To anyone going to use the Florida Turnpike I suggest you log onto www.SunPass.com & update yourselves with the latest info.
With effect from Saturday 19th Feb 2011:
All electronic tolling is now operational on Florida's turnpike from U.S 1, Milepost 0 to Milepost 47, the Miami-Dade/Broward County line.
You should seriously consider getting yourselves a prepaid SunPass.
If you don't, then the credit card that you used to hire your car, will automatically be debited each time you drive thru one of the new fully automated tolls. Toll rates are higher than the SunPass rates.
You can purchase a prepaid SunPass via your car hire company, they should offer you this option, the comapny we used didn't.
if they don't offer, then ASK.
You can also purchase transponders via major outlets such as CVS, Publix etc. However, these take 4 hours from the time of purchase to register with the SunPass computer.
I hope this makes sense, we arrived home this morning on VS016 so I'm a tad weary but just wanted to adivse any V-Flyers to whom it may be relevant.
If you want to post any questions I'll try to answer them in the morning but do log onto the website in the meantime.
Nighty night.
TTFN
R-P
With effect from Saturday 19th Feb 2011:
All electronic tolling is now operational on Florida's turnpike from U.S 1, Milepost 0 to Milepost 47, the Miami-Dade/Broward County line.
You should seriously consider getting yourselves a prepaid SunPass.
If you don't, then the credit card that you used to hire your car, will automatically be debited each time you drive thru one of the new fully automated tolls. Toll rates are higher than the SunPass rates.
You can purchase a prepaid SunPass via your car hire company, they should offer you this option, the comapny we used didn't.
if they don't offer, then ASK.
You can also purchase transponders via major outlets such as CVS, Publix etc. However, these take 4 hours from the time of purchase to register with the SunPass computer.
I hope this makes sense, we arrived home this morning on VS016 so I'm a tad weary but just wanted to adivse any V-Flyers to whom it may be relevant.
If you want to post any questions I'll try to answer them in the morning but do log onto the website in the meantime.
Nighty night.
TTFN
R-P