LCR Ticket Reviews

Imagine a world where you cannot buy a plane ticket more than 3 days in advance.
Imagine if you cannot book hotels more than 3 days in advance. This is the LCR experience.
Additionally, you can only book up to 2-3 tickets.
This system only exists so you are forced to use “back door” deals for extra money, but good luck trying to do that unless you know someone and speak the language.

You have 3-4 million tourists a year and yet you don’t make it easy to buy tickets. You assume everyone will have a Lao phone number to verify but that’s not the case. Why do you even need to verify? If the passport don’t match when checked then it’s not verified. And please correct the default date to current date instead of several days back.

You use LCRTicket to sell tickets, but only Laos telephone number can register. Who can tell me how can a foreign tourist buy a ticket?
The only positive point of LCRTicket is the user interfaces, compare to some relatively same app developed by CARA, LCRTicket looks okay.
And that’s all, because I cannot register, neither can I buy tickets!!!

I hope they will make this easier for foreigners to use in the near future. I love Lao PDR but unfortunately cannot use LCRTicket for my upcoming trip due to having a foreign (non-Lao) phone number, and will have to find another way to get tickets for the train.

ລາຍຊື້ເພີ່ມໄດ້ພຽງແຕ່ 10 ຄົນ ແລະ ບໍ່ສາມສດລືບໄດ້ ຫລັງຈາກ 90 ວັນ ປານຜີບ້າເນາະ
Passengers list could add up to 10 people after that can not delete any one out until 90 days…. Why ?

Foreigners can’t sign up.

Lack of international phone number support is really unfortunate.

乘车人列表仅允许添加10人（含自己），且添加后90天内不能移除，这是什么神仙操作，没有几十年脑血栓怎么能想出这样的奇葩规定，能给零🌟绝对给个零0⃣️

There is no option to buy first class or any classes at all!

If you are in Laos and looking to buy a train ticket today, this is the best option.

Sign Up required me to leave some fields blank which seemed to trip some users up. I don't have a Laos number so I didn't give one. Worked fine.

Searching train options is fairly simple and purchasing works well enough. Tickets were accepted with no problem and we got where we needed to go.

Some things that would be nice that I've seen in other apps:

Fields at sign up need optional indicators.
When you pull up the QR code it should brighten the screen automatically.
A place with live status of the train's location and the stations along the route (like a metro board) would be helpful.
Using Apple Pay for payments so you don't need to type in your card details.
LCRTicket icon colors should match LCRTicket UI colors. Makes it easier to find.

Downloaded LCRTicket with little hope but was pleasantly surprised as it’s worked well. There are a few minor issues and quirks but once you get the hang of it all good.

1. You can only book 3 days in advance (sales start at 6.30am on LCRTicket )

2. You need a Laos telephone number to get the authentication code and ticket confirmations (only one person in a group of upto 5 needs this as you can add other passengers onto your profile)

3. Only Visa card for foreign transactions is accepted with a quirk. 3D secure is not accepted. Most cars now in Europe have two factor authentication when spending online with a new company. If you have a card that has this from the start it just won’t work. Try using different cards. I used Revolut (first transaction the didn’t ask for tow factor authentication and it worked)

4. Scan QR code on LCRTicket to get into the train station and while on the train.

Not that tickets get sold out super quickly. Make sure to book in the morning 3 days in advance to secure tickets for the train you want.

Trains are super nice, clean and second class is more than fine for most people.

As a newly launched beta version, LCRTicket certainly has much room to improve. But as a demanding person, I am glad at least now I I can use it and from it I can see an easier way of international traveling is coming. This is a just a start, in my children’s generation, this will make travel between Laos and its neighbor countries easier.

PSA: LCRTicket works perfectly fine for foreigners. I am a US citizen and my wife is from Spain. I registered for an account using my email, LEAVE THE PHONE NUMBER BLANK.

You can pay with a VISA CARD. We used REVOLUTE, zero problems.

LCRTicket works great for searching for tickets and booking. Don’t overpay with a booking agency, your hotel, or other website. They all charge at least $10 more per ticket. Our tickets cost $7 and booking.com was charging $50 for the same trip. 12goasia charges around $18.