[OUT OF DATE] AmEx Shop Small: Shops That Accept AmEx for Opal and Myki Recharges [2015]

Updated: Amex Shop Small Guide wiki page

AmEx Shop Small November 2016 - Spend $20, Get $10 Statement Credits (up to $100 Total) and the wiki which has the latest Opal & Myki Locations

This is an old list from 2015. Use the updated lists above.


In preparation for AMEX Shop Small Promotion in November , i thought it would be handy to have a database for Approved Shops participating in this promotion that accept AMEX for Opal or Myki recharges.

I will update the thread as comment come in.

If you know of any shops that accepted AMEX last year, feel free to post in the comments.

Updated 29/11/15 12:15PM

  • Based on $20 recharge
  • ? denotes unconfirmed
  • Example denotes AMEX not accepted
  • Alphabetized by suburb, then store name, then street name (by #)

Sydney (Opal)

Map for Sydney Stores Thanks to phil1311
Colour Coded Map Thanks to chivalry

Retailer name Street address Suburb Surcharge Comments
IGA Annandale 47 Booth St Annandale $0.00 1, 2
Artarmon Spar Express 120 Hampden Road Artarmon $1.00 1, 2
Ashfield service station 22 Charlotte St Ashfield $0.80 1
Balmain Convenience 384 Darling St Balmain $0.00 1
EZYMART 134 Campbell Parade Bondi Beach $0.80 1
EZYMART 237 Oxford St Bondi Junction $0.70 1, 2
EZYMART 20 Bronte Road Bondi Junction $0.70 1, 2
Nextra Newsagency Westfield Shop 229 Chatswood $1.00 1
Quay Newsagency Alfred Street Circular Quay $1.00 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Horizon Convenience Store 135 william st Darlinghurst $0.20 1
Oxford St Newsagency 1/18-32 Oxford St Darlinghurst $0.50 1
Double Bay Newsagency 392 New South Head Rd Double Bay $0.40 1
Rebel Petrol 200 Homer St Earlwood $0.00 1
City Convenience 32 Oxford Street Epping $0.44 1, 2
Epping Convenience Centre 17 oxford Street Epping $0.44 1
Haberfield Newsagency Ramsay St Haberfield $2.00 1
City Convenience 22 Campbell St Haymarket Random 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
EzyMart 11-23 Rawson Pl Haymarket $1.00 1, 2, 3
Wu's Pharmacy 629 George St Haymarket $0.50 1, 2
Convenience at the Cove 116 Longueville Rd Lane Cove $0.50 1, 2
Metro Petroleum 533 Mowbray Rd Lane Cove $0.40 1
Neutral Bay Newsagency 6 Young St Neutral Bay $1.00 1
Newsfront Newsagency, Macquarie Centre Cnr Herring and Waterloo Roads North Ryde ($2 for $40) 1, 2
City Convenience Miller St, near Pacific Hwy North Sydney $1.50 1
NSW Convenience Store 119a Macquarie St Parramatta $1.00 1, 2, 3, 4
City Convenience Shop 2, 138 -140 Church Street Parramatta $4.00 1
City convenience 60 Macleay St Potts Point $1.00 1
IGA Putney 221 Morrison Rd Putney $0.00 1, 2, 3
Putney Newsagency Putney $0.60 1
Convenience Store Village 38 Harris Street Pyrmont $1.00 (or $0 with >$5 on non-Opal) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
John St Square Supermarket SHOP 8 45-55 HARRIS ST Pyrmont $2.00 1
Redfern Convenience Store 3/152 Redfern St Redfern $1.00 1
Regents Park Newsagency 14 Amy Street Regents Park $0.50 1
Ezymart Shop 1 43 Shoreline Drive Rhodes $0.00 1
City Convenience 136 Castlereagh St Sydney $1.00 1
City Convenience 525 George St Sydney $1.00 1
City Convenience 580 George St Sydney $2.00 1, 2
City Convenience 614 George St Sydney $2.00 1, 2
City Convenience 19-21 Hunter St Sydney $2.00 1, 2
City Convenience 22 Market St Sydney $1.00 1
City Convenience 379-383 Pitt St Sydney $1.00 1
City Convenience 419 Pitt St Sydney $1-$2 1, 2, 3
City Convenience 155 Sussex street Sydney $1.00 1
City Convenience 257 Sussex street Sydney $3.00 1
City Convenience 368 Sussex street Sydney $1.00 1, 2
Connaught Sydney Newsagency 187-189 Liverpool St Sydney $0.50 1, 2
Darling Harbour View 24-26a Erskine Street Sydney $1.00 1, 2
Darling Park Newsagency 201 Sussex St Sydney $0.80 1, 2
EzyMart 300 George St Sydney $1.50 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
EzyMart Shop 11, 35-75 Harrington St Sydney $1.00 1
Ezymart 52 Martin place Sydney $0.50-$2.00/X 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
EzyMart 58 Pitt St Sydney $1.00 1, 2, 3
Fastway Convenience Store 27 Park St Sydney $1.00 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Grocery Zone Park Shop 1, 44 Park St Sydney $1-$2 1, 2
Kings Cross Newsagency Sydney $1.00 1
Lucky Charm Pavilion Town Hall Station Sydney $2.00 1
Lucky Charm Newsagency 201 Elizabeth St Sydney $2.00 1
Lucky Charm Galleries 500 George St Sydney $2.00 1
Pavilion News Shop 6, 126 Phillip St Sydney $0.60 1, 2, 3, 4
Society Convenience Store 169 Phillip St Sydney $1.00 1, 2
World Square Newsagency 387 Pitt St Sydney $1.00 1, 2
EZYMART Bay St Waverton $1.00 1
City Convenience 25 Market street Sydney 1, 2, 3
Old Town Plaza Newsagency Bankstown
City Convenience 265 Castlereagh St Sydney 1, 2
City Convenience 327 George St Sydney 1
City Convenience World Square Sydney 1
Ezy Mart World Square Sydney 1
Northpoint Newsagency North Sydney 1
JW Newsagency 275 Kent Sydney 1, 2
Eastwood Newsagency 173 Rowe st Eastwood 1
Cincotta Chemist Five Dock 1
Marrickville Metro Newsagency Marrickville 1, 2
OK Supermarket Floor 232, Church St Parramatta 1
Parramatta City Convenience Church Street Parramatta 1, 2, 3
MACQUARIE PARK NEWSAGENCY 293 LANE COVE RD MACQUARIE PARK 1
IGA Darlinghurst Darlinghurst 1, 2
Budget Petrol 303 Wardell Road Dulwich Hill 1, 2, 3
St James Pharmacy Sydney 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Mo's mobiles 272 Abercrombie Street Darlington 1, 2
Banana Joes Fruit Market 256-258 Illawarra Road Marrickville 1

