Can someone highlight how VIKALP actually works? Please consider the below journey for example:
I am booking a ticket in Train-1 from Station A to Station B. It leaves Station A at 1 PM. Ticket status is WL.
I am also opting for Vikalp in following trains:
Train-2 leaving Station A at 3 PM. Berths from Station A are given from Remote Location Quota...
more... of Station X having dep time of 12 noon (charting time 8 AM).
Train-3 leaving Station A at 8 PM
Train-4 leaving Station A at 9 PM
Train-5 leaving Station A at 10 PM
Train-6 leaving Station A at 10:30 PM, and halting enroute at Station Y at 10:40 PM. Both Station A and Station Y are clubbed under one Cluster. Station Y has remote location quota defined.
Charting for Train-1 is started at 9:00 AM and process completed by 9:01 AM. I am not getting a berth in Train-1
[Scenario 1] At 9:01 AM, if berths are available in Train-2 as “Current Available” (since charting for Train-2 is already completed), will my ticket get transferred to Train-2? (transferring to alternate train during original train charting where, charting for alternate train is already done and berths are “Current Available”)
[Scenario 2] At 9:01 AM, if berths are available in Train-4 (before Charting), will my ticket get transferred to Train-4? (transferring to alternate train during original train charting where, charting for alternate train is not done and berths are “Available”)
[Scenario 3] At 4:01 PM, when charting of Train-3 is completed and many berths fall vacant in Train-3, will my ticket get transferred to Train-3 by participating in its charting process? (transferring to alternate train a few hours after the charting of original train where, charting for alternate train is completed and berths are “Current Available”)
[Scenario 4] At 5 PM, if a group of passengers cancel their confirmed berths in Train-5, thereby changing its status from WL to AVAILABLE, will my ticket get transferred to Train-5 at that moment? (transferring to alternate train a few hours after the charting of original train when some passengers from alternate train cancel their ticket and status changes from “WL” to “AVAILABLE”)
[Scenario 5] At 9:05 AM, if Train-6 has berths available ex-Station Y (but WL from Station A), will my ticket get transferred to Train-6 with boarding from Station Y? (transferring to alternate train during original train charting where, charting for alternate train is not done and berths are “Available” in RL Quota of other cluster station)