Traveling with a badge on the motorway can be practical and avoid certain traffic jams, but be careful, you have to use it wisely.
Summer vacation is looming, with perhaps a few trips via the highway.
Some might be tempted by the subscription to the electronic toll which consists of being equipped with a box to avoid payments at each passage and thus pass more quickly beyond the barriers.
A very practical tool that saves time.
Especially since several formulas exist to subscribe and to be in possession of a badge, all without commitment and without commissioning costs.
Vinci thus offers three offers, the Ulys Flex electronic toll, Ulys Classic and Ulys Premium, which ranges from 0.90 euro per day used, to 2 or 3.50 euros per month used.
The Ulys Classic subscription in the viewfinder
“You only pay for the months you use it.” The formula is enticing and it is not false. Indeed, for 2 euros for the months during which the badge is used, the subscription allows you to pass the motorway barriers more quickly.
The trip is also accounted for, debited directly from the bank account.
Yes but now, despite the fact that it is clearly specified that it is free for unused months, a discreet clause stipulates that if the badge is not not used within 14 months, the company will charge 10 euros to the subscriber.
A kind of fine for all those who would not have taken the highway. This clause is in the viewfinder of 60 Million consumers who did not hesitate to denounce “hidden costs at the time of subscription”.
Vinci tempers
On the Vinci side, we prefer to temper: “There are several types of subscription and you have to find the most suitable for your journeys”, explains Laurent Noé, Mediterranean Communication Manager at Vinci Autoroutes / ASF.
He does not deny the existence of this “fine” of 10 euros, “the clause is specified in the contract”, but he prefers to explain that “above all, do not hesitate to call customer service on 36 05 who will be in able to find an appropriate solution to each situation.”
He adds that “some forgot they had a badge, others lost it or entrusted or lent it to someone.”
Remember that it is enough to realize it before the 14 months to suspend the subscription…
