A great way to travel B.C. on transit is with Amex®.
Contactless is the easy way to pay for anything up to $250* with your Amex® Card. Simply tap your Card on the reader and you're done. Plus, it’s just as secure as Chip & PIN, and you're covered by the same fraud protection1, best-in-class service, and Cardmember rewards2.
You can tap with your contactless-enabled Amex® Card to pay for transit on eligible BC Transit digital readers. Checkout how tap to pay works for your ride**.
Here’s how to take advantage of this offer:
From May 19, 2026, to August 31, 2026, register your eligible Amex® Card3 by clicking the “Register Your Amex Card” button below, and then tap your registered Card to pay for qualifying contactless adult fare purchases of at least $6 (after taxes and applicable fees) on eligible BC Transit digital readers at select transit systems in British Columbia to earn a $2 statement credit, up to five (5) times.
A purchase made during the offer period prior to registration of your eligible Card is not a qualifying purchase. Only the first 50,000 Cards to be successfully registered are eligible for the offer. Purchases at BC Transit vending machines are excluded. Other exclusions and terms apply.***
Offer is available to eligible Amex Cardmembers in British Columbia only.3
TAP ON
Using your contactless enabled Amex® Card, mobile wallet, or payment-enabled watch linked to your card, tap on the eligible BC Transit digital reader.****
For more information on paying for your transit ride by tapping your Amex® Card, visit https://www.bctransit.com/contactless/
Alerts & Notifications
Keep track of your account with payment and spending alerts through email, SMS, and/or the Amex App.
* At participating American Express contactless merchants. Retailer contactless limits may apply. Please check before paying.
** Tap your card on the base of the BC Transit digital reader when boarding. Always use the same payment method to automatically receive fare benefits available in your transit system, such as transfers or a DayPASS. Please note: a physical card and the same card added to a mobile wallet are treated as two separate payment methods. They cannot be used interchangeably to access transfer or DayPASS privileges.
1. Use the American Express Card online or off, and you won’t be held responsible for any fraudulent charges, as long as you’ve taken reasonable care to protect your account details, PIN and any device on which you have added your account information. Notify us at once if your Card or eligible device is lost or stolen, or you suspect it is being used without your permission.
2. Rewards not available on all Cards. Rewards vary by Card product. Conditions apply.
3. Offer is available to eligible American Express Cardmembers in British Columbia only. If you do not see the offer in the ‘Amex Offers’ section once you log in to your Online Services account or the Amex App, that means you are not eligible for the offer.
*** The registered Card account must be in good standing. Must first register your Card to the offer and use same Card to make qualifying purchase(s) by 31/08/2026. Date format is DD/MM/YYYY. A purchase made during the offer period prior to registration of your eligible Card for this offer is not a qualifying purchase. Your registration of an eligible American Express Card for this offer extends only to qualifying purchases on that Card.
To be eligible for a $2 (CAD) statement credit, one single qualifying purchase or cumulative qualifying purchase(s) that total at least $6 (CAD) after taxes and applicable fees, must be charged to your registered American Express® Card by tapping your registered American Express Card or mobile wallet linked to your registered American Express Card at an eligible BC Transit digital reader in British Columbia, Canada during the offer period and subsequently posted to your account. In the case of a purchase made during the offer period, it may not qualify if the registered Card is charged by the merchant on a different date, and that date occurs after the offer ends.
Offer valid only for purchases made at eligible and tap-enabled BC Transit digital readers at Agassiz-Harrison, Campbell River, Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley, Cranbrook, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hope, Kamloops, Kelowna, Kitimat, Nanaimo, Pemberton, Port Alberni, Port Edward, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Skeena, South Okanagan-Similkameen, Squamish, Sunshine Coast, Terrace, Vernon, Victoria, West Coast, West Kootenay and Whistler. Adult rate is charged when tapping your Card at eligible BC Transit digital readers. Purchases made at other transit systems in Metro Vancouver or other parts of British Columbia are excluded from this offer. You must use your registered American Express Card or mobile wallet linked to your registered American Express® Card to tap to pay for the contactless adult fare directly at eligible BC Transit digital readers to be eligible for the offer. This offer is not valid on purchases made at BC Transit vending machines. Excludes purchases or reloads of BC Transit passes, E-Tickets or physical tickets, and purchases made online, by phone, with the BC Transit mobile app, or through third party vendors. If you are not able to tap your registered American Express Card or mobile wallet linked to your registered American Express Card for payment your transaction will not be eligible. Purchases must be made in Canadian dollars. Only the first 50,000 cards to be successfully registered are eligible for the offer. Offer is non-transferable. You can earn a maximum of $10 (CAD) in statement credit/s per registered Card during the offer period. This offer is fully funded by American Express. To learn more about using your Card with BC Transit for contactless payments, visit https://www.bctransit.com/contactless/.
Statement credit will be applied to your registered Card account within 90 days after 31/08/2026, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase(s). American Express may not receive information about your qualifying purchase from the merchant until all items from your qualifying purchase have been provided/shipped by the merchant. Statement credit may be reversed if qualifying purchase(s) is returned/cancelled. If American Express does not receive information that identifies your transaction as qualifying for the offer, you will not receive the statement credit. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the offer, the following transactions are not qualifying purchases for this offer: purchasing a merchant’s goods through a third party, such as through concession stores in department stores, payment account or service of a third party, a card reader attached to a mobile phone, online aggregators that sell goods of other merchants or if the merchant category is otherwise not identified.
A statement credit does not constitute a payment and does not satisfy the requirement to pay the minimum due on a credit card. The Basic/Primary Cardmember must continue to make separate payments of at least the minimum due in accordance with the Cardmember agreement and account statement applicable to their registered Card account.
While we hope to provide you with this offer on the terms set out here, we reserve the right to change or cancel this offer at any time.
In the event that you replace your registered Card through Amex Bank of Canada or other participating American Express card issuer (as applicable) during the offer period, your participation in this offer will end and you will need to re-register for this offer.
For full terms that apply to registering your Card in the program, see Program Terms.
**** At eligible and contactless-enabled BC Transit digital readers at Agassiz-Harrison, Campbell River, Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley, Cranbrook, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hope, Kamloops, Kelowna, Kitimat, Nanaimo, Pemberton, Port Alberni, Port Edward, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Skeena, South Okanagan-Similkameen, Squamish, Sunshine Coast, Terrace, Vernon, Victoria, West Coast, West Kootenay, Whistler. Adult rate charged when tapping your Card at eligible BC Transit digital readers.