Originally Posted by Akiestar

Tipping isn't mandatory (e.g. I never tip at restaurants), but when it comes to taxis I want to make the trip worthwhile for the driver. If LAX to my office is $40 USD and my trip from the Fairfield on Gonghexin Road to PVG is about ¥200, of course I'd want to give more.

You have the option to pre-tip and to tip at the end of the journey. The latter for sure you need a Chinese payment method; the former, I believe you also need one but it may be possible to pass tips using foreign cards. I need to check this again the next time I'm back (whenever that will be).



I've never tried booking taxis with Didi, but I see the option in the app. Is this a more recent development?





ICBC doesn't code it as anything, but perhaps I should try using a different card the next time I'm back in China to see what it codes as. I think it will code as ridesharing though, similar to Uber.