Electrify America charging with EA membership

[NCevGuyF150]

Here's a question for those of you that have used EA for charging with a paid membership to EA. For background, I have never charged at EA, but I have charged at Tesla with a Tesla membership, so familiar with that procedure.

Both Tesla and EA are Plug and Charge via FordPass so you can simply plug in and it should work. To take advantage to the Tesla membership rate, you need to activate the charger via the Tesla app PRIOR to plugging in. Here's the question for a similar situation with EA. According to the EA app, you need to plug in first - which I would assume would automagically use the non-member Plug and Charge rate. So how do you take advantage of an EA membership? Or am I over-complicating this?

The reason for this question at all, is I have a desert trip planned where I will need to use EA charging several times as there is no Ford compatible Tesla SuperChargers available, but there are EA chargers (Baker and Fenner, Calif.). I will charge enough in that one trip to more than pay for a one month membership with EA.

You can go into Services in your FordPass and there is a toggle that you can shut off so that plug and play will not happen through Ford

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[K6CCC]

Thanks to the various people who responded to this thread. Successfully used the E.A. app and membership at the Baker, Calif. charge location last weekend. According to my math, I saved $11.68 by having the E.A. membership on just that one charge (minus the $7.00 monthly cost of the membership). Off hand, I don't expect to charge again at an E.A. station before the month runs out on my subscription (already turned off).

 

[RickLightning]

Thanks to the various people who responded to this thread. Successfully used the E.A. app and membership at the Baker, Calif. charge location last weekend. According to my math, I saved $11.68 by having the E.A. membership on just that one charge (minus the $7.00 monthly cost of the membership). Off hand, I don't expect to charge again at an E.A. station before the month runs out on my subscription (already turned off).

Yup.

Sign up the morning of a trip, then immediately downgrade, which takes effect in 30 days. Same with Tesla, but it costs $12.99 instead of EA's $7. But it's often cheaper than EA too.

 

[K6CCC]

Sign up the morning of a trip, then immediately downgrade, which takes effect in 30 days. Same with Tesla, but it costs $12.99 instead of EA's $7. But it's often cheaper than EA too.

Actually signed up with E.A. the night before and downgraded this morning. So far, I am leaving a Tesla subscription active (on the 3rd month). Saved $21.80 in one day on my long drive over three Tesla charges (minus the $14.22 including tax membership). Next week I have another long day trip that will include at least one Tesla SuperCharge - conveniently in the parking lot for an In-N-Out Burger at around lunch time. So the Tesla membership is definitely paying for itself.
And agree that Tesla is usually cheaper than E.A. at similar locations.

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