Originally Posted by
lsquare
I'm now reading that CSR isn’t working on the Pasmo. What the eff? I'm surprised Suica isn't fixed and not coded as travel. That's why I was happy hearing that Pasmo is coded as travel. I also have AMEX Gold, but is the acceptance rate decent in Japan? Like I said, I survived in my very brief stay in Narita last month with Citi Prestige and Citi Premier.
I visit Japan fairly often, at least in my experience, Amex acceptance rates are fairly high. I'd have a backup MC/Visa but you can always lead with Amex and as long as they take credit card, I found about 85-90% of the time it would be fine.