Melbourne (Myki)

Map for Melbourne Stores Thanks to hamwhisperer

Retailer name Street address Suburb Surcharge Comments
Wattle Park Newsagency 164A Elgar Rd Box Hill South $1.00 1
Middle Brighton newsagency 75-77 Church St Brighton $.60 1, 2
Demarte's Amcal Chemist Shop 5, 380 Lygon St. Carlton $0.00 1, 2, 3
Zouki Convenience Store 300 Grattan St Carlton $0.00 1, 2
Halfpenny Pharmacy 381 Sydney Rd Coburg $0.66-$2.00 1, 2
Victoria Harbour Pharmacy & News Docklands $0.00 1, 2, 3, 4
East Bentleigh Tatts 761 Centre Rd East Bentleigh $0.60 1, 2
Central Park newsagency East Malvern $0.50 1
Essendon Pharmacy 1049 Mt Alexander Rd Essendon $0.00 1, 2, 3
Station St IGA 140 Station St Fairfield $0.00 1, 2, 3
Foodworks 169-171 Gertrude St Fitzroy $0.00 1,2, 3, 4, 5
Central Park Newsagency 393 Wattletree Rd Malvern East $0.50 1
Malvern Authorised Newsagency Malvern $0.60 1, 2, 3
Daily News On Little Collins 452 Little Collins St Melbourne $0.00 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Elizabeth Pharmacy 125 Elizabeth St Melbourne $1.00 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Melbourne Collins Place News and Lotto 45 Collins St Melbourne $0.60-$1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
MCS 327 Elizabeth Street Melbourne Random? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Swanston Street Lotto Shop 3, 227 Collins Street Melbourne $1.00 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Piedemonte's IGA 37-49A Best Street North Fitzroy $0.00 1
Southgate Newagency near the IBM and Herald Sun towers Southbank $0.20 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7
The Summit Convenience Store 163 City Rd Southbank $0.00 1, 2, 3
South Yarra News & Lotto 102 - 108 Toorak Road South Yarra $1.00 1, 2, 3
Kirschners Pharmacy 333 Napier St Strathmore $0.25 1
Carlisle Street Milk Bar 96 Carlisle Street St Kilda $0.50 1
Pinewood newsagency Mount Waverley 1,2
Rathdowne Newsagency Carlton North 1,2
Glass Street Milk Bar 37 Glass st Essendon 1
Caulfield convenience store Caulfield 1
Amcal Chemist Ormond 1
City Convenience Store Flinders Street Melbourne 1, 2
Brandon Park Newsagency Brandon Park 1
Murrumbeena newsagency Murrumbeena 1, 2
Canterbury Newsagency Canterbury 1
Waverley Road Authorised Newsagency 336 Waverley Road Malvern East 1, 2

