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Carte Orange Demagnitized: What shall I do?
Today, as I was getting into the Palais Royal station, my Carte Orange ticket did not work, I think it got de-mqgnitized.Has this ever happened to you? Will they give me q new ticket?
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I'd ask this question at an RATP outlet (Métro, boutique, or Tabac).
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It did happen to me with a Paris Visite and I went to the ticket booth and managed to explain in broken french that it was not working. They gave me another, no problem. I figured out that the magnetic closure on my bag (right next to the area I was keeping the card) was causing it.
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opaldog is correct..happened to a friend and she just went to the ticket booth and it was corrected right there..we both managed to get the metro on time.
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Yep, this does happen. On our recent trip to France, my husband wore a good looking, belt-type pack that has a magnetic closeur. Over the period of maybe 3 days, his metro ticket would no longer work. Fortunately, when this happened, we were entering a station that had an attendant. Some stations don't. Be wise. Keep your magnetic strips away from other magnets!
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I demagnetized Carte Oranges 2x before I figured the little pocket on my purse that I was keeping it in had a strong magnetic closure. Each time, the man at the Metro counter just fixed me up with a new one.
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All solved! Went to the ticket booth at the Denfert Rochereau station and they gave me a new ticket. Thanks everybody for the help.
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