myki money
With myki money you ‘pay as you go’.
Simply top up with myki money and you automatically pay the lowest fare possible as you touch on and touch off.
You should have enough myki money on your myki to pay for your whole journey.
myki money features
- Value stored as a dollar amount, for example $20.00.
- Able to travel in any zone (metropolitan and regional) at any time.
- Automatically charges the lowest fare as you touch on and off – fares based on current Value Metcards.
- Automatically receive concession and free travel entitlements as you touch on and touch off, such as Early Bird or seniors free weekend travel.
- Use auto top up to automatically top up your myki money balance from a nominated bank account or debit/credit card.
You do not have to worry about which zones you are travelling in or how many trips you make in a day – myki automatically charges you the lowest fare.
myki automatically applies your concession or free travel entitlement as you touch on and touch off, based on the myki card type you have.
2-hour fare
For the first trip of each day, you pay a 2-hour myki money fare. This is equivalent to the current Value Metcard fare, so you automatically pay the lowest fare for your trip.
Daily cap
Should you travel again that day, a daily cap applies for any subsequent trips in the same zone(s). The daily cap is the most you pay on a single day for unlimited travel in one or more zones. The daily cap is the same as two 2-hour fares for the zone(s) in which you travel.
Weekend and public holiday daily cap
On weekends and public holidays, myki users pay no more than $3.30 per day for unlimited travel in Zones 1&2 – a saving of up to $8.60 compared to buying individual Metcards.
Seniors daily cap and free weekend travel
More information about travelling with a seniors myki card.
Early Bird train travel
Touch on and off at train stations on Melbourne’s electrified train network before 7.15 am on a weekday to automatically receive the free Early Bird fare.
Change of mind
At a train station, if you touch on and then decide not to travel, touch off within 15 minutes of touching on and you are charged nothing for this change of mind. There is no change of mind period on trams or buses.