I mostly applied for a UnionPay card with ICBC (in branch) for purposes of international travel (especially as anti-DCC tool in areas with high DCC use but low Amex/Discover acceptance), but I am also interested in card acceptance issues of all types in general in the US & around the world.

Thus, once my card arrives, I am interested in testing additional merchants in the US to help expand native UnionPay PBOC chip & contactless acceptance knowledge.

The first one I will test with is Target to see what the UnionPay chip card acceptance looks like (now that they are done with their contactless-enabled terminal rollout).

The US merchants that people have reported native PBOC chip support for seems to be: Walmart, USPS (post office), QFC grocery, Ranch 99 grocery

Are there other strategic merchants that people would suggest, especially those who have UnionPay credit cards but haven't tested yet?