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The CTA is reminding Chicago Card and Chicago Card Plus users hoping to avoid paying a $5 fee to register their cards before the new year.
As announced in November, the CTA will charge a $5 fee for new and replacement Chicago Cards starting Jan. 1. Users who register their new cards before Jan. 1 will be able to avoid the fee (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text).
Also, the CTA will discontinue the sale of 10-pack Single Ride farecards, offering Transit Cards in $10 and $20 denominations instead.
Reduced-Fare Transit Cards also face a change. Starting Jan. 1, 20-ride tickets will be sold only in two-packs, at the price of $15.30.
