convenience fee and how much does IRCTC charge per ticket?

What is the convenience fee and how much does IRCTC charge per ticket?

 What is IRCTC’s convenience fee?

A convenience fee is charged as a service charge for the online service being provided by IRCTC for booking train tickets.

IRCTC collection of convenience fee on ticket booking, through Credit & Debit Cards / Net Banking / Wallets / Bharat QR / Pay on Delivery and Others, IRCTC charging Rs. 15 plus goods and services tax (GST-18%) per ticket on booking of non-AC tickets, and Rs 30 plus GST for AC class tickets. 

IRCTC collection of convenience fee on ticket booking, through Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) or Unified Payments Interface (UPI), IRCTC charges a lesser convenience fee of Rs 10 plus GST (18%) per ticket for non-AC class tickets, and Rs 20 plus GST(18%) for AC classes.

What is the convenience fee and how much does IRCTC charge per ticket?

 

how to avoid convenience fee in IRCTC

Convenience fee is charged by IRCTC for booking train tickets. We cannot avoid paying the convenience fee, it has to be paid. But still there are many third-party online ticket booking portals that provide this facility without any convenience fee, such as - ICICI Bank, Amazon, Paytm etc.

 

IRCTC convenience fee refund

IRCTC Convenience Fee is non-refundable. Once you cancel a ticket, you will not get a refund of the IRCTC Convenience Fee.

 

how to book train ticket without convenience fee

The convenience fee is charged by IRCTC for booking train tickets. We cannot avoid paying the convenience fee, it has to be paid. Because still there are many third-party online ticket booking portals that provide this facility without any convenience fee, such as - ICICI Bank, Amazon, Paytm etc.

 

IRCTC transaction charges

IRCTC convenience fee calculator

 

online ticket booking charges

 

IRCTC UPI payment charges

For Sleeper (SL) & Second Sitting (2S) | General

Convenience Fee: ₹10/- + GST (18%) >> 10+1.8=11.8

For all AC Tier Class | General

Convenience Fee: ₹20/- + GST (18%) >> 20+3.6=23.6

IRCTC credit card payment charges

For Sleeper (SL) & Second Sitting (2S) | General

Convenience Fee: ₹15/- + GST (18%)>> 15+2.7 = 17.7

For all AC Tier Class | General

Convenience Fee: ₹30/- + GST (18%) >> 30+5.4 = 35.4