BEEP Card toll payment * NLEX

**Stigg ma** · November 16th, 2016 06:53 PM

good day everyone

for the longest time, before nov 1, 2016 the beep card terminals at NLEX balintawak northbound were OFFLINE, but on nov 1, 2016, they are now ONLINE and the toll booth attendant said it was working, unfortunately my beep card has insufficient load since i was expecting it is still not working due that it has not yet been advertised to work...

I believe that a established prepaid system is the solution to reduced transaction time at the toll booth since its just tap and go, compared to paying in cash that takes time to verify and return the change...

I think the reason why NLEX did not advertise this new payment method is that they can justify the newly constructed additional toll booth at bocaue southbound...

have anyone of you tried this mode of payment already?

**jut703** · November 17th, 2016 12:03 AM

I've been using Easytrip since forever. No queues for the most part, unless someone mistakenly lines up on the Easytrip even if he was supposed to pay in cash.

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**dcph172** · November 17th, 2016 12:07 AM

What i want is a unified system for nlex slex sctex and the current and upcoming skyway. Impossible? Someone please make this happen!!!

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**dr. d** · November 17th, 2016 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by dcph172

What i want is a unified system for nlex slex sctex and the current and upcoming skyway. Impossible? Someone please make this happen!!!

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it will happen only when it is advantageous to them, and not necessarily to us, as well
how much they have to spend and how much they will earn from it.
right now, they don't have to do nuthin' , and still get the money they are already getting. dadami ba ito if the octopus card of sorts is adopted?
ang buhay nga naman...

**dcph172** · November 17th, 2016 12:40 AM

^^ it can be advantageous to them in the sense that the sooner they automate, the lesser employees and salaries and benefits they'd have to payout.

There are still a good number of people like me who refuse to use and pay for different systems at different toll networks. Im really hoping and waiting that they "consolidate".

i dont like the octopus card or the beep card system where i still have to stick my hands out everytime.

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**WallyWest** · November 17th, 2016 01:06 AM

If they consolidate then there will be less switching of lanes as drivers search for the line to their mode of payment.

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**Stigg ma** · November 17th, 2016 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by dcph172

What i want is a unified system for nlex slex sctex and the current and upcoming skyway. Impossible? Someone please make this happen!!!

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for the longest time, we been in a govt that does not care... same goes with our pre-paid system, govt does not care so everyone is free to have a slice of the pre-paid party wherein they get the money in advance even thou the service is not yet provided/availed...

here's what we currently have

1. gcash
2. paymaya
3. sm etap to pay
4. beep card
5. auto sweep
6. easy drive
7. cavitex etap
8. happyplus
9. starbucks card

so i too would like the idea to consolidate this all to one or two (backup) cards for convenience, but this requires govt support...

**jaypee10** · November 18th, 2016 01:18 PM

parang dito sa cavitex mas mabilis pang ma read ung ETAP kaysa sa RFID.problema lang talaga hindi nila pag tabi tabihin ung dalawang boot ng RFID saka ung ETAP saka Beep CARD para hindi nagkaka gulo sa pila..

**Stigg ma** · December 5th, 2016 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by jaypee10

parang dito sa cavitex mas mabilis pang ma read ung ETAP kaysa sa RFID.problema lang talaga hindi nila pag tabi tabihin ung dalawang boot ng RFID saka ung ETAP saka Beep CARD para hindi nagkaka gulo sa pila..

CONFIRMED, beep card is working at NLEX, but only on balintawak northbound toll station...

pros: no physical money involved, cant be shortchanged...

cons: no receipt so you cant join any raffle promos, for now it is only installed on balintawak toll station and the teller needs to input on his/her station the beep card payment... so its not tap and go, its hand over the card to the teller, the teller adjust something to his/her PO then tap and go...

i wonder why they won't shift to the RFID sticker, when everyone elese dose already (slex & cavitex), too much fuel is wasted and the environmental impact on unnecessary idling of vehicles while waiting on queue to pay...