# Using US Credit Cards in China
WeChat Pay | Purchases Made With a US Credit Card May Be Refunded Directly to Your WeChat Balance
Unexpectedly, when using a US credit card on WeChat, refunds may sometimes be automatically returned to your WeChat balance. This data point comes from loyal reader CK, and it real...
"Works for China Airfare" WeChat Pay | Airfare Purchased with CSR May Qualify for Trip Cancellation Insurance
This DP comes from 北美票帝. There is a small error in the original post: “On the other hand, buying tickets through an OTA can earn 3X CSR points (a CSR card linked to WeChat is coded...
"Now Restored in More Places" Didi Hitch Quietly Returns: Cheap Rides in China with US Credit Cards
【Updated 2020.10】It seems that Didi Hitch has resumed service in many places—almost everywhere, in fact. Strangely, there has been no official announcement. During the time Didi Hi...
WeChat Pay | Use AMEX referral bonus to earn 4x MR on most spending in China (minimum value 5%)
A while back, AMEX ran a special promotion that gave an extra 3x bonus after a referral. Even if you're in mainland China, you can benefit from it. If you successfully refer a no-F...
Shoddy IT warning: one DP shows Ctrip bound to CSR earning only 0.58x UR, possibly because the $300 travel credit was first used up by grocery spend
Ctrip (not its clone trips.com) can be paid with an overseas credit card. However, for most purchases Ctrip charges a 3% fee; Ctrip car rentals do not charge any fee (though there...
Buy a Meituan Waimai Annual Membership for 40 RMB: Get 30 RMB in Monthly Coupons, and You May Be Able to Pay With USB Cash+ / Department Store
Taobao has a solid deal today, especially if you’re currently in China and order delivery frequently. Meituan Waimai Membership Annual Pass, not monthly, not quarterly, annual pass...
Virtual Credit Card Provider Revolut Now Offers a Shopping Portal
Revolut is a classic European virtual credit card provider, which we briefly mentioned in our article on virtual credit cards in the US. After being in the US for a while, Revolut...
WeChat Pay now has a chance of coding as a "wechatpay" transaction type for merchant-presented QR payments or online shopping, earning only 1x
About 1–2 months ago, WeChat started showing a new wechatpay cat on some transactions. In fact, the author mentioned this cat much earlier in the complete WeChat Pay guide. There a...
Buy a Ximalaya Membership for 218 RMB and Get JD Plus, Tencent Video, iQIYI, NetEase Cloud, and 13 Other Memberships for One Year (U.S. Card Settlement Supported)
Ximalaya’s domestic app has rolled out a pretty good promotion: for 218 RMB you can buy one year of its membership, plus another 13 memberships for one year, including JD Plus, Ten...
How One Person Can Add the AMEX Shop Small Offer Multiple Times: Discussion [Update 2: China-issued AMEX cards can receive the rebate]
[Update 2] It looks like the rebate can post successfully. If you have multiple China-issued AMEX credit cards, you may be able to add it multiple times. Also, the Shop Small offer...
McDonald’s China Introduces POS Terminals That Accept Visa/Master/JCB (with Apple Pay + V/M Support)
Recently, some McDonald’s China locations have started introducing new POS terminals that support UnionPay, Visa, Master, and JCB credit cards, and also allow payments via Apple Pa...