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Is Paris metro Navigo Easy 10 ride pass still available

Posted by (Ithaca, NY, USA) on

Apologies if this has been asked and answered! My RS book (2024) mentions purchasing a Navigo Easy Card and loading a discounted 10-ride pass. The most recent YouTube videos I’ve been watching (in a somewhat futile attempt to prepare myself) explain that the ticketing system underwent big changes in 2025. They explain how to purchase the card and walk through loading it at a machine in the metro station, but there doesn’t seem to be a 10 ride discount option popping up on the screen anymore. Is this no longer an option?

The weekly pass won’t work for us because we’ll be in Paris Fri-Tues and then again for one full day at the end of our trip. I’m estimating we’ll be taking the Metro within Paris 12 - 16 times over the course of our visit. If there are discount options I’d want to take advantage of them.

We will not be loading tickets on our phones for a couple of reasons. The first is that only one phone will have an international plan and the other will remain in airplane mode. The second is we’d rather keep our phones secure inside our Travelon bags and the bags fully zipped and locked as we try to figure out the Metro (I fully admit I’m having a lot of pre trip anxiety about the Metro! On our last 2 trips — Rome and Dublin—we got around exclusively on foot with the occasional cab ride. So it will be a new experience and I certainly don’t feel Duolingo has prepared me particularly well for it!)

Any other useful advice for a couple of Paris Newbies? One of the videos I watched suggested purchasing the cards in a Tabac to avoid lines and lesson confusion and then loading them up at the station. Is that a good plan?

Thanks!

Posted by
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It's been a couple of years since I've been in Paris, so someone more knowledgeable may correct me, but my understanding was the Navigo Easy pass can be loaded with a carnet (ie 10 trips):

https://www.ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs/arret-carnet-ticket

On the phone, it's worth noting that the app works using NFC, so it doesn't need Internet or network access. I use my phone for transport payment every day at home, so I am comfortable using it traveling, but if you're not comfortable with it, the card is the way to go.

Posted by
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You are correct in that there are no longer 10-ticket discounts. You can certainly buy tickets 10 at a time, but it's just for convenience and not price -- they are exactly 10x the cost of a single ticket.

If you don't want to buy tickets on your phone, you should buy two Navigo Easy cards (€2 per card, 1 for each person) and there are basically two reasonable options:

  • Buy/load individual Metro-Train-RER tickets at €2.55 a piece. As above, there are no discounts for buying these in bulk.
  • If there is a particular day in which you expect to take 5 or more trips -- excluding trips to the airport -- you can load a one-day pass for €12.30 (so it's cheaper once you get to 5 trips, which would otherwise be €2.55 * 5 = €12.75).
    • Do note that you must choose a particular day for the one-day pass.

Other options don't make sense for you:

  • As you've assessed, a Navigo weekly pass is generally not cost-effective when you cross a Sunday-Monday boundary.
  • A Paris Visite for 5 days is €78 and given your described travel patterns, you will be substantially better off buying individual tickets.

Personally I don't think it's worth the faff to go to a tabac and then to a machine separately -- I would just go to a metro station and do it all at once. If you're nervous about lines, perhaps wait until off-peak hours (e.g. midday weekdays, or weekend mornings) and buy it then.

Posted by
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The 10-ticket discount, which was called a carnet, is no longer available. Just load as many tickets as you like.

The métro is easy to learn. And remember, you're on vacation. If you make a mistake, it's not as though you have an appointment to keep. Leave lots of time to make mistakes, and if you arrive at some time-ticketed place early, just enjoy the atmosphere.

The word for exit is SORTIE. The first time I used the métro, I led my sister into a janitor's closet. I didn't know the word for exit, and off I went into a closet. This was a long time ago, and we still laugh about it.

If you know the street you want to get to, it's usually listed on the exit signs, so you'll know which exit to use. And if you use the wrong one, you'll just have to walk a bit and/or cross the street.

So relax and enjoy the experience. You'll laugh at how you worried after about three métro trips.

Posted by
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You need few language skills to use the metro, it's basically the same as the system in every other major city in the world. Have you used the Tube? The NYC subway? The T in Boston? Vienna? Only so many ways to do mass transit so it's easy to figure out.

And as noted, if you pay a bit more than you should or get off at the wrong stop, rinse lather repeat. Easy to fix.

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