Originally Posted by
freecia
The JR offices still accept US Visa, right? Regional passes and long distance tickets usually require an office pickup or a kiosk (possibly pay online which I presume has a different payments system) which account for my larger transit spend. Stores like Bic & Uniqlo don't have any issues with US Visa?
Yes, I haven't had any issues using an American Visa card at ticket offices. If they fixed the issue with charging Suica through Apple, I would probably use Chase Sapphire Reserve for 3x UR (basically the same return as Amex Green, but I can't get the latter because I have been churning Amex too hard recently and am currently in pop-up hell). There are some cards that can get 5% cash back on transit but I believe they all have foreign transaction fees (e.g. US Bank Cash Plus).
Originally Posted by
willliamjia
I tried to download a suitcase app but only Japanese language version available. Where can I download a English version？ i am in US and there is no phyical suica card now and will be Japan next month. Thanks!
If you have an iPhone you don't need to download the app. You can just go into Apple Wallet, add a transit card, and choose Suica or PASMO from there. Then the whole interface will be in English and you can charge through Apple Pay using any compatible credit card, with the caveat that non-Japanese Visa cards don't work.