FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Hertz PlatePass (FasTrak in Southern California) Thread

Mar 15, 2014 | 9:54 am

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jasonvr

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: So Cal

Programs: UA 1K/0.828MM, WN ALP, Hyatt Diamond, MR Gold, Hertz PC, National Exec, Avis PC,AA Gold

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Originally Posted by CalItalian

My friend was here in Los Angeles in mid-December and just got charged for entering the Express Lanes on the 110 Freeway. $30 just charged by Hertz...Hertz tacked on $5 to their $25 fee.
https://www.metroexpresslanes.net/en...olations.shtml

ONLY FasTrak works in California. NO Plate Pass.
Hertz does not provide FasTrak on Southern California vehicles.

While I agree that Hertz doesn't provide FasTrak transponders in SoCal, your statement is a little off. PlatePass is a program run by American Traffic Solutions. PlatePass works with a multitude of tolling programs across the US (https://www.platepass.com/locations/), including Fastrak in the SF Bay area. So, PlatePass does work in California, just not on the SoCal tollways and express lanes for some unknown reason (even they work with the same system elsewhere in the state). My completely uneducated guess is that if you got a car from NorCal with a FasTrak transponder in it, it would work in the SoCal express lanes and toll roads.

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