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Comments

  • +1

    I went to gertrude st mini mart in melbourne. It's now a foodworks. As always, my first question was "Do you take amex?" noticing the myki sign in the window. My next question was whether I could top up my myki, she smiled and said the myki machine wasn't working - how inconvenient.

    • +2

      Ha. Perhaps first question should be can I top up my Myki, then ask do you take AMEX?

  • +1

    Meanwhile, my myki money balance is sitting at well over $200 and draws strange responses when I top it up by $20 - even weirder when I pull out two more cards and ask them to repeat the process.

    • I just wish there was a few more store options and I got out and about more.
      When you say 2 more cards, you mean 2 more Amex I take it?

  • +1

    This is too hard! Nobody takes Amex, just tried City at 25 Market St, Sydney and he refused the card. Another one to scratch off the list.

    • I got my Opal recharged at 25 Market st. and it went through

      Did you try 22 Market street(its on Kent & Market corner)? Just found this on the map.

      • Maybe a different member of staff. I went there around 12:15

        • i went yest and the staff told me the opal machine was down.. thats twice in one week

  • JW newsagency 275 Kent just rejected Amex for Opal

  • +1

    Darling Park Newsagency do opal topups and charged 80c surcharge. Just got the confirmation email.

    • I work in Darling park.. couldn't find this on the map as well

      • It's located under 'DARLING PARK NEWSAGENCY' on the map. The address is: DARLING PARK , SHOP 1 201 SUSSEX ST , SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES 2000

        • found it ty^^

  • Hi guys,

    Has anyone tried stores of the same chain himself?
    e.g. 2 different city convenience stores.

    • +2

      yes it works

      • Great! Thanks.

  • Please add to the list:
    Double bay newsagency
    392 New South Head rd double bay
    Surcharge 2% for amex opal top up ($0.4 for a $20 top up)

  • pls add

    EZYMART - 237 Oxford St, Bondi Junction $1 surcharge
    EZYMART - 134 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach 80c surcharge

    got confirmation email straight away but not for supplementary card?

  • just noticed IGA Annandale not on the list? I have received statement credit for opal top up, no surcharge
    47 Booth St, Annandale NSW 2038

  • myki update
    Southgate Newsagency have upped their AMEX surcharge to $0.35 :(

  • Please add:
    Ezymart on Bay St, Waverton NSW - $1 surcharge

  • +1

    Went to the 173 Rowe st EASTWOOD NEWSAGENCY
    Ask me to give him the card will do the translation under the counter.
    When he saw the Amex!! He say Nonono no Amex and a angry face.
    Why they even on the list…

  • Neutral Bay Newsagency 6 Young St Neutral Bay 2089 (Sydney)

    3% surcharge ie. 60c on a $20 recharge

    • I must be a magnet for surcharge inflation - I was charged a $1 here today. Received Amex email immediately though.

  • EzyMart 20 Bronte Road, Bondi junction. 70cents, got the email.

  • Excuse my ignorance, but I top up the kids and missus cards online, sounds like I need to find a store that accepts AMEX. As I don't know how MYKI topups work in stores, do they process the top up first then the payment method? Just that if they top it up and then say they don't accept AMEX, you have to pay with cash or whatever… defeats the purpose? Can anyone confirm the process?

    Also if you have 3 myki cards, you would be only credited for 1 $20 payment per store? ie process $20 on myki 1/amex1 at store 1, process $20 on myki 2/amex2 at store 1, process $20 on myki3/amex at store 1? I guess this way you would be credited 3 times as it is 3 different amex cards at the same store? Just wouldn't work if you tried say myki1/amex2 at store 1 as amex2 already got credit at store 1 ?

