STM struggles with yearly Opus problem
People using the Opus à l’année system were invited to suspend monthly payments for the pass as of April, but there’s no mechanism to deauthorize the cards remotely, so lots of people have gone on using them. Now some users, unaware of the situation, have bought tickets for occasional use and continued using their card, and have received warnings because the STM’s machines have preferentially tapped the yearly pass still on the card instead of debiting the tickets.
Paul 22:19 on 2020-10-01 Permalink
This isn’t so. As a user of the Opus à l’année program, I can assure you that the card provided with Maestro status cannot be loaded with individual cards. The card was also remotely deactivated upon accepting the terms of suspension. No deactivation procedure was required on the part of the user.
I absentmindedly attempted to use it a few times and was denied access until I reactivated it in September.