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The rental car uses one of two methods for paying for the tolls. 1. It may have a transponder attached to the windscreen and this has an on/off switch ... make sure it is off. 2. They may use a toll-by-plate method to pay for the tolls. If there isn't a transponder then the toll-by-plate method is used.
The rental car companies do not provide renters with a SunPass, SunPass mini, or E-Pass toll transponder. They use a different method to have tolls billed to your account -- the vehicle's license plates are photographed passing through a cashless lane, compared to a database of pre-registered vehicles (including many rental cars) and billed to the registered address -- in this case, the rental ...
But as I related before from personal experience when I had to use a friend's car a couple months ago when mine was in the shop I transferred my Mini to the friend's car (didn't call Sunpass to say I did this) and when I went through a toll it was charged as usual to my account NOT to my friend via toll-by-plate. So from this it seems that once ...
Although the sticker is only $5, you may or may not get it off the windshield. The portable transponder with the suction cups is going to cost more than the $19.75 maximum admin fees charged by rental's toll program. If you plan on returning to Florida, I would get a portable transponder.
As far as I know only two rental car agencies allow you to "opt-out" of their Sunpass transponder program, Dollar and Thrifty. Others charge only on the days you use a cashless toll. All have a maximum cost per week/month. It all boils down to who you choose to rent from and how much you use their transponder.
1. Re: sunpass in a rental car`. It varries from rental car company to company, some do not allow you to decline their program while others do...those that do allow you to decline WILL charge you a fee for doing so and then using a cashless toll. 2. Re: sunpass in a rental car`. As always read the fine print before signing anything.
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