    Clear as mud in a beer bottle?

    • +1

      I would probably do myki1 $60 credit but use amex1, amex2, amex3 $20 each. Then move to store 2, and repeat with myki2, then myki3.

      • Ta, imagine the looks on their faces when you say you want to pay with 3 different cards?

        • Also make sure they accept amex for top ups first before handing over your myki.

        • +1

          seen it many times. It's haunting

  • +1

    Oxford St Newsagency 1/18-32 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. $0.50 surcharge. (5 mins walk from Connaught Newsagency).

    No email confirmation but received the cashback.

    • I just did recharge but didn't get any email confirmation… i hope i will get cash back

  • +2

    Ashfield service station(Budget Petrol), 22 Charlotte St, Ashfield NSW 2131, $0.80 surcharge for AMEX

    • Did they charge surcharge for petrol?

      • I got charged 44c for AMEX surcharge (2% for $20 somehow became 44c…)

    • Just to be clear, you recharged your Opal there?

      • Yes, 0.80 surcharge for $20 opal top-up.

        • Cheers. Have added that.

  • Lucky charm news agency, 201 Elizabeth St(at the basement foodcourt, corner of Elizabeth St and Park st). Surhcarge $2.00

    • Lucky Charm Galleries(Next to shaver shop) accept AMEX for Opal top-ups with $2 surcharge per transaction.

      • Other locations should be fine too ->http://www.theluckycharm.com.au/store-locations/new-south-wales/

  • Another one to remove - City Convienience, 19-21 Hunter St, Sydney. Refused to take Amex

    • They took mine but charged a $2 surcharge :/

  • Another in Sydney CBD to add: Pavilion News, shop 6, 126 Phillip St, Sydney - $0.60 surcharge

    • Also confirming this. And the guy behind the counter was good about it.

    • +1

      Yep just went to pavilion news and did 3 separate transactions on separate amex cards for 60c surcharge each. The guy behind the counter was a champ about it

      Whereas other shops are being dcks about it even though they also extort charge 2-4 bucks in surcharges

  • Another to add - Haberfield Newsagency (Ramsay St) - $2 surcharge

    Another to remove - Cincotta Chemist Five Dock - listed as an Amex shop but didn't take Amex when I went for an Opal topup

  • Anyone have received their $10 rebate properly with their purchases?

    04 Nov 15 AMEX SHOP SMALL CR SYDNEY
    CREDIT CARD REFUND
    Ref. #000000000000000 10.00 CR

    We got these on our cards, which is confusing coz make many purchases at the same day and don't know which one which. some purchases we did not received an instant email notice as well.

    We know some purchases on the same day haven't credited as well but no idea how to track. Last year campaign told you credit for specific store. Just feel like all the effort wasted if not getting the credit…

    • I got emails except Anz issued one. Credited 24-48 hours later. My amex issued card credits specified which merchants the credits are from.

    • i did not receive any email notices or txt confirming the small shop transaction but i did get credits for both of my transactions so far. Each transaction details the address/location of the store so it was easy to track which transaction belong to which through amex online, same applies to the credits applied.

      • Im pretty confident Amex did not pick up some of our purchases it has been 5 business days and some few have pick up purchase on same day.

        Our card is NAB AMEX so bank issued…

        Anyone know the line to contact Amex for these cards? or prehaps for any amex cards

        Thanks

  • 0.5 surcharge for top-up at Regents Park Newsagency, 14 Amy Street.

  • South Yarra Newsagency isn't there anymore.

    However, South Yarra News & Lotto accepts Amex with a $1 surcharge and is on the shop small list.

  • Carlisle Street Milk Bar (96 Carlisle Street, St Kilda) accepts Amex with $0.50 surcharge.

  • MEL Myki - GERTRUDE ST MINI MART (Collingwood) No surcharge. Confirmed by email

  • Myki topup success@Zouki convenience store!!! No surcharge too!

    • Myki topup success@Zouki convenience store!!! No surcharge too! Second that , used across 4 cards

  • Murrumbeena Newsagency comes up on thy list but fails to be located on the map. I have a feeling they are not on shop small anymore.

  • +3

    With removals due to being listed but not accepting, can we leave them there, but with a note that they have rejected Amex? Sometimes it could just be a stupid staff member/dodgy owner/etc. Doesn't mean other memebers shouldn't keep trying.

    Also, got Ezy Mart Rawson St Haymarket this morning. The guy must've done like a thousand of these, 'coz he keyed the POS and ePay terminals super-fast like a boss, and finished processing both my cards in like 20 seconds, before I even finished telling him that he could put through $40 in one transaction on the ePay, LOL…

    • With removals due to being listed but not accepting, can we leave them there, but with a note that they have rejected Amex?

      Yeah, was thinking that. Do you reckon another table for rejections or just have the non-working ones crossed out at the end of each table?

      • Leave them there and cross them out - also be nice to see if at least 2 people could try?
        I think we should be hassling Amex that their small sellers suck?

        • OK, have added them back crossed out.

  • I went to EzyMart at 300 George St today. They charged $1.00 surcharge not $0.60 as the table suggests.

    • Can confirm this as well

      • Successful top-up with a $1 surcharge. Email and cashback received within 48 hours.

    • i went there few hrs ago and they apply 0.50 surcharge….it seems they randomly charge from 50 cents to 1 dollar…how strange

      • +2

        You must be more good looking hehe. I always get the short end of the stick

    • charged $1.50 - 24/11/2015

  • Marrickville metro newsagency charges $0.20
    Kings cross newsagency charges $1

    • Funny i went marrickville metro today as well and they said no amex. Is that the one near Kmart?

      • Yes the one next to Kmart…

  • Rebel Petrol 200 Homer St, Earlwood NSW 2206
    No surcharge for opal top up, got email confirm.

  • EzyMart 300 George St Sydney is $1

  • Tried Quay Newsagency (Alfred Street, Sydney - at Circular Quay station close to taxi stands), they accept with $1 surcharge per card.

    • +1

      Can also confirm this.

      • Can also confirm Circular Quay Newsagency.
        $1 AMEX surcharge and they do PayWave (no PIN).
        Received email confirmation within 10 minutes.

        • Hello, I visited this site today.

          They also do mobile phone recharges if you're not in it for the OPAL as an alternative, and for those transactions with AMEX and mobile phone recharge, there are no surcharges. The surcharge is applied only for OPAL top-ups.

    • i was down there today and i can't find quay newsagency! even when i did street view google maps i can't see it. i might be blind. any extra tips on where it is? cheers

      • Near Hungry Jacks.

        • like next to HJs or around the corner on the road?

        • @chocfrogs456: They are located at the western end of Alfred street under CQ trainstation and wharf.

  • Amcal Chemist and East Bentleigh Tatts are not on the shop small map anymore? Maybe they've been removed recently?

    • Either they didn't post an Amex transaction between July - Oct, or else they made > $1.3m worth of Amex transactions. LOL. They're probably still part of Shop Small.

  • +1

    Amcal Chemist in Ormond have put up a sign saying cash only for Myki cards. BOO! They also refused to match prices from Amcal online but said I could buy it online and do click and collect to pick it up from them. No thanks!

  • I have tried IGA Darlinghurst, but still yet to receive any replies and not sure if the promo is available there…but no surcharge applied.

    • Did you end up getting the credit for Darlinghurst IGA?

      • I bought some groceries there today - no email received. I will report back if I receive the credit.

      • I also did this more than 2 hours ago and have not received credit email confirmation where as did for the Oxford St Newsagency across the round moments later and received the email promptly so I don't think the IGA is participating.

        • +1

          Emails don't come through for all merchants. Best way is to wait to see if the cashback has been credited to your account.

          3 out of 4 businesses I received an email immediately. The last one I received no email but a credit showed in my account within a couple of days.

        • @neil: Oh, gotcha. It's $0 surcharge so no loss/gamble, thanks.

        • @samlor:

          any one received a $10 credit ???peterkl

        • @nick286: Not so far.

    • Went to IGA Darlinghurst today. No email. I just checked Smallshop map. It doesn't seems in the participating store list.

      • I have still not received credit but have for many other stores since. I think it's time IGA Darlinghurst was crossed off the list.

        • Exactly the same here.

  • Grocery Zone Park (convenience store)
    Shop 1, 14 Park St, sydney CBD

    The attendant was nice.

    $1 charge to top up, I topped up with 2 cards & was advised they