Annual thread about Paris Metro tickets!

[Janek]

We are travelling through Paris next week and are spending 24 hours there a couple of weeks later, on our way home.

I have read online that they are phasing out paper metro tickets - does that mean you can no longer purchase a single t+ ticket without a Navigo card/suitable app? I am hoping the paper tickets will have not quite gone yet by the time we travel...

If they have gone, what is the best app to use on Android to buy tickets?

@oriunda you were the font of all knowledge on this last year when I wanted info. I was hoping you might appear again with all the answers!

I still have the end of a carnet on my phone from last year (which worked with varying degrees of success the three times I tried it...). There are four of us travelling this year, one of whom does not have NFC on her phone. So she at least will need an alternative to an app! Any advice gratefully received!

TIA

If you have iphones, you don't need any apps. You can buy the tickets directly via apple wallet. All explained here https://support.apple.com/en-my/118581

If you don't have an iPhone, then you either buy a physical Navigo card, or use one of the apps to store tickets on your phones. As stated above I don't fully trust storing the tickets on my Samsung, so used a physical card which i just recharged via the app. Either of the apps (Bonjour RATP or IDFM) can be used to recharge your physical navigo card and buy more tickets.

In terms of quantities of tickets, that's for you to decide. If making a lot of journeys, the daily ticket might suit, at €12. You'd need to work your itinerary out.

https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/titres-et-tarifs/detail/forfait-paris-visite

This is the forfait Paris Visite ticket; personally I think it's expensive, since Paris is a small, walkable city, but it might work out for a day only if you're adding in a journey from the airports at €13, since it covers these.

Final point: <10s get a reduced rate on most journeys. See pic below.

If you’re all iPhone users the Navigo pass will be in your wallet. Click on Travel Card in the wallet and scroll down to France. Open the Navigo pass and it will list what tickets you can buy eg. single or multiple metro or bus tickets, or specific tickets for the airports.

Thank you so much!

I now realise what you mean about the wallet and not the app sorry 😳

So helpful.

We travelled last Monday. Thanks to Oriunda, for the push to buy Navigo Easy cards, rather than risking android phones.

There was the usual massive queue at Gare du Nord Metro ticket office, but in front of that was a little stand and the man there sold me what I wanted, so it was really quick! He also added the additional tickets I wanted at the same time. Each card was paid for as a separate transaction. I'm really not sure why...

Then I had to use up the carnet on my phone... The IDF Mobilités app did not work (\o/), but the Bonjour RATP app did, so I will use that in future.

Thanks once again for all advice. Maybe this is the last time I will need to start a thread like this!