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Fare Payment Device Located at the front of the bus Balance Checker Available at the City Centre Transit Terminal Please be prepared to show proof of age and/or enrollment when boarding the bus. If you attend a career college, please visit miway.ca/busfares to see if you are eligible to receive the post-secondary student fare. 3. Register your card for added benefits Recover your balance if your card is lost or stolen PRESTO offers one overdraft trip for registered cardholders Set up autoload to automatically reload your card Obtain a Transit Usage Report for tax purposes Register your card online via the PRESTO website! How do I load value onto my card? Via the PRESTO website or Call Centre At any GO Train Station in Mississauga At the City Centre Transit Terminal (200 Rathburn Road West) At the GO kiosk at Station Gate Drive and Centre View Drive The autoload feature is available through pre-authorized credit/debit payments for registered cardholders only Note: Transactions performed online or by phone will expire in 30 days if you do not tap your card by using it to travel or using a Balance Checker. How do I check the balance on my card? When you board the bus and tap your card, the PRESTO fare payment device will display the transaction fee for your ride, the remaining balance and transfer time By using one of the PRESTO balance checker devices at any GO Train Station in Mississauga or at the City Centre Transit Terminal Via the PRESTO website or Call Centre 2. Set a concession fare You can save by setting your card to pay a Child, High School Student, Post-Secondary Student or Senior concession fare at a Customer Service Location. The locations include the City Centre Transit Terminal, the Square One GO Bus Terminal (240 Centre View Drive) and at all GO Train Stations. PRESTO concession fare eligibility is based on age not school grade, except in the Post-Secondary Student fare category and must be set at a Customer Service Location. What is PRESTO? PRESTO is a reloadable smartcard which allows customers to pay their fare with the simple tap of a card. You can use your PRESTO card to travel within and between participating transit systems across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. How to Use PRESTO 1. Purchase a card A new card costs $6 plus a minimum load of $10 and can be purchased: Via the PRESTO website or Call Centre At any GO Train Station in Mississauga At the City Centre Transit Terminal (200 Rathburn Road West) At the GO kiosk at Station Gate Drive and Centre View Drive Note: You can order a registered or unregistered card online. If you order a registered card, you will need to activate it. You will receive instructions for activating your card when you receive it. Concession PRESTO e-Purse (cost per trip) on MiWay Expiry Child (Age 6 to 12) $1.65 On 13th birthday High School Student (Age 13 to 19) $2.25 On 20th birthday Post-Secondary Student (Full-time) $2.45 Expires each year (valid from September - September) Adult $2.80 N/A Senior (65 +) $1.85 N/A

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FarePaymentDeviceLocated at thefront of the bus

BalanceCheckerAvailable at theCity CentreTransit Terminal

Please be prepared to show proof of age and/or enrollmentwhen boarding the bus.

If you attend a career college, please visit miway.ca/busfaresto see if you are eligible to receive the post-secondarystudent fare.

3. Register your card for added benefits• Recover your balance if your card is lost or stolen• PRESTO offers one overdraft trip for registered cardholders• Set up autoload to automatically reload your card• Obtain a Transit Usage Report for tax purposes

Register your card online via the PRESTO website!

How do I load value onto my card?• Via the PRESTO website or Call Centre• At any GO Train Station in Mississauga• At the City Centre Transit Terminal

(200 Rathburn Road West)• At the GO kiosk at Station Gate Drive and

Centre View Drive• The autoload feature is available through pre-authorized

credit/debit payments for registered cardholders onlyNote: Transactions performed online or by phone will expirein 30 days if you do not tap your card by using it to travel orusing a Balance Checker.

How do I check the balance on my card?• When you board the bus and tap your card, the PRESTO

fare payment device will display the transaction fee foryour ride, the remaining balance and transfer time

• By using one of the PRESTO balance checker devices at any GO Train Station in Mississauga or at the City Centre Transit Terminal

• Via the PRESTO website or Call Centre

2. Set a concession fareYou can save by setting your card to pay a Child, HighSchool Student, Post-Secondary Student or Seniorconcession fare at a Customer Service Location. Thelocations include the City Centre Transit Terminal, theSquare One GO Bus Terminal (240 Centre View Drive) andat all GO Train Stations.

PRESTO concession fare eligibility is based on age not schoolgrade, except in the Post-Secondary Student fare categoryand must be set at a Customer Service Location.

What is PRESTO?PRESTO is a reloadable smartcard which allows customersto pay their fare with the simple tap of a card. You can useyour PRESTO card to travel within and between participatingtransit systems across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

How to Use PRESTO1. Purchase a cardA new card costs $6 plus a minimum load of $10 and can be purchased:• Via the PRESTO website or Call Centre• At any GO Train Station in Mississauga• At the City Centre Transit Terminal

(200 Rathburn Road West)• At the GO kiosk at Station Gate Drive and

Centre View DriveNote: You can order a registered or unregistered card online.If you order a registered card, you will need to activate it. You will receive instructions for activating your card when you receive it.

ConcessionPRESTO e-Purse(cost per trip) on MiWay

Expiry

Child(Age 6 to 12) $1.65 On 13th birthday

High School Student(Age 13 to 19) $2.25 On 20th birthday

Post-SecondaryStudent(Full-time)

$2.45Expires each year(valid from September- September)

Adult $2.80 N/A

Senior(65 +) $1.85 N/A

In the event of a dispute customers are requested to contact the PRESTO Call Centre.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PRESTO

PRESTO CALL CENTRE1-8-PRESTO-123 (1-877-378-6123)

www.prestocard.ca

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONwww.miway.ca/presto

PRESTO is operated for theGovernment of Ontario by Metrolinx

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Tap into an EASIER ride.

Transferring between MiWay and GO Transit?Use PRESTO to ride MiWay for less!If you are transferring between MiWay and GO Transit, youcan pay only $0.75 to ride MiWay when you use a PRESTOcard to pay the fares.

Remember to tap-off of the GO Bus or at the GO TrainStation before you tap-on to MiWay, or the co-fare will notbe applied and the full fare will be deducted from your card.

PRESTO cardholders will automatically receive the co-farediscount when transferring between MiWay and GO Transitwithin the two-hour transfer window.

Qualify for the Public Transit Tax CreditYou can claim the cost of eligible transit trips on aregistered PRESTO card under the federal Public TransitTax Credit. Transit Usage Reports are only available forregistered cards via the PRESTO website.

How is PRESTO Right for You?Earn free trips on MiWay for your loyalty!MiWay’s PRESTO Loyalty ProgramOnce you pay for 12 MiWay fares during any one-week(Monday to Sunday) using your PRESTO card, you can thenride free on MiWay for the remainder of that week!

PRESTO cardholders are automatically enrolled in theprogram.

Note: Fares paid on other transit service providers anddiscounted GO co-fare payments do not count towardMiWay's PRESTO loyalty program. Transfers do not count asadditional paid fares.

Travelling between cities?Transfer for free between the following systems within the two-hour transfer window when paying your fare with e-Purse.

• Brampton Transit *• MiWay• Oakville Transit• Burlington Transit• York Region Transit/Viva• Hamilton Street Railway• Durham Region Transit

*Brampton Transit monthly and weekly passes are notaccepted on MiWay. Load your card with e-Purse value toride on MiWay.

You cannot use your PRESTO card to pay fares for additionalpassengers on MiWay at this time.