Originally Posted by
ticu
It's most likely a MIA-KEYS KEYS-MIA trip over 9 days of rental from Sixt.
So the tolls would add-up to let's say 4 dollars for the 9-day rental period.
Paying Sixt $63 for tolls just doesn't make sense to me.
You are right with regards to sunpass vs cash - that's what they told me on the phone. I asked if it's 10 dollars only for the days that I use the toll highway and they said no, it's 10 dollars for each day of the whole rental period. Weird, isn't it?
Now, I come from Canada. If I buy a "sunpass mini" would I be able to activate it/use it with my Canadian driver's licence info and address? And then just stick it to the windsheield, and remove/distroy it and cancel the account (for a refund eventually) when I return the car? That would be 15 bucks without a refund or about 4 buck with the refund and would make more sense to me then what Sixt is trying to feed me with.
They can't make it that easy on you. It takes 24 hours to activate them. And when you register it, you need to provide the license plate number.
From the user manual:
https://www.sunpass.com/pdf/MANUAL_E.pdf
Open your prepaid account either on
SunPass.com or over the phone with
a credit card before noon, and under
normal circumstances your transponder
will be activated after 4 p.m. when
you drive through a SunPass lane. Do
it after noon and the transponder will
normally be activated after 6 a.m. the
next day. SunPass will make every
effort to ensure the transaction is
processed in a timely manner.
Exception – If driving on Miami-Dade
Expressway, E-Pass or LeeWay toll
roads, your transponder will be active
after 6 a.m. the next morning regardless
of website or phone activation.