Peage etc Transponders

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omniflow

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2,783 posts

157 months

Monday 30th January 2023
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Hi,

I'm keen to get an automated transponder for European toll roads (France, Spain and Italy are the 3 key ones).

I thought I had it cracked with the ULYS tag from Vinci, but they don't seem to be able to take any money from either my First Direct bank account, or a Revolut card - and then when you don't pay the balance IMMEDIATELY, they get very stroppy very quickly.

BIP and Drive looks good - but for some reason I can't sign up.

Has anyone managed to sign up to one of these recently using a UK postal address and a standard UK bank account? Or is there an easy hack to making one of these work - e.g. some card similar to Revolut (or indeed, Revolut itself).

To all of those people who wonder why I'm bothering - we holiday a lot in Europe (with the car) and my wife cannot reach the machines from her seat, so needs to get out of the car.

Deesee

8,509 posts

89 months

Monday 30th January 2023
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omniflow said:
Hi,

I'm keen to get an automated transponder for European toll roads (France, Spain and Italy are the 3 key ones).

I thought I had it cracked with the ULYS tag from Vinci, but they don't seem to be able to take any money from either my First Direct bank account, or a Revolut card - and then when you don't pay the balance IMMEDIATELY, they get very stroppy very quickly.

BIP and Drive looks good - but for some reason I can't sign up.

Has anyone managed to sign up to one of these recently using a UK postal address and a standard UK bank account? Or is there an easy hack to making one of these work - e.g. some card similar to Revolut (or indeed, Revolut itself).

To all of those people who wonder why I'm bothering - we holiday a lot in Europe (with the car) and my wife cannot reach the machines from her seat, so needs to get out of the car.
We have the SANEF/LIBER-T/EMOVIS tag with DD on UK bank account (lloyds).

For Italy we use tolltickets.com (monthly credit card) , as we are no longer Italian Residents I can no longer have a full time telepass, although they were looking at an apple/android app for a pay as you go option, it may have launched now.

Well worth it especially around Milan.

//j17

4,587 posts

229 months

Monday 30th January 2023
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I didn't have any issues signing up for a Mango (now Fulli) tag using a standard NatWest account.

omniflow

Original Poster:

2,783 posts

157 months

Monday 30th January 2023
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//j17 said:
I didn't have any issues signing up for a Mango (now Fulli) tag using a standard NatWest account.
Thanks - it looks pretty much identical to Bip and Drive - but appeared to go through without a problem.

littleredrooster

5,664 posts

202 months

Tuesday 31st January 2023
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I've been signed up to Bip&Go for 3 years now. No problems at all - works very well - linked to my Barclays current account but I do remember having a bit of a head-scratch trying to get my correct IBAN number as they wouldn't let me charge it to my Halifax Clarity card

QJumper

2,709 posts

32 months

Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Emovis tag works fine for me with UK adddress and bank.

Eurotunnel used to have a discount for, not sure if they still do.

sherman

13,728 posts

221 months

Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Its much more fun shouting at the passanger 'I need €3.60 you have 200 meters' whilst traveling at 100kph hehe

Deesee

8,509 posts

89 months

Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Lots of fun on UK plates on the Milan Ring Road (15/20 booths/lanes) rocking up to the auto toll, it’s like a reverse magnet.. lol..

//j17

4,587 posts

229 months

Tuesday 31st January 2023
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QJumper said:
Eurotunnel used to have a discount for, not sure if they still do.
Doubt the Eurotunnel discount will beat the ones most of the tag providers are doing themselves. Sign up with Fulli today and all it will cost you is the €10 tag delivery charge plus the standard toll fees (€0 set-up fee and €0 monthly usage charge for 8 months).

NDA

22,185 posts

231 months

Tuesday 31st January 2023
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QJumper said:
Emovis tag works fine for me with UK adddress and bank.
Same.