Macau Pass

Overview

The Macau Pass (formerly the Transmac IC Card and stylised as MACAU Pass) is a contactless smartcard, first introduced by Transmac in 1999, that can be used to pay for bus fares, shop, and dine in Macau. It is a member of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development City Union systems.

Acceptance

The Macau Pass is accepted by:

Transport

Transmac TCM Public Car Parks Macau Light Rapid Transit, since 24 May 2022.

Vending machines

Vitasoy vending machines Coca-Cola vending machines "24" Mini-store and vending

Supermarkets

DCH Food Mart Deluxe (World Trade Center) San Miu Supermarkets US Mart Limited Soi Cheung Supermarket Tai Fung Supermarket Weng Kei Supermarkets

Convenience Stores

Circle K 7-Eleven

Shopping and services

Select CTM stores Transmac and Macau Pass Service centers J.T. Ticket Net Machines Select Ricoh Photocopiers Macau Cultural Center Creative Photo Studio Q&A S.J. Hospital Automatic Registration System Macao Science Center Polytechnic Institute Canon

Food and beverage

McDonald's Selected Padaria da Guia stores Selected Mario Bakeries Selected U Veng Kei Restaurants (In Service Soon) Snowball Cafe and Bakery Jollibee Starbucks Pacific Coffee Tom N Toms Coffee Rethink Coffee Élysée Bakery KOI Thé Comebuy

Card types

The Macau Pass has four types of different cards, for certain age groups (much like the Octopus card in Hong Kong). The four are:

Anonymous (Green and Vitality Red) (a deposit of MOP$30.00 alongside an initial value of MOP$100.00 is required for card purchasing) Senior Citizen (Pink) Student (Sky Blue) Disabled People (Brown) Customised employee badges and membership cards for companies and organisations are also available.

Features

Macau Pass has a variety of uses. They are:

Parking Systems (saves parking ticket issuing, therefore environmentally-friendly) Restriction Gates (must use a personalized Macau Pass, with the feature added) Apartment Recognition (for apartments with a security feature, must use card for access) VIP Cards

Payment discounts

The Macau Pass does not have any discount when purchasing merchandise and using at restaurants. However, the government and the company had decided that the government will subsidize the difference from the discounts below on bus fares. The Transmac IC Card did not accept this offer.

Adult/personalised card holders can enjoy a discounted bus fare of: MOP$3.00 bus fare on regular routes.(including night buses) MOP$4.00 bus fare on express routes.(including 3AX, 3X, 5AX, 5X, 10X, 25AX, 30X, 101X, 102X, AP1X) Student/child card holders enjoy a discount on bus fare of: MOP$1.50 bus fare on regular routes.(including night buses) MOP$2.00 bus fare on express routes.(including 3AX, 3X, 5AX, 5X, 10X, 25AX, 30X, 101X, 102X, AP1X) Elders/disabled card holders are exempt from bus fares.

Transfer discounts

When Macau Pass was still called the "Transmac IC Card", its operator, Transmac decided that cardholders could have a free "transfer". However, under certain circumstances the card holder must pay a fare under MOP$3.00. (E.g., on a trip from the Border Gate to the M.U.S.T., if going to ride route 3A to Praça Ferreira Amaral to interchange to route MT2, the Green Macau Pass must be tapped on the reader, and the display will show 0.50. The exact fare to pay with the card was MOP$1.00, but the government supported MOP$0.50.) The details on transfers are located at the bottom. Transfers made within an hour are free of charge.