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MPTP accepted · Half price · 24/7

MPTP Taxi in Melbourne — Your Half-Price Card, Accepted

A Melbourne taxi that accepts MPTP. Swipe your half-price taxi card on the driver's terminal — 50% off your fare up to $60 a trip. Book on 0413 232 882.

MPTP card accepted
Half the fare, up to $60
Any of our vehicles
24 hours, every day

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Tell us you have a card when you book and we send a car with a working terminal.

Book an MPTP taxi

Tick the MPTP box and pay in the vehicle — 24/7

Swiped in the vehicleYour card goes on the driver's terminal at the end of the trip.
Never pay online firstPrepaying would lose you the subsidy, so we do not offer it.
Any vehicle, no surchargeSedan to 12-seater, wheelchair-accessible if you need it.

Book now — 0413 232 882

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The card, in our cars

A Melbourne taxi that accepts MPTP

The Multi Purpose Taxi Program is the Victorian Government subsidy for people with a permanent and severe disability that makes it hard to use public transport. If you hold a card, it takes half off your taxi fare — up to $60 a trip — and Quick Maxi Cab accepts it on every booking we take, in every vehicle we run.

This page is about the part we control: how your card works in our cars, what it covers, and how to book so it actually gets applied. Eligibility, applying for a card and renewing one are administered by Safe Transport Victoria, and their rules change — so for those questions go straight to the source rather than taking our word for it.

A carer helping an older passenger into an accessible taxi

How it works

Three things worth knowing before you book

The subsidy is simple, but two details catch people out — where you pay, and what the subsidy does not cover.

Half the fare, capped at $60

The subsidy is 50% of the fare, to a maximum of $60 on any one trip. On a $70 fare that is $35 off and $35 to pay. On a $200 fare the subsidy stops at $60, so you pay $140. The cap is per trip, not per day, and it is set by Safe Transport Victoria rather than by us.
You pay in the vehicle, never online

Your card is swiped on the driver's terminal at the end of the trip. There is no online equivalent, so paying up front on the website would mean losing the subsidy on that trip. Tick the MPTP box when you book and we will not offer you online payment at all — the option simply will not appear.
Tolls and airport fees are not covered

The subsidy applies to the fare. Tolls and airport fees are paid in full and are not subsidised. Because our quoted price is one all-inclusive figure, the exact split is worked out by the driver's terminal at the end of the trip — so treat any figure you see beforehand as close, not final.

Booking so it gets applied

Tell us when you book, not at the kerb

The one thing that matters is telling us before the car is sent. Tick “I have an MPTP card” on the booking form, or say so on the phone, and two things happen: we send a vehicle with a working Cabcharge terminal, and we take online payment off the table so you cannot accidentally pay full price. A driver who arrives without a terminal cannot apply your subsidy, and that is a wasted trip for both of us.

You do not need to give us your card number — not on the form, not on the phone. We have no use for it and we do not store it. The card stays with you and is read by the terminal in the vehicle. The driver may ask to see it, because the subsidy belongs to the cardholder and applies to trips the cardholder is actually travelling on.

The interior of a wheelchair-accessible maxi taxi with floor anchor points

Which vehicle

You do not need an accessible vehicle to use MPTP

The subsidy applies in any of our vehicles — sedan, SUV, seven or eight seater, or an eleven or twelve seat maxi. Book a wheelchair-accessible vehicle only if you actually need one; there is no surcharge either way, and no advantage to booking a bigger car than you need.

If you do need the ramp and the floor anchors, our wheelchair-accessible taxis have both, and you can travel in your own chair rather than transferring. If your travel is funded through the NDIS instead, that is a different arrangement again and we handle it separately.

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MPTP questions

Your questions, answered

Call 0413 232 882 — a real person answers, any hour.

How much does the MPTP subsidy take off my fare?

Half the fare, up to a maximum of $60 a trip. On a $70 fare the subsidy is $35 and you pay $35. On a $200 fare the subsidy stops at $60, so you pay $140.

Do I pay online or in the vehicle?

In the vehicle, always. Your MPTP card is swiped on the driver's terminal at the end of the trip, and there is no way to do that online. If you tell us you have a card when you book, we will not offer you online payment — paying up front would mean losing the subsidy on that trip.

Are tolls and airport fees covered?

No. The subsidy applies to the fare. Tolls and airport fees are not subsidised and are paid in full. Your driver's terminal works out the exact split at the end of the trip.

Can I use my card for someone else's trip?

No. The subsidy belongs to the cardholder and only applies to trips the cardholder is travelling on. The driver may ask to see the card.

Do I need to book a wheelchair-accessible vehicle to use MPTP?

No. The subsidy applies in any of our vehicles. Book a wheelchair-accessible vehicle only if you need one — there is no surcharge for it either way.