Foreigners going to China for a free trip, be sure to share and bookmark!
1 How to book for foreigners？
– Use 12306 app，the website is :https://www.12306.cn/en/index.html
– Change the language to English, authenticate your real name, and use your email to verify.
– You can add several people’s names to one cell phone and buy tickets together.
– If you really can’t get one, you can use trip, but there’s a “service fee”.
2 How to enter the station for foreigners？
💁♀️ After the ticket is issued online, you only need to provide your passport at the manual checkpoint, and you don’t need to change the ticket.
💁♀️ Arrive 30 minutes earlier at small high-speed rail stations, and 1 hour earlier at large high-speed rail stations is recommended (in order not to have to rush 🤣)
“💟12306 and third-party platform to buy the difference”
🔹12306 After paying for the ticket, the ticket is already issued when you buy it, and it is connected to alipay for payment.
🔹Third-party platforms (trip) is to pay for the ticket, but also to grab the ticket, may not be able to buy, see the ticket is officially bought after the ticket is issued, you can use bank transfer, credit card to pay!
3 How long before booking?
✔️ Business class is recommended to be booked in advance, because there are few seats.
✔️ you don’t need to buy ordinary class so early, unless it’s a big holiday, you need to buy it early.
✔️ You can only buy tickets within 15 days or less.
✔️12306 booking is free of charge 🆓 changes, refunds ｜ third-party platforms will draw service fees
