Team-BHP - FASTag: All you need to know about procuring & using it!

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Originally Posted by sansvk (Post 4087525)

Has anyone faced issue while recharging your fasttag account recently? I tried to recharge this week and keep getting a "Payment Gateway Error" using the "CC/Netbanking" option.
Raised a ticket, but it got closed automatically.

+1. Some strange error saying "Object moved here". Couldn't recharge. Doesn't look like the amount deducted from Credit card either.

Has anyone been successful in getting a Fastag, Online ( in BLR) ?

I had tried the online option. Took the print out with the registration num to ICICI bank's branch. The people at the branch say the online thing is not valid. They want me to fill the application form they have.

Are these people trying to increase their own numbers ?

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Originally Posted by Vizay (Post 4088658)

+1. Some strange error saying "Object moved here". Couldn't recharge. Doesn't look like the amount deducted from Credit card either.

I received this same error when i selected the "CUG Wallet" option(this option is selected by default). But the amount got transferred after a day and it was reflecting in my CUG account. So, try selecting the "Pay to Tag Accounts" option and see if this issue still happens.

Also, check for the balance in your CUG account.

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Originally Posted by longhorn (Post 4087000)

Is FastTag enabled at any of the tollbooths in the Chennai - Ulundurpet - Salem stretch? I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to get it in case I drive down to KL for Xmas. I don't need FastTag for my travel within Chennai.

Yes all the toll plazas in as per the ICICI website.

Chennai - Ulundurpet

Paranur (Chengalpet)
Athur (Tindivanam)
Vikkravandi
Sengurichi (Ulundurpet)

Ulundurpet - Salem

Veeracholapuram (Kallakkurichi)
Nathakkarai (Attur)
Mettupatti (Valappadi)

The complete list of toll plazas are available in the following link:

https://www.icicibank.com/Personal-B...page?#toptitle

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Originally Posted by arun_josie (Post 4088909)

So i just went through this. Pay to tag was not working, but pay to CUG wallet was, so i assumed it was the same and paid.
Then could not figure out how to transfer that to the tag account. Quick call to FAStag helpdesk and the person asked me to log out and log in again and check "recharge" drop options. There is an option to transfer from CUG wallet to Tag account. Did that and now the account is good to go.

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Did a recent trip to Chennai and the tag lane was free only if there was less crowd. If not it was open to general traffic too. So don't really understand the point of the tag if you still have to wait in queue for half an hour other than not having to open the wallet to pay.

The Fastag was read pretty much by all tolls in the Bangalore - Chennai highway and Bangalore - Trichy highway (the second trip was a month back). So good that way. But 9 of 10 times it never works in the Electronics City elevated. Sometimes the account is deducted and sometimes the account is not. Mostly the guards just move the boom and let me through and don't insist I pay. I have the XUV 500 OEM Tag just below the Fastag. So going to remove the XUV 500 tag and check if it makes a difference.

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Originally Posted by NPV (Post 4088966)

Choose the Pay to tag account option when recharging and it will work fine.
My recent experience here -

Yes, I realized this later. However, there is an option to transfer from CUG wallet to our tag account, so I used this option to move the amount to my tag account.

And since the amount i transferred was 1000/-, I didn't receive the error that you received.

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Originally Posted by skumare (Post 4088965)

I took Fastag in Oct/2016 and had some tolls paid on it in the same month. However, as on today, there is no credit of the 10% in my account. How fast/slow does this happen every month?

Credit of 10% of tolls paid for a particular calendar month will happen anytime between 1st and last day of next calendar month. Credit of 10% of tolls paid between 1st Oct and 31st Oct can happen any day from 1st Nov to 30th Nov.

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Originally Posted by srivibhu (Post 4088981)

Tried this method and it worked. It takes almost a day to update the wallet. Only downside is the minimum recharge amount is 1000.

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Originally Posted by NPV (Post 4086655)

FasTag update from recent Trichy trip:

At Thoppur, the security guy checked if the tag was there and opened the steel barricade to let the car into the lane. Upon reaching the booth which was unmanned, the display showed "Blacklisted Tag" :Shockked: and the boom barrier did not open.

After a honk, one of the attendants ran across from another lane, went inside the toll booth and pressed a button and the display changed to "Valid Tag" and boom barrier opened!

At Krishnagiri, the FasTag lane worked perfectly, so there was no real problem with the tag after all.

The L&T thoppur lane has serious issues, in my last 4 trips fastag never worked there and I had to pay cash. But after checking days later I could see that amount has also been deducted from the tag account. So be careful to check after 2 days and claim dispute if you had to pay by cash. Also I got to know from fellow travelers that many L&T operated booths does not calculate the return fare on same day correctly rather they charge twice the amount even if you return on the same day.

I need to go to Chikmagulur last week of November. Contemplating getting a Fastag. Any clue whether tolls are being collected till Dec 30th? Then i dont have to go through the hassle this year. If i have to apply , being in Bangalore going to ICICI Bommanahalli is out of question due to rush in banks. Looks like BETL is the viable option. Any idea wether Hoskote Toll plaza Fastag POS works, if so where exactly it is ?
How about Devavanalli Toll plaza. Do they have a working POS now ?
thanks