I managed to use my Abbey debit card on the motorways and in supermarketslast year. As we went "early" (May) there was a bit of a prob in that they didn't expect us to be able to PIN. But we usually could if they let us. You'd have thought the British banks would have advertised a bit in tourist areas, wouldn't you!
When I got married in 1984 a French friend came over and was astounded we didn't have chip & pin. That's how long they've had it over there, so no wonder they need to update it! I went to live in Belgium in 1988 and they had it too by then (and cable tv, but that's beside the point). It's been **amazingly** slow getting this technology over this side of the channel.
Liz
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I've just driven through France on the way to, and back from a skiing holiday in Austria, and used my debit card in the toll booths on the motorways. No problems anywhere.
lizex can you use all the toll roads in france with the electronic payment device or just a few, cos i looked at the website you gave and it only shows a few places where i can hire the gizmo for the car
thanks conrad,
I checked it out. You can get the gizmo from any of the motorway owners (there are 6 or 7) and they all do a variety of deals. This year we're only going to France the once an not all that far on the motorway, so we're going to give it a miss this time. Once you've paid the subscription it's dearer than paying with money, and we're on holiday and not in a hurry. The queues aren't too bad in the CB (bank card)lanes anyway.
thanks again,
Liz
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we are going down to spain via the millou bridge so i think we will try to get one when we get to france , wonder if it can be used in spain ?
conrad
Surely it is not worth getting Telepeage for one single trip to France a year, especially if you are using the A75, as it means for about a third of your journey you will be using a free motorway with one single toll at Millau?
On the subject of Chip and Pin, I have not come across a single toll Booth where it has been necessary to sign or enter a pin, and the only place I have not been able to use a UK Credit Card is on unmanned petrol pumps.
Card fraud dropped by 80% in France after the introduction of chip and pin that was about 14 years ago I believe ...........so how much have our banks lost while we waited to catch up ? .......billions ?
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re using for one trip the info in this forum says you can hire it per mth at a costs of 2 euos plus tolls, 2 years ago we went down on the 1/8 and if anyone had said to me i will get you to the front of this queue for 10 euros i would have snapped their hand off
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