I agree that MYKI is an inconvenient system. I rarely use public transport and don't always know when I will be using it in advance. If it is a tram I need to catch after the nearby shops have closed, there is nowhere to top my credit if I need it. There needs to be an option for visitors to Melbourne. In Korea, I have been told, that visitors can purchase a card from a vending machine (for a much cheaper price) and return it to a machine, obtaining a refund for the card and the unused credit, when they leave.
There are some people at work who have forgotten their MYKI on occasion and so have been forced to purchase another one. A friend who had more than one ticket for this reason, had parents visiting from New Zealand, who could have easily made it to their destination on public transport on their own. Instead, they waited for my friend to finish work, take public transport from Burwood to Spencer Street to meet them, hand over the spare MYKI cards and travel back to her place.
by leesa (score: 0|9) 3555 days ago