Electrify
Senior Member
If you use the card for only one ride in a month, then the current token fare value would be deducted. However, the card accumulates the fares paid for each ride, when enough fares are paid equal or past the daily threshold, then the remaining rides for the day are free. The count continues for the week and then for the month. So if the day threshold is 4, then the 5th, 6th, etc. rides are free, for the day. The card should be able to keep the fare counts for you, depending upon the dollar balance available on the card. Don't know about the current Metropass Discount Plan, but likely everyone would be on it when they use Presto. Likely, (using current prices) you would need more than 45 or 46 rides in a month to have any remaining rides free.
That is assuming the TTC goes the cap route. I know a few systems do, including GO, but many do not. There have been times where I have bet on the wrong horse and have spent more than a monthly pass on YRT with Presto.
To the question, it is very unlikely that the unlimited ride pass will go away. Presto can store passes on the card, so the Metropass will likely make such a move.
On that note, the GTA weekly pass will be totally awesome once it can be loaded on to a Presto card.