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On rush routes its not possible for ordinary persons, use tatkal agents, they have software to book tatkal tickets with high chance even confirmed chance, they have some special paid softwares to accomplish this.
Also if you get tqwl1 or 2 there are some chances of getting confirmed so turn off book only if confirmed tkts are allotted
successful tatkal booking on popular route is nothing short of an achievement😄
What is the proccess to get IRCTC wallet along with its pros and cons
I wonder why dont railways allow booking all tickets only 1 day before in tatkaal quota. This way there will be higher chances of getting tatkaal ticket and also very few cancellation. And all in all more revenue for railways
for the past few days, app is getting logged out before payment gateway page and then it won't load for 5 mins which is ridiculous. how come they simply claim 2L tickets in first 20mins when tickets are not lasting more than 4mins?
How can we contact agents?
Those who are blaming IRCTC servers. Jab woh khud ka kuch bana lenge tab baat karein. Jab 130 crore log or may be lets assume 1 percent of them comes on irctc.co.in pe aate hain 11 baje fir pata chalta hai asliyat. Flipkart jaisi private company nahin tik paati flash sale ke time
Aisa kuch naya ni milega thread mein so mast raho
Thank you so much, Today i could book tatkal ticket using this trick
@Scorpion bro by following your guidance, I've secured two SL tickets on the Nellai Express from Chennai to Tirunelveli today, after numerous unsuccessful attempts in the past. It feels like a remarkable accomplishment! 
🥰 All credit goes to you! 
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Preparation:
1. Add Passenger details in Masterlist before booking
2. If more trains available for that route, choose the best option to book (we can give only one shot in that time)
3. Try Premium Tatkal instead of Normal Tatkal (For sleeper)
Booking:
1. Login to IRCTC App/website at 9:55/10:55.
2. Search for Train details and wait sometime and go to train screen at 9.58/10.58.
3. Exactly at 10:00:05/11:00:05, click the seat availability (Each screen will take its own time, dont come out, be there).
4. Each screen will take atleast 1 min.
5. When u get 'unable to process request' error, try again in same screen, it will go thru in 1 or 2 attempts.
6. In the passenger details screen, nowadays Passenger details is not fetching automaticaly, So in 1st try if it not fetched try to enter manually.
7. Dont forget to choose the option 'Book ticket only is Confirm berth is booked'.
8. Advantage of Prem Tatkal booking, For the 1st 5 mins the Ticket amount will be of Normal Tatkal rate (after every 10% of ticket booked in Prem tatkal, 20% increase will be there in that ticket fare)
Since in tatkal time server is overloaded, system will take atleast 5 mins to move to next slab. So once u get the amount locked in the next screen, u have high chance of booking Prem tatkal tickets in normal tatkal fare.
Even if u forget to choose 'Book ticket only is Confirm berth is booked',once the tickets are full before u get confirmed ticket, ur tickets will not go to WL, since Prem tatkal quota dont have WL.
9. Try paytm UPI and preferably PayTM/HDFC accounts linked with it.
Even if u dont have tickets to book in the upcoming days, try to practice and go till the Ticket amount screen or till UPI screen to feel the process and accustom to the practice.
In some routes like Chennai - Howrah, definitely we will not get tickets. Like this type of routes better option is to get from Agent.
Preparation:
1. Add Passenger details in Masterlist before booking
2. If more trains available for that route, choose the best option to book (we can give only one shot in that time)
3. Try Premium Tatkal instead of Normal Tatkal (For sleeper)
Booking:
1. Login to IRCTC App/website at 9:55/10:55.
2. Search for Train details and wait sometime and go to train screen at 9.58/10.58.
3. Exactly at 10:00:05/11:00:05, click the seat availability (Each screen will take its own time, dont come out, be there).
4. Each screen will take atleast 1 min.
5. When u get 'unable to process request' error, try again in same screen, it will go thru in 1 or 2 attempts.
6. In the passenger details screen, nowadays Passenger details is not fetching automaticaly, So in 1st try if it not fetched try to enter manually.
7. Dont forget to choose the option 'Book ticket only is Confirm berth is booked'.
8. Advantage of Prem Tatkal booking, For the 1st 5 mins the Ticket amount will be of Normal Tatkal rate (after every 10% of ticket booked in Prem tatkal, 20% increase will be there in that ticket fare)
Since in tatkal time server is overloaded, system will take atleast 5 mins to move to next slab. So once u get the amount locked in the next screen, u have high chance of booking Prem tatkal tickets in normal tatkal fare.
Even if u forget to choose 'Book ticket only is Confirm berth is booked',once the tickets are full before u get confirmed ticket, ur tickets will not go to WL, since Prem tatkal quota dont have WL.
9. Try paytm UPI and preferably PayTM/HDFC accounts linked with it.
Even if u dont have tickets to book in the upcoming days, try to practice and go till the Ticket amount screen or till UPI screen to feel the process and accustom to the practice.
In some routes like Chennai - Howrah, definitely we will not get tickets. Like this type of routes better option is to get from Agent.
Today also booked 7 Prem tatkal tickets (4+3) at Normal Tatkal rate.
Practice, Planning and Execution.
I tried to book tatkal tickets on tuesday and today, both time I was only able to login to the booking page at 11:05. What happening is that the website is loading fast, but the login captcha won't load. I don't know why they are not putting the captcha server also on some high availability infrastructure.
Today i tried in both App and website, as u said the website was totally useless because of captcha loading, it worked after 5 mins only.
But App went smooth today. IRCTC also introduced Fingerprint sensor authentication from last month, which skips the captcha at the time of login.
As suggested, login to IRCTC app at 10:57, go to Train screen at 10:58/10:59 and at 11:00:05 press Check availablity & Passenger details and proceed to next screens on time.
Better luck for upcoming bookings.