What's the difference between buying tickets in official website 12306 and buying tickets on travel websites?

There is no difference, but one is official and the other is a third party.

Take Ctrip and 12306 as an example.

Compared with 12306, 12306 will grab tickets faster, because 12306 launched a brand-new standby ticketing service on 20 19, which greatly improved the probability of users grabbing tickets.

All registered users of the website 12306 can voluntarily apply for the standby ticket purchase service of the pilot train.

Before applying for this service, users need to verify the consistency of witnesses. At present, registered users and frequent flyer users who have passed the verification of the consistency of personal certificates do not need to be verified again.

Passengers purchase tickets at the 12306 client, and enter information such as boarding date and arrival date. When there are no remaining tickets, the word "standby" will appear in the remaining ticket display list of relevant trains. Passengers can click on the "Alternate" area corresponding to the corresponding train number and seat as needed, and the system will automatically add the demand to the current alternate ticket purchase demand list.

12306 has also recently released a new version. The newly revised 12306 website focuses on serving passengers, enriches and improves the service guidance information content, and fully reflects the all-round service needs of passengers such as ticket purchase, catering, bus stop sign service and tourism.

12306 The left side of the homepage is the ticket purchasing area. At the same time, the backstage shows the specific contents in a clear way, such as "China speed is 350, Fuxing EMU sends more than 40 million passengers", as well as catering specialties, high-speed rail express booster double 1 1, membership points and so on. And the important railway tourism in China.