Electric Trader "Blushing" Restart train ticket reservation tying insurance into circle money new Tricks

The line more than a year of Jingdong train ticket purchasing business recently restarted, become 2013 since the Ctrip and go to where the net after another resume train ticket booking business website.

However, it is interesting that the number of railway tickets purchasing business online after all "with shy", and quite tacit adoption of the "train ticket + Insurance" new form. China Internet Association Credit Evaluation Center Legal Adviser Zhao occupation lawyer said that the tying insurance may be to solve the profit problem, but tying the behavior or suspected infringement of consumer autonomy.

Quietly restart purchasing business

This time, Jing Dong chooses with the Shanghai Cool Network Technology Limited Company's third party buys the ticket website "Millo" The cooperation, and has adopted the low-key on-line strategy. South are reporters to visit Jingdong Mall home page did not see any information on this business, even in the first page of the breakdown of the category is not found in the "train" words. The business was received on the right side of the homepage less obvious "Travel" channel, the consumer can be in the relevant train ticket next to press "booking" key to operate. However, in addition to the payment of tickets, there is an additional payment of 15 yuan insurance premiums.

In fact, at the end of March last year, Jingdong Mall launched a train ticket booking and purchasing business one week, the Ministry of Railways Transport bureau issued a notice, said W. 12306.cn is the direct sales of Chinese railway train tickets, the only professional website. Since then, Ctrip, to where nets, Beijing-east and so have shut down the business. "Train tickets online purchasing itself is not illegal. "China Internet Association Credit Evaluation Center Legal Adviser Zhao occupation lawyer said that the Ministry of Railways last year only through the prohibition of online outlets to cooperate with the site, the indirect" stop "Jing Dong and other online purchasing business.

But South all reporter log in iron friend net, Ctrip, go to where net, Jingdong Mall found, now these websites have restarted the business. "However, the risk of restarting the market remains. Zhao occupation lawyer to south all reporters said that last year, the railway department is not directly to stop the site purchasing, the relevant departments are still in the adjustment, at this time Ctrip, where to go, Beijing and east to choose to return with some of the purchase point of cooperation, the relevant departments to adopt what attitude to the development of the

Whether the tying insurance is reasonable

Ctrip, where to go, Beijing East in the resumption of train ticket business, many eagle-eyed netizens found in the train ticket booking platform also tying up traffic insurance. South all reporters found that the Beijing-east charge of the 15 yuan charges include the Pacific June-an road accident insurance insurance Amount and information message service fee, the maximum protection limit of 100,000 yuan. Ctrip and where to go nets are charged 20 yuan fee, where are we going to provide Pacific passenger personal injury (train) comprehensive insurance, the maximum payment of 500,000; Ctrip according to different way, provide Taikang life, China Life, Xinhua life and Pacific Life four kinds of products, insurance to pay 500,000 of the highest compensation.

Last year, the Beijing-East train ticket business in charge, in addition to railway ticket sales service fee of 5 yuan, but also pay to the Beijing-East a certain special distribution fee, the highest charge for 5 hours after the booking of the "time-limited", each user to pay 35 yuan. But in a April announcement last year, the Ministry of Railways stressed that the State stipulated that it could not charge any additional fees except for a 5 yuan service charge. In the end, Jing Dong to the "success rate low" temporarily suspended the business.

Zhao occupation lawyer think, now Ctrip, where, Beijing East in train ticket purchasing service in the implementation of "train ticket + Insurance" mode, the original intention or to solve the profit problem. However, this kind of behavior is suspected of improper competition, which constitutes tying behavior, and secondly, it is suspected of infringing consumers ' right of choice. In fact, the site can circumvent these problems, such as can be charged to the user of more than 10 yuan fee to call the purchase service fee, and then give insurance to order users. ”