Myki Commuter Club
La Trobe University Melbourne campus staff are able to purchase yearly Myki cards at a 10% discount.
Continuing and fixed-term staff are able to purchase a Commuter Club pass through the fortnightly payroll deduction (after tax).
Note: the Commuter Club is not available to staff employed through external agencies and staff at regional campuses.
Public transport fare changes (2026)
As you may be aware, public transport in Victoria has been free from 31 March to 31 May 2026. From 1 June 2026 to 1 January 2027, public transport fares will be half price for everyone, every day.
How does this impact myki Commuter Club participants?
Participants will be supported in two ways, depending on their pass type and expiry date:
1. Passes that expired during the free travel period (April–May)
- Participants will receive an extension for unused days.
- For each unused day, two days will be returned.
- This will be issued as a new myki Pass applied to the existing myki card.
2. Passes active during the free travel period and extending beyond 1 June
- Participants will receive a reimbursement reflecting:
- The free travel period, and
The half‑price fare period (1 June 2026 – 1 January 2027).
Unactivated myki Passes
If you have purchased a myki Pass that has not yet been activated:
- You should submit a refund request via the Transport Victoria website.
- You will receive a full refund for the pass.
- You can then purchase a new pass from 1 June at the discounted rate.
Important note
Most myki Commuter Club participants whose passes expired during the free travel period have already received their extensions.
These participants have been contacted directly via the email address linked to their account.
Myki Commuter Club Costs (discounted fares from 1 June 2026)
Subject to Victorian Government changes.
Transport Victoria is now accepting and invoicing new Commuter Club pass requests at discounted rates:
myki 365 day pass | 2026 full fare | 2026 discounted fare |
|---|---|---|
Zone 1 + 15 (previously 1 + 2) | $1,111.50 | $1,000.35 |
Zone 2 | $702.00 | $631.80 |
Compare the price of a Commuter Club ticket to a normal ticket by using the PTV Myki Money/Pass fare calculator.
How do the payments work?
Please ensure all that all applications are submitted by the 14th of each month to be processed in that month. Any applications submitted after the 14th will be processed in the following month, due to the internal finance and PTV Commuter Club processes.
Commuter Club payments are deducted fortnightly from your salary and are only available to continuing and fixed term staff.
Please allow up to three weeks (from the end of the month) for your new card to be delivered or load pass added to your current MYKI Commuter Club card.
Questions: sustainability@latrobe.edu.au
Public Transport Victoria Myki information
Please complete the online form which is located on the ASK.HR online service
- Click on ASK HR and select “Submit a form”
- Select "Employee"
- Then select “MYKI (Commuter Club)".
- Fill out the online application form (including the number of payments you wish pay of the card 1 – 26)
- Hit “Submit”.
- A notification will be sent to Sustainability for approval then your application will be processed by payroll.
- Please allow up to three weeks (from the end of the month) for your new card to be delivered to your home address or your renewal to be added to an existing Commuter Club card.
The expiry date is always shown on the reader when you touch on or off.
Your new pass will be loaded onto your existing Commuter Club card. The new pass will only activate once the old pass has expired. You will not receive a new physical card.
The Environmental Sustainability Unit will notify Myki cardholders with a PTV email receipt once the new pass has been loaded.
The Myki Commuter Club 365-day Pass fare is based on the daily fare for 325 days giving the member 40 days free travel. Members can cancel the Myki commuter Club pass only if they’ve used their pass for less than 293 days.
The refund is on a pro-rata basis.
If you would like to apply for a refund on your Myki Commuter Club Pass, please complete the following steps:
- Contact Transport Victoria by calling 1800 800 007, confirm they want to cancel their Myki Commuter Club and request the refund be paid to their employer, i.e., La Trobe University.
- Transport Victoria will then send an email to the Myki holder to confirm the refund request. The Myki holder should post a copy of that email along with their Myki card to Myki Mailbox, Reply Paid 4318, Melbourne VIC 8060.
- The Myki holder should also submit a 'General Query' via Ask Finance to notify Finance that they have requested the cancellation of their Myki Commuter Club and request that Finance suspend the related fortnightly deductions.