Quick alamo sunpass question

[chmurf]

Originally Posted by mick

Now I think about it regular Dibber and Florida resident DonnaD has said earlier that you might still see a camera flash even with VTP

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absolutely. Sometimes toll devices fail to transmit (happens to me sometimes in france) so they will just pick up your car as if it was a violation

then files and lists are cross-referenced and that's where it stops at.

[THE WIZARD]

Hold up a mo, when did Alamo start automatically doing this? Or am I reading this wrong, & its something they ask you if you want it. We always pay our way thru tolls, have never been asked by Alamo if we want to use the Sunpass system, should we have been? We have never had extra payments on our CC from Alamo for Tolls? We last went in 2016 has it only recently been automatically added to your agreement or as I said am I reading all this wrong?

[mick]

Originally Posted by THE WIZARD

Hold up a mo, when did Alamo start automatically doing this? Or am I reading this wrong, & its something they ask you if you want it. We always pay our way thru tolls, have never been asked by Alamo if we want to use the Sunpass system, should we have been? We have never had extra payments on our CC from Alamo for Tolls? We last went in 2016 has it only recently been automatically added to your agreement or as I said am I reading all this wrong?

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All tolls in Florida operate on a "toll by plate" system where your plate is photographed if you pass through a toll plaza without stopping. They all have slightly different admin fees which they add on to any toll costs. All explained here but please BEWARE the Dollar system. The credit card that they swiped at the barrier will be charged with the toll costs and Alamo admin fee.

sunpass/en/tolls/rentalVehicles.shtml

If you drive through lanes where you pay cash then that's all you pay. If you drive through without stopping you will automatically trigger Sunpass. You don't have to agree to it or refuse it when you pick the car up - EXCEPT DOLLAR. Nothing in the car to switch on or off.

The VTP works in the same way but currently without an admin fee.

Mick

[mick]

Just to add (as I have some sort of reputation on here for posting this photo).

This is the first toll plaza on the 417 south after leaving MCO. You'll see that all lanes are Sunpass enabled.

If you want to pay cash then keep in the right hand lanes and give the attendant no more than a $20 bill. They will give you change for using at future unmanned tolls such as at j2 off the 417. You can ask for a receipt at manned tolls or press a button for one at unmanned tolls.

If you want to trigger Sunpass just stay in the two left lanes and whizz through at 65 MPH

Mick

[tiggers friend]

With regard to Alamos use of Sunpass there is usually a leaflet about how it works etc inside the map they give you when you check the car out of the garage at the airport.

[tiggers friend]

You can check your toll usage by accessing this website

htallc/en/tollpass/i...h?agency=alamo

[THE WIZARD]

Thanks Mick, we are with Alamo from Sanford as usual and we never go through anything other than the Pay Toll, I already have my bag of quarters ready, donated from American friends. Reading all the posts it sounded like Alamo was charging for your going through any lane of the tolls regardless & we have never been asked if we want Sunpass the last 3 times we have been with them.All cleared up then thank you.

[mick]

Originally Posted by THE WIZARD

Thanks Mick, we are with Alamo from
Sanford as usual and we never go through anything other than the Pay Toll, I already have my bag of quarters ready, donated from American friends. Reading all the posts it sounded like Alamo was charging for your going through any lane of the tolls regardless & we have never been asked if we want Sunpass the last 3 times we have been with them.All cleared up then thank you.

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We haven't flown into SFB since 2008 when our old friends the original TCD went bust but I recall that the first toll on the 417 just before Lake Jessup was manned and maybe looked similar to my photo.

About a year ago there was a viral thread about Avis charging tolls to credit cards even though people had always paid cash.

Mick

[surfer69]

Thanks for the advise RE Alamo & the visitor pass.
Don't usually do many toll roads, but just one less thing to think about whilst we're exploring Florida.