Transit Offers

Experience China’s Warm Welcome with American Express

Shanghai Transit

Shanghai Transit

Valid till 16/07/2026 - 15/07/2027

  • Offer Name: Explore China with ‘Tap-to-Ride’
  • Offer Content: Enjoy an instant CNY 1 discount when you tap your American Express® Cards for a single subway ride in Shanghai.
  • Applicable card types: American Express® branded cards (excluding American Express® single-network foreign-currency credit cards issued by partners the Mainland China and American Express® dual-currency credit cards, as well as American Express RMB credit cards issued by Minsheng Bank and CITIC Bank) and mobile devices with the aforementioned American Express cards added.
  • Offer Period: July 16, 2026 to July 15, 2027
  • Promotion scenario: Only for ‘tap and go’ service at subway faregates, excluding contactless payment scenarios at automated ticket vending machines at subway concourses, POS terminals and ticket vending machines at service counters.
  • Promotion Coverage: All turnstiles marked with the American Express logo at Shanghai Metro stations (including suburban railways and the maglev train).
  • Promotion Quota‌:
    • Twice per American Express® card per day.
    • 1,800 discounts per day and 657,000 discounts throughout the promotion period on a first-come-first-served basis. The promotion will end once the overall quota is exhausted.

 

Participate in the promotion: During the promotion period, cardmembers with eligible American Express cards can enjoy spend-3-yuan-and-get-1-yuan-off when using American Express card to take participating Shanghai Metro lines (including suburban railways and maglev trains). The discount is capped at 1 yuan per transaction.

The American Express® branded cards are limited to 1,800 redemptions per day, with a total of 657,000 redemptions available for the entire promotion. Redemptions are on a first-come- first-served basis, and the daily promotion will end once the quota is exhausted. Any unused promotional quotas for the day will be carried over to the next day. The time of payment recorded by Shanghai Metro's payment processing system will be used as the basis for participation (one discount transaction counts as one time).