Sixt toll rip off ?

[Smilesonfaces]

I am pricing up for a car for a week in October, picking up at MCO and dropping off at Fort Lauderdale. Sixt are coming quite a bit cheaper but I understand Sixt are a bit of a rip off when it comes to tolls. Does any one know their charges. I have tried to look on their site but it isn't particularly clear.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[Damn Dirty Ape]

It's $7.99 per day plus tax plus toll cost. There doesn't appear to be a cap like some other companes whoc charge $4 or $5 per day but cap it at $20-$25 for the whole rental. Also I believe, if you don't opt in at time of rental they also charge a $5 admin fee per toll.

Here is the info on all companies: sunpass/rentalcar

[Smilesonfaces]

Thank you. looking at the sunpass site it will be cheaper to stick to Alamo I think even though their car is £35 more expensive. I read it that Sixt charge the daily fee even when you don't use it. If we only use the tolls when we go to Fort Lauderdale ( we also have a habit of getting lost even with a sat nav and accidently going through a toll !) Alamo will still work out better.
Trying to cut corners as car hire seems so much more expensive this year !

[mrs rcch]

We used sixt last November, we turned down the toll pass, not a problem , and off we went

[Guest]

And us. Brilliant company. Would certainly use them again.

[archibald]

Just say no to the toll pass and pay cash.

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by archibald

Just say no to the toll pass and pay cash.

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this ^^

we just say no & pay cash

these toll pass charges seem a massive rip off to me

or maybe im missing something?

[chmurf]

Originally Posted by novocastrian

we just say no & pay cash

these toll pass charges seem a massive rip off to me

or maybe im missing something?

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OP is saying they'll drop the car at Fort Lauderdale

In the Miami Area there are toll roads that are fully automated, with no option to pay cash.
It makes it very easy to find yourself on a toll road, so better safe than sorry.

With alamo, you pay cash you don't get charged. You hit one automated toll you pay $4, the end.

With Sixt, you pay the $7.99+tax) charge for each and every day of your rental, even if you hit that toll once, by sheer mistake, and you pay their $5 admin fee on top of that for each toll.

so let's say you hit a toll by mistake, in the miami area, with no cashier/exact coin basket

let's say you rent for 14 days :
alamo : $4 + toll + tax
sixt : $117 + toll + tax

[archibald]

Fort Lauderdale is North of Miami and the automated tolls so OP will be ok paying cash to get there which is a cheaper than paying fees to Alamo.

[chmurf]

Originally Posted by archibald

Fort Lauderdale is North of Miami and the automated tolls so OP will be ok paying cash to get there which is a cheaper than paying fees to Alamo.

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agreed

but if OP has chosen to pick up at MCO and drop off at FLL, chances are the reason for this is a visit to Miami, the Everglades or maybe Key West, which means OP could drive through the "danger zone" toll-wise"