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If you don't have a Ventra card, be prepared with cash to reload your CTA card.Once you register your card online or by phone, that $5 will become transit value on your card. You can buy a Ventra card at a CTA station, but you'll have to wait to get reimbursed the $5 purchase fee.

The $5 fee will be waived through the end of the year. One is online at, one is by phone at 87 and the third is at the Ventra Customer Service Center at 165 N.

There are three places to get a Ventra card without getting charged the $5 purchase fee.

Some CPS students are part a pilot program that uses a school ID as a Ventra card.ДЇor everyone else, here's what you need to know:

#VENTRA CARD FIVE DOLLARS BACK PLUS#

Several groups of riders won't need the tips below: College students with U-Passes were the first to get Ventra cards in early August, and Chicago Card Plus customers (cards tied to an online account) have starting getting Ventra passes in the mail, for which balance transfers occur automatically with activation. Transferring to Ventra will require getting a reloadable Ventra card and maybe transferring a balance from Chicago Cards or magnetic-stripe CTA fare cards. 15, but they'll get trickier to reload as the CTA begins replacing fare machines at 'L' stations. You can still use some CTA fare cards through Dec. CHICAGO - The Chicago Transit Authority's new payment system Ventra launched Monday, making the sky-blue cards an option for all 'L' train and bus riders.

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