essancee Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Im sure it's very straightforward, but to avoid an irate queue behind us, can someone tell me what happens at the automatic peage booths. I've got a French Bank card and PIN - so I just need to know what order to put ticket, card etc in and what prompts the machine will give me. I don't function well under pressure.Thanks in anticipation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecilcaterpillar Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 All the Peages that we have used and paid with our carte bleue just require the card to be inserted. no need to type the pin in. put the ticket in - check orientation of it with the pictureput the carte bleue intake carte bleue back when it spits it outbarrier will lift automaticallysome may ask if you require a receipt and you just press the button to the side and take the receipt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 One other point is that the Peages also accept UK cards unlike the automatic Petrol stations.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 [quote]One other point is that the Peages also accept UK cards unlike the automatic Petrol stations. Baz[/quote]While UK credit cards will work in all peage machines, I am not to sure that UK debit cards work, eg Switch/Maestro. Anyone tried it, now they are chip and pin?There are some pre-paid sections of A road, there is one beyond Cahors on the south end of the A20 and also around Toulouse where you just pay before using the route, no ticket is used. If you are uncertain of the process of paying in auto pay lanes and don't want to hold people up, you can get in the attendant queue and hand your card and ticket to a person, again no PIN is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essancee Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 Grateful thanks to everyone for their assistance - I shall sally forth without trepidation!Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I don't think debit cards accepted at the peage , a fact for which I was very grateful, when I discovered that my bank charged 2.75% exchange rate conversion fee, with a minimum of £2 per transaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewjspencer Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 We have used Lloyds TSB and Nationwide Visa Delta debit cards in peages without any problem.Nationwide don't have a transaction charge either, unlike Lloyds et al, and the exchange rate they apply is usually closer to the banks rate than the normal tourist rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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