Is it cheaper to take the bus or subway using WeChat or Alipay? Or a transportation card?

They are all similar.

To be honest, neither method is necessarily very cost-effective. The WeChat ride code was discounted when I first came out of Shenzhen. It doesn’t matter how many or how little. Overall, it’s not special. There are many discounts, because Shenzhen City has the Shenzhen Pass Card, which has long been 20% off for buses, and 9.5% off for subway stations, so I have never felt that the WeChat bus code is very discounted. Not long ago, China UnionPay announced that rides cost only 1 cent. Immediately many people started using UnionPay credit cards and no longer needed the WeChat ride code. Alipay ride code is not enabled in Shenzhen.

WeChat’s 3D Touch cannot be directly converted into a ride code, but Alipay can, so if it is used outside, I prefer to use Alipay. I think this quick reading is very important. People nowadays are becoming more and more lazy. They are dialing all the time on their mobile phones. It is annoying to have too many gestures. A 3D Touch works immediately. I think it is much more convenient and friendly.

The ride code is indeed not very sticky. The purpose of taking the bus is to save money on transportation, so use whichever one has more discounts, and use other ones if there are no discounts. There are also questions about whether it can be used or not. For example, Shenzhen may be Tencent’s official Shanghai cba. Shenzhen’s buses and subway stations are all listed on WeChat.

But Alipay does not, so if I I didn’t even know that Alipay had similar functions when traveling to other cities for business. Another example is Shanghai's subway stations. People are accustomed to using the subway station's own app, and WeChat and Alipay are not available. People don't feel good about this feature.

From an economic perspective, Alipay will have monthly cards and weekly cards, which are more cost-effective than WeChat if used frequently. In addition, if you play Ant Forest Energy, you can also earn some momentum.

When it comes to taking subways and buses, I usually use a mobile bus card because it is convenient to recharge the mobile card, so I don’t have to worry about insufficient balance. But sometimes I can use Alipay to pay for bus and subway stations (Shanghai subway still has to rely on it), because Alipay often has some coupons or coupons.

For example, when I went to Dalian City before, Alipay gave me a 7-yuan bus coupon and an 8-yuan subway station coupon. Why does Alipay distribute this kind of thing? Don’t worry, Alipay is very intelligent. When you place an order on Ctrip, the flight ticket payment is made through the Alipay platform.

So Alipay is very “heartwarming” and it will understand your needs immediately. So although the mobile bus card is very convenient and the credit card swiping is convenient, everyone may not be able to resist the temptation of Alipay coupons. People often don't like WeChat payment because WeChat never has such discounts.

Which one is more cost-effective and cost-effective, the WeChat ride code or the Alipay ride code? In today’s transportation environment, the method has changed a lot, from the previous cash payment with credit card to Now you can directly use WeChat ride code and Alipay ride code, such a convenient and fast way to ride, so which method is more cost-effective for users, let’s talk about it below.

Experience the actual effects of using WeChat ride codes and Alipay ride codes. For these two different payment methods, when it comes to which method is more convenient, in fact, this is different from everyone’s. Every user is different. In the past, I often used Alipay’s ride codes, but I rarely used WeChat ride codes. The main reason was just that I used Alipay’s ride codes. The code can have more discounts, such as discount coupons, or you can use Ant Huabei to make payments.

However, when using WeChat’s ride code, you cannot use payment methods like Ant Huabei, which is very difficult for users who have little or no WeChat change. Inconvenience, so such a thing will not happen when using Alipay. In addition, there are often some preferential activities when using Alipay Huabei payment, which is also very convenient for users.

Finally, there is one aspect that I would like to talk about in terms of economy and convenience. If you use Alipay’s ride code, for users every month, or It is very convenient and preferential. Activities such as Alipay’s monthly card and weekly card are also held frequently, while WeChat does not have any activities.

Alipay ride code area : Transfers must also be charged according to the standard. I applied for a transportation card before because there was no charge for transfers. Because I often took buses and buses for about three stops, I had to transfer. Unlike the transportation card, it requires that the transfer be within one hour and there is no charge for transfers.

However, now our cities do not add NFC bus codes to scan QR codes, so you can only use transportation cards or WeChat or Alipay bus codes. In this case, let me tell you what I have done Experience applied to the present.

Convenience aspect: In fact, both payment codes are relatively convenient. When you are ready to take the bus, you only need to activate the bus code in advance and you can quickly scan the QR code to catch the bus.

Category level: At least a few cities I want to go to, including the city I belong to, only have Alipay ride codes, but not WeChat ride codes. At the category level, WeChat is smaller!

Discount activities. In some areas of Alipay, there are preferential policies such as monthly cards or quarterly cards. But everyone found that WeChat seems to be average in these aspects. Now what I am looking for are only some ride codes in Nanchang and Lanzhou.

In fact, I often use Alipay more, but I use WeChat less. In my opinion, WeChat is not an App in the payment industry after all. On the contrary, Alipay also has 80G of green energy! However, now that UnionPay QuickPass has been added to it, it has created more competitive markets for ride codes.

There is a discount for taking buses and subways in Shanghai. You can get one yuan off for 2 hours. For this transfer discount, both companies only support transfers between buses. If it is a bus or subway, then Transfers are not available. Since the Shanghai subway can only use special tools to swipe QR codes, it is not possible to swipe WeChat and Alipay QR codes directly.

Therefore, the transfer discounts of WeChat and Alipay cannot be compared with transportation cards. Transportation cards use the transfer discounts between buses in subway stations.

WeChat Ride Code will hold some discount activities every now and then. WeChat has independently established an activity center to facilitate users to directly check and participate.

Of course, there are usually more discount coupons that require payment. Alibaba is indeed an e-commerce legalist with first-class marketing methods. Among the discount coupons for these services sold, all Alibaba products will be included. Baba's transportation and travel integration resources. For example, there is a transportation magic card currently on sale. After purchase, in addition to having the opportunity to take subway buses at a 10-10% discount, it also includes exclusive bicycles, Amap taxis, etc.

In general, Alipay’s discounts are mostly based on the integration of sales resources to acquire users and obtain their own effective profits from this.

Lscssh Technology Official Comment: Generally speaking, WeChat ride code activities are more frequent, and some activities have longer durations. Although Alipay’s activities also exist, they are relatively small in number. There are fewer, and they tend to give customers a certain amount of discounts by selling packaging resources. Of course, the above two are not as good as the UnionPay QuickPass I use now. Every time I take a ride, I can directly reduce the limit at will. Although it is very small, it is only a few cents each time, but compared with activities such as WeChat and Alipay Be more convenient.

Alipay has monthly and weekly cards, which are more cost-effective

It also depends on the region and my usage habits. In addition, it is also related to the QR code machine, and there are also mobile phones with iOS and Android systems. There is a correlation. Some code swiping machines have faster and more accurate response times. In addition, there is a small detail. Alipay's QR code will automatically increase the brightness of the phone screen when swiping the QR code. This is very important and will further improve the accuracy of swiping the QR code.

There is no difference, they are all similar. They are all bus codes. It is just as convenient and quick to transfer them before boarding. As for WeChat and Alipay, which one you prefer to use is completely based on your own habits. Alipay can be used. Ant Huabei