If you have booked the ticket online through IRCTC and it doesn't get confirmed until charting, IRCTC will refund your amount. Hence traveling on PQWL, no matter what class you're in, will be treated as ticketless travel and penalized accordingly.
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No, you cannot travel with PQWL 1 and PQWL 2. The ticket will automatically cancelled after the chart is prepared. In case you board the train, you will be charged fine as per the class and you will be asked to deboard the train at the next station where the train stops. So, don't travel with PQWL tickets.
If you have booked the ticket online through IRCTC and it doesn't get confirmed until charting, IRCTC will refund your amount. Hence traveling on PQWL, no matter what class you're in, will be treated as ticketless travel and penalized accordingly.
You can cancel a PQWL ticket, but you don't have to. If it was purchased online, and remained waiting at the time of charting, your refund will be automatically credited to your account in 3–4 days.
You can only board the train provided at least one passenger's status is confirmed/RAC. However, all passengers on the same ticket are allowed to travel, even if their status is showing waiting.
Once the tickets from the Pooled Quota is filled, PQWL tickets are issued. Chances of PQWL tickets getting confirmed are usually very low, as in the priority list of waiting list tickets it comes after GNWL.
IRCTC Refund Rules of Waitlist TicketsAs per IRCTC refund rules, if you have a Waitlisted e-Ticket (GNWL, RLWL, or PQWL) and its status remains the same even after the chart has been made, you will be refunded the fare automatically by IRCTC after deducting applicable fees.
PQWL 1 tickets can be confirmed if there is sufficient space available on the train after all passengers with higher priority reservations have been accommodated.
PQWL tickets are distributed once the Pooled Quota tickets have sold out. Confirmation of PQWL tickets is unlikely because they are lower on the priority list than even the GNWL tickets.
Best way is to call up airline customer support or login through your booking on airline website for more information. I'm using the IRCTC app for ticket booking. I want to book 3 tickets.