Booking tatkal tickets on IRCTC the supercool way
This article is a short demo to using Firefox’s Autofill Forms extension to book tatkal tickets. First step is to go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4775 and install the extension. You’ll need to restart Firefox for the extension to take effect.
Now that it’s done, head to the IRCTC website and login. Now head to the Quick Book page. You can fill in the details.
If you do not know the train number, you can get it from the “Plan My Travel” page. Now that you’ve filled up all the details you want to, right click on one of the form textboxes. Click on the “Add complete form as profile” option.
A new window like this will now open up
You can close the window and reload the QuickBook page. Press the Alt+j key combination to autofill the form. You can reload the page as many times as you want and press Alt+j to autofill.
This post is dedicated to my good friend Dhanya.
Edit : OK, I’m giving into blackmail from someone crafty and cunning(not my words) 
@gjoos : i want my name included in that blogpost if you want me to TRY booking tickets for you tomorrow !!!
So, Divya chechi.. this post is dedicated to you as well
Update : Wondering what CKWL means? Check out my blog post on CKWL status on Tatkal railway ticket.
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how about a pay per use royalty for these ppl ??
autofill was really helpful in registering to a private torrent site. we need to finish up in 1 min .. so first when we fill up ti will timeout .i used auto fill to succesfully register durin my 2nd attempt
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Hello,
Thanks for posting such a great information on India railways, but I think the main issue with IRCTC is the REFUND.
The refund policy is very bad, it may take more then 3-4 months even after many followups via emails and even send a written complaint to the GM of Indian Railways.. This is the only drawback, our Govt. should take some action and improve the refund policy so that customer do not face at least refund problem.
@Bhanu
What is the context for your refund? Did you apply for refund after a failed transaction with the bank? So far I’ve never had problems with refunds, which is why I asked. In case of failed bank transactions/ticket booking they usually credit it back to the account automatically