator package , Still failed to snap up , There are also partners who have done such tests , Ticket grabbing with and without accelerator , Those who didn't use the acceleration package succeeded in grabbing tickets instead .

In general , There is a certain chance in the success rate of any platform , Setting up an acceleration package doesn't guarantee that 100% success , But on this premise , We hope that when the platform provides accelerator package service , Don't just bundle it 、 The act of deliberately overcharging, etc , Give users a pure 、 don 't worry 、 Clear ticketing environment .

And a little bit more , Considering that users may return tickets after purchase 、 The change of the ticket , Ctrip 、 Meituan 、 Same way 、 High speed rail steward 4 All apps support refund 、 Change the ticket , But in terms of refund speed , Meituan is particularly prominent , It supports “ Fast retreat ” function , After applying for refund, the fund will immediately return to the payment account , The other three apply for refund , In general, we need 1-15 Days waiting time for refund .

Summary ： a “ Grab tickets ”APP The most important thing is the user experience

Although the result of ticket grabbing is to choose one “ Grab tickets ”APP Key points of , But it involves the ticket grabbing mechanism behind different platforms 、 The server 、 Network speed 、 Cloud monitoring 、 Computing power and other factors , Just use the test , In the case of limited samples , I'm not sure , Which one on earth APP The fastest way to get tickets 、 The highest success rate . in fact , Based on past experience and feedback from most partners , Different ticket grabs APP There is a certain degree of contingency , The probability is random , Sometimes I really talk about fate .

In this case , In fact, one “ Grab tickets ”APP The most important thing is the user experience , Include ： The simplicity of operation 、 Functional richness 、 Services and other humanized functions , As mentioned above , Ctrip and meituan have achieved a good balance in operation simplicity and function richness , What impresses me most is , Meituan is here 4 In application , There is no default binding “ Acceleration package ” A situation leading to overcharge , And support quick refund , It shows that it has more consideration for the interests of users , Based on the above criteria , I will give priority to meituan .