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| Circular number | Commercial Circular No. 04 of 2005 |
|---|---|
| File number | NO.2004/TGI/l0/P |
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | reservation |
| Official PDF | indianrailways.gov.in |
Scheme. for Frequent Travellers ticket for the complimentary trip, after collecting the SOFT card
\ ),.'., ,." \ t. ~~'., GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) (RAILWAY BOARD) NO.2004/TGI/l0/P ISOFT New Delhi,91 102/2005 The ChiefCommercial Managers AllZonal Railways. (COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO.4of 2005) Sub: Scheme. for Frequent Travellers. , It has been decided to Introduce Frequent Travellers Scheme In lA, 2A~Executive Class and ACChair Car of all trains. The features of the scheme are enclosed. This Issues with concurrence of Finance and Accounts Directorates of RailwayBoard. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter: 'VV :~ (R.P.Thakur) ., Director Passenger Marketing Railway Board DA: As above. No.2004/TG I/lO/P/SOFT New Delhi:J1 /02/2005 Copy to: FA&CAOs,All Zonal Railways. Directors (Audit), All Zonal Railways. L ~ Copy to: MD/IRCTC, New Delhi. MD/CRIS, New Delhi. For Financial Commissioner, Railways -5:- J' ,.""" '." "" ,,' ," '.~' --~,. __'~--d ' ...' d.. --. - .d, ----- ,.' ~ SCHEME FOR FREOUENT TRA VELLERS The scheme is valid for all trains in lAC, 2AC,ECand ACChair Car, i.e. all AC classes except 3AC. The award of points as well as complimentary trip willbe applicable for all these trains and classes. 1. (a) (b) (c) (d) The SOFT scheme wilPbe managed by IRCfC under instructions of the Ministry of Railways. Passengers will be required to register as members of the scheme by paying a non-refundable registration fee of Rs. 500/- for one year. IRCfC will enter into an agreement with a suitably selected Bank, which has adequate expertise in running credit card and loyalty programmes. A co-branded card (Photo Credit Card) of IRCTC with the selected bank will be the basis of running the loyalty programme. Customers who do not want the co-branded card or who are Ineligible for credit cards would be given the option of taking a 'plain' loyalty card (with photograph). (e) Those intending to become members of SOFT should be able to download the registration form from the web or use the form available at selected locations and send the same to the concerned , officein Delhiduly filled in and accompanied by the due amount. (f) The SOfT office will arrange to scrutinise the forms, collect the registration fee, prepare the SOFTmembership card and despatch it to the member's address in a secure manner. The mernbership card will be valid for two years. The SOFTcard will have a unique membership IO for each registered person. (g) The membership of the registered passengers will be renewed automaticatly after one-year period for a renewal fee of Rs.300j- However;;If""themember wants to discontinue the membership he willhave to make a written request~ It "~-c- " ...:,._~..,-,,-,," '-'..,T-' c,.;;, .:. / ;/ 2. , \ ~~ The basic principle of the scheme is to. award points to the .members in proportion to the fare paid by him to the Railways as under:- 3. (a) Off-peak period (journey commencing from 15th January to31st March and 15th July to 15th September) - Points to be awarded during off-peak period will be 10% of the total amount paid to the Railways for each journey performed by him. (b) Peak period - Points to be awarded during peak period will be 4°10 of the total amount paid to the Railways for each journey performed by him. (a) The passengers who are members of the scheme willapproach the , - PRS counter for reservation. However, unlike other passengers they will produce their SOFTcard before the reservation clerk. The PRS software will be suitably modified to have a special column for entry of the SOFT card number. Besides entering other details, the reservation staff will also enter the SOFT card number in the PRS. Once the reservation has been done, the modified software will ensure that the reservation details are stored in a separate file in PRSfor each SOFTcard number. (b) (c) ~ The passengers will accumulate points as per the Scheme given under para 2. CRIS will modify the software as per the scheme. The database will be accessed by the PRS software once the SOFT number is fed i
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