Paying for Motorway tolls?
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Spectrum
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Paying for Motorway tolls?
There seems to be a few companies offering "non stop" payment of tolls on the French motorway network any recommendations? Not a big user couple of times per year. Thanks
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exile
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Paying for Motorway tolls?
If you have a regular journey (even if not that frequent) over one company's motorway, it would be worth looking to see if they have any frequent user deals.
For example when I was in Germany, we had a long stretch on the Paris Rhin Rhone network. They offered a frequent user deal, that you could get one trip in six free over a defined (by you) route between two of their gates. We chose Mulhouse to Lyon - later changed to Nancy Lyon when I moved to Cologne. Saved a fortune. Their deal was the best I have found around but my searches have been limited to stretches we use of course. At the end of the year any charged trips carried over to the next year, so it was not even necessary to be a frequent traveller, just a regular one. There was however an annual subscription, which you would have to discount against the free trips.
I have recently seen offers where you only pay a subscription for the months you use the motorway.
So basically you need to do some homework based on whose network you use. Outside of the subscription network, you just get charged the standard fee for the journey so they are then all the same in that respect.
For example when I was in Germany, we had a long stretch on the Paris Rhin Rhone network. They offered a frequent user deal, that you could get one trip in six free over a defined (by you) route between two of their gates. We chose Mulhouse to Lyon - later changed to Nancy Lyon when I moved to Cologne. Saved a fortune. Their deal was the best I have found around but my searches have been limited to stretches we use of course. At the end of the year any charged trips carried over to the next year, so it was not even necessary to be a frequent traveller, just a regular one. There was however an annual subscription, which you would have to discount against the free trips.
I have recently seen offers where you only pay a subscription for the months you use the motorway.
So basically you need to do some homework based on whose network you use. Outside of the subscription network, you just get charged the standard fee for the journey so they are then all the same in that respect.
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exile
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Paying for Motorway tolls?
https://ulys.com/landings/pass-ulys-tel ... 1bf871cb24
And then up popped their advert again. No experience so I can neither recommend nor warn against.
And then up popped their advert again. No experience so I can neither recommend nor warn against.
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beejay
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Paying for Motorway tolls?
Most autoroute concessionaires have offers for new customers. Most have a monthly charge of around €2 for any month a toll payment is due and is charged to your account. If you live near an autoroute it makes sense to obtain a tag from that company as it will have a customer service centre office there be any problems rather than by email or post.
With the introduction of Libre Flux tolls with no barriers which require payment within 72 hours of travel getting a tag/badge account is a much more convenient method.
Typical offer here https://www.fulli.com/en/tollbadge-offers
With the introduction of Libre Flux tolls with no barriers which require payment within 72 hours of travel getting a tag/badge account is a much more convenient method.
Typical offer here https://www.fulli.com/en/tollbadge-offers
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MAD87
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Paying for Motorway tolls?
Whatever you do, don't respond to text messages requesting payment - there was a report about this on TF1 last night. The concessionaires never ask for payment this way.
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Spectrum
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Paying for Motorway tolls?
Thanks for your replies think I will go with "Fulli" I only want the basic package it seems to fit my needs. 
