Transit Offers
Experience China’s Warm Welcome with American Express
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).
1. Eligible Cards: This promotion applies to American Express® RMB credit cards and debit cards issued by partner banks within the mainland China (excluding RMB credit cards issued by Minsheng Bank and CITIC Bank), American Express® branded bank cards issued by American Express or its partners outside mainland China, and mobile devices with the aforementioned American Express cards added. It does not apply to American Express® single-network foreign-currency credit cards or dual-currency credit cards issued by partner banks within mainland China. Hereinafter referred to as "Eligible Cards."
2. Transaction Statistics Rules: During the promotion period, cardholders who use eligible American Express cards to enjoy “tap and go” service at the Shanghai Metro lines (including suburban railways and maglev trains), paying a fare of 3 yuan or more, will stand a chance to get 1 yuan off per transaction. American Express® branded cards are limited to 1,800 transactions per day, with a total of 657,000 transactions available for the entire promotion. The first come- first served basis applies, and the promotion will end on the day the quota is exhausted. Any unused promotional quotas for the day will be carried over to the next day. The transaction date, time, payment method, and settlement method are subject to the records of the Shanghai Metro payment processing system.
3. The activity only includes scenarios where card tapping is used for gate passage payment, and does not include scenarios where card tapping is used for payment at automatic ticket vending machines in the station hall, POS machines at manual ticket windows, or manual ticket window ticket vending machines. 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.
4. Transaction or Promotion Exception Handling: If unable to tap card for entry or if the discount is not received after tapping, Cardmembers shall check whether the card is in normal status via the card issuer's mobile app, customer service hotline, or branches. No compensation will be provided for failed transactions or missed discounts due to inactivated functions or abnormal card status.
5. Refund Rules: If a "qualified transaction" is refunded or canceled, the actual amount paid by Cardmembers will be refunded proportionally to the original payment card. The discount (i.e., the promotion quota) for the original transaction will be considered as used and will not be refunded to the Cardmembers. The discount will not be issued if not already granted.
6. Discount Issuance Rules: The discount will be directly deducted from the original transaction fare. Cardmembers can check the actual transaction record via the card issuer's mobile app.
7. Discount Amount Cap: American Express® brand cards are limited to 1,800 redemptions per day, with a total event cap of 657,000 redemptions. Available on a first-come- first-served basis; the daily event ends once the overall quota is exhausted. Any unused promotional quotas for the day will be carried over to the next day.
8. Discount Issuance Time: Subway payments may experience delayed deductions; the actual deduction time recorded by Shanghai Metro's payment processing system will be used as the basis for discount eligibility. If the discount overlaps with other concurrent promotions, Cardmembers will still enjoy the "pay-3-yuan-and-get-1-yuan-off" discount as long as the actual payment is 3 yuan or more; otherwise, ineligible for the promotion.
9. American Express reserves the right to disqualify Cardmembers from the promotion and cancel any discounts already received if it is determined that Cardmembers enjoy the promotion through improper transactions or other means, or if they violate relevant laws, regulations, or the promotion rules.
10. Cardmember accounts must be in active and normal status (no overdue payments, frozen, restricted, canceled, or invalid status) to qualify for the discount. If the card is expired, the card number is changed, or the account is in abnormal status, the discount will not be granted.
11. American Express will not be held responsible for any failure of enjoying the discount due to Cardmembers' own reasons (e.g., card loss or replacement), and no compensation will be provided.
12. By participating in the promotion, Cardmembers are deemed to have read, understood, and agreed to these terms. American Express reserves the right to modify, adjust, or change the promotion's terms (including but not limited to the promotion period, discount rules, etc.) within the scope permitted by law. The updated terms will be published on the "American Express Official Service Account" WeChat public account.
13. If you have any questions about this campaign, or if you have tapped your card to ride but did not receive the instant discount, you can contact the customer service hotline of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. at 95559 for consultation.