Comments on: New deadline for Opus renewal: Nov. 15

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:26:33 +0000

If you don't get it by tomorrow, your former reduced-fare pass becomes invalid. You can get the new pass at any time (though during business hours after the fall rush) and it remains valid until Oct. 31, 2010.

By: Tami

Tami — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:38:09 +0000

i thought november 15 was tomorrow, and since we have a bunch of work lately i just let myselfbe stupid and wait for last minute. does anyone know what happens if i cant get the priviledge? i have to pay the full tarif for the next whole year? what the hell is this?

By: Michael J.

Michael J. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:03:14 +0000

Honestly, the old system worked a lot better. The only thing it helps is to reduce fraud (until someone figures out how to produce fake cards). If you lose the card or break it (a common occurrence) you have to cough up $3.50 which will soon double in price. You can charge up to 3 months of passes, but you can't register the card unless it's reduced fare so if you lose it it's a lot of money gone. And finally it takes longer to scan the card on the bus than flashing your pass to the driver.

By: Neville Ross

Neville Ross — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:56:30 +0000

Wish we had these in Toronto, on the TTC! But the TTC is too behind the times, except on certain things.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:39:51 +0000

Until November 5 or 6, I think so.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:36:19 +0000

Ask for a refund at Berri station costumer service.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:23:25 +0000

If you have a regular Opus card, then it's good for four years, as are the fares on it. These renewals are for reduced-fare cards (which require photo IDs).

By: TC

TC — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:21:18 +0000

As a regular visitor to Montreal, I decided to get an Opus card this month, putting 20$ worth of fares on it. I thought it would stay there pretty much forever, but this makes me think the card, and the money on it, will expire. Is this true? Is there an expiration date on the fares you purchase, and some type of annual administrative fee?

By: SMS

SMS — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:49:33 +0000

Wait, wait... I looked on my reduced OPUS *today* for the ability to buy a reduced Nov pass (I bought a Nov adult pass on a separate OPUS on the 20th)

No dice! It will NOT let me buy a reduced pass. Only the adult.

Mind you I don't know if going to the changeur booth overrides this.

By: Chantal

Chantal — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:26:16 +0000

Argh! So I could have had a reduced November pass? I jumped the gun and got it at full price last week... ;_;

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:07:39 +0000

Actually, it's not half. Everyone was forced to move to Opus last year, which means everyone has to renew this year.

By: Mama Fagstein

Mama Fagstein — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:37:55 +0000

Little brother's card is renewed and it only took 2 minutes. Well two minutes and $10.25 instead of $9 it would have cost at the school in September.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:49:41 +0000

And did anyone notice those little posters they have up at metro stations? Seeming, to me anyway, to cheerily tell student users that one half of them would lose their reduced rate privileges?

By: Kahn

Kahn — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:08:03 +0000

So my reduced fare OPUS card is good for 2 years, but my "privilege" is only good for 1 year? What the hell is this garbage?

Way to overcomplicate something that should be fairly simple, STM.

By: guillaume

guillaume — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:07:19 +0000

woah that save the day, not that I didn't know only that living in on the north shore, and having my cegep dropped the service of renewing on site since the opus machinery was too expensive they say, noticing the end, getting the form finding whoever have the sacred power to stamp the form and going to amt agent is kind of a quest....

wish more amt service point were avalaible in the basse laurentide