What are the travel functions of Alipay?

In fact, it is really cost-effective to use Alipay when traveling. In addition to discounts on hotel reservations, there are many other functions, such as coupons and foreign currency exchange, which everyone will use when traveling.

Book a hotel with flowers and sesame seeds

The biggest advantage of booking in Garden Hotel is that you only need to pay back the money next month after cancellation. In other words, not writing off just takes up your spending quota without repayment.

This is very different from credit card hoarding. Credit card hoarding in hotels, whether it is written off or not, should be returned as long as the account period is up (usually next month).

Once the goods you hoard are not used immediately, or you just hoard without thinking about whether to leave eventually, the advantages of Bai Hua's hoarding goods will come out.

Of course, not all payment channels with flowers are verified for repayment. At present, only flying pigs have this situation. Although Ctrip and Qunar channels can also be used as flowers, like credit cards, they will be returned next month, not the month after verification.

Spending money on flying pigs to buy tourist goods, not all goods can be verified and paid in one month. Some goods whose travel dates have been determined (air tickets, free travel, calendar hotels) are actually written off at once and will be returned next month.

Unfortunately, these have always been aimed at the welfare of flying pigs.

But it's different now. Bai Hua and Sesame Credit launched a new tool. As long as your sesame credit score exceeds 600, you can use Bai Hua 0 yuan to stock up and return the goods after verification.

The key point is that this function point not only supports flying pigs. Many hotels (Junting, Blue Army) and some OTAs (short rent, Piggy, etc. ) have permission.

At present, this function has just been launched, and there is not much commodity support. I think Sesame should have a BD team to focus on following up this project.

According to Lu Bianshe's gossip, last week, the CEO of Ctrip.com personally led a team to communicate with ants. One of the highlights is that he hopes to access the new tools of Bai Hua and Sesame.

In this year's OTA competition, Ctrip is strong on the supply side. The disadvantage is that everyone needs to spend money to stock up. Pigs are better than flower beds for stocking. Pressure only takes up space and has no cost.

The path of this tool is currently hidden deep. Search for the keyword credit life on Alipay, and you can directly enter the activity page.

Alipay APP travel function

1) encountered

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Similar to the FHR discount offered by American Express Centurion Card, hotel reservation can include room upgrade, free breakfast, late check-out and welcome (most of the fees are $65,438 +000).

In addition, there are SNPs.

Of course, the price is the same as FHR, and it will be a little more expensive than the normal calendar room rate. So it is not necessarily cheaper than what you ordered on the OTA channel. The more, the better.

Platinum members are six times a year, and diamond members are unlimited times a year.

2) Massive coupons and destination strategies

Path: Alipay-Word of Mouth-Select the city in the upper left corner.

For example, in Macau, after you click, there will be many store coupons to collect. Don't be embarrassed to accept it. You saved money when you bought it in buybuy, and Alipay also got the commission you bought in buybuy, which is definitely a win-win situation.

In addition, if you want to get money-saving tips for traveling in this destination, you can also get them through this route. Or this Macao example. For example, if you are a diamond platinum of Alipay, hotels in Jinsha (Venetian, Parisian, Conrad) can upgrade their rooms for free; Dozens of restaurants in Jinsha can get a 20% discount on meals; You can also eat an egg tart every day.

3) Foreign currency exchange

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You can exchange foreign currency at the airport by appointment. Of course, the exchange rate is definitely not as good as going to the bank, but it is very convenient after all.

4) Tax refund

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Support 85 airports in 35 countries. The main reason is convenience (real-time receipt, the handling fee is less than cash tax refund). If you are a diamond platinum member of Alipay, you will also have the exclusive tax refund right.

5) Foreign procurement

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Outbound shopping means that when you are in China, you can buy things from the duty-free shop at the airport in advance, and then go to the airport to pick up duty-free goods.

At present, airports in Hangzhou, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shenyang, Nanjing and Xi all have support.

Or, go to Japan, Hong Kong, Macao and other exit destinations and buy good goods at duty-free shops in advance. It also saves the time of picking goods.

When I went abroad, I found duty-free direct mail from Japan and Hong Kong. Later, I communicated with my business classmates. Duty-free direct mail is taxable, but the channel of duty-free shops may be more advantageous, so it seems that the price is ok. But there is still a big gap compared with buying directly in the store after leaving the country.

6) Entry-exit information inquiry

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Is it difficult to go out this year? So this latest and most comprehensive entry and exit information is available. It can tell you about the inquiry about the temporary entry-exit control measures of the country (or region) you are going to, and the inquiry about the traffic at China port.

More practical.

At the same time, if you are abroad, you can also find the contact information of the embassy in case of emergency.