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[Toronto Bike Share] 40% off yearly membership w/Presto card

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Newbie
Oct 26, 2009
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Anybody know when the deal expires? I'm out of town for the next couple weeks, so I'd rather not get it till I'm back. Don't wanna miss out though. I can't find anything about expiry on the link.
Sr. Member
Sep 29, 2009
706 posts
325 upvotes
Toronto
Signed up yesterday. Key hasn't arrived of course, but was able to take a bike out on the pass using Transit app.
Sr. Member
Sep 29, 2009
706 posts
325 upvotes
Toronto
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transp ... r-you.html
Card users will be eligible for a 40 per cent discount in the second year of membership, a 30 per cent discount in the third year, and so on, until the fifth year, when they would get a 10 per cent markdown.
So presumably this means if you let the auto-renew stay on, you'll continue to get discounts. 30-40% would definitely still be nice. Once it hits 20 there might be better deals.
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Sep 13, 2004
2737 posts
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queerasmoi wrote: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transp ... r-you.html
Card users will be eligible for a 40 per cent discount in the second year of membership, a 30 per cent discount in the third year, and so on, until the fifth year, when they would get a 10 per cent markdown.
So presumably this means if you let the auto-renew stay on, you'll continue to get discounts. 30-40% would definitely still be nice. Once it hits 20 there might be better deals.
Not quite.

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Apr 6, 2003
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smuncky wrote:
queerasmoi wrote: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transp ... r-you.html
Card users will be eligible for a 40 per cent discount in the second year of membership, a 30 per cent discount in the third year, and so on, until the fifth year, when they would get a 10 per cent markdown.
So presumably this means if you let the auto-renew stay on, you'll continue to get discounts. 30-40% would definitely still be nice. Once it hits 20 there might be better deals.
Not quite.

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Crappy policy considering the system's most loyal users who signed up before the roll-out and discount are being screwed over. I think it would be pretty easy to cancel my membership next year and to use a different credit card and just to take advantage of the 40% discount!
Sr. Member
Sep 29, 2009
706 posts
325 upvotes
Toronto
Well I had an existing account under the old system but my account went dormant for months before the transition to Motivate tech so as far as their system was concerned I never existed.

Then I created an account in the Transit app for day passes. I am able to log into that from the web but that account doesn't let me buy annual subscriptions.

For the discount I used a new username and different password. It's the same credit card as my day pass account but it did not complain about that.

In my account the only option that shows up for renewal plan is "Annual PRESTO". So presumably they'll have to figure out what to do with that when renewals come up.
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Feb 27, 2008
1327 posts
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Prince Edward County…
Bikeshare is a public service, like transit it's subsidized in all of the hundreds of cities around the world that have such a system: it's a global innovation and it doesn't come free.

I'm all for getting deals, but I dislike seeing people try to game the system. That just makes rules tighter. Being decent is easier for all.
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Apr 16, 2002
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MooseOnLoose wrote:

I'm all for getting deals, but I dislike seeing people try to game the system. That just makes rules tighter. Being decent is easier for all.
Some leeches on RFD ruin it for all. I posted about a discounted TFC soccer game for families dealing with autism. Mods had to remove it because a small number of unscrupulous RFD members were going to abuse it. Nothing shocks me anymore, sad.
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Sr. Member
Sep 29, 2009
706 posts
325 upvotes
Toronto
Well my day pass Bike Share account used two $7 day passes and one $15 3-day pass earlier this summer, so all in all they got $29 extra from me to compensate for me not actually being a "new" member when I got my discount from $90 to $45. I think that's pretty fair to the bike share operators.
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Feb 27, 2008
1327 posts
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Prince Edward County…
Does anyone know if there is a time limitation on this special? Is it going to expire sometime soon? I don't need a Bikeshare subscription for at least a month but I'd hate to miss out on this deal
Newbie
May 13, 2011
60 posts
6 upvotes
East York, Toronto
MooseOnLoose wrote: Does anyone know if there is a time limitation on this special? Is it going to expire sometime soon? I don't need a Bikeshare subscription for at least a month but I'd hate to miss out on this deal
You can email and ask about the deal, but if you can't get a definite answer I'd just get the deal man. At this rate, its less than $4 a month. I'm gonna be saving so much commuting to work now.
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Feb 27, 2008
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Prince Edward County…
daonlyplaya wrote: You can email and ask about the deal, but if you can't get a definite answer I'd just get the deal man. At this rate, its less than $4 a month. I'm gonna be saving so much commuting to work now.
Okay did it, thanks all for this amazing deal. Driving in the city is no deal, and the TTC is pricey too... for downtown, nothing beats Bike Share! Worry-free A to B! Love it!
Newbie
Nov 20, 2008
49 posts
83 upvotes
Toronto
I've tried to find an answer to this but maybe one of you already found it - is this deal only for new Bikeshare members or can an existing member get in on it too?
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Feb 27, 2008
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zoltan wrote: I've tried to find an answer to this but maybe one of you already found it - is this deal only for new Bikeshare members or can an existing member get in on it too?
I don't know about previous BikeShare members, but I was a member back when it was run by Bixi a few years ago, and I was able to get this deal.
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Feb 27, 2008
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Using my new membetship over the last two frosty days. About eight trips would've cost me $24 on TTC, maybe 100 in Ubers and probably even more in car ownership. Bike share is the transportation bargain of the century even without the discount! Plus I probably put a week or two on the end of my life just by getting around on my own steam, LOL!
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Jan 13, 2008
1615 posts
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Toronto
Is this a first year only deal? Or 50% off until you have a presto card deal?
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Sep 13, 2003
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vtse wrote: I don't think they have the infrastructure to maintain such a large radius from what I can tell. They need to refill bike stations every night and the maintenance for the stations and the bikes themselves are an issue itself. I think the slow roll out to see what they can manage is best. Downtown is a good place to start as that'll give realistic expectations of maintenance.

Just one mans opinion, don't flame please.
It wouldn't make much sense uptown like Lawrence/Yorkmills/Finch. If they had bikes at the TTC stations only, where would you go? Get off the subway, ride around aimlessly, and park the bike back at the station? You wouldn't want to ride from Finch to Sheppard, etc... May as well take the subway than lol. And if you got off the subway to visit a friend's house, you wouldn't want to take the bike and lock it somewhere since you're paying per 30 minutes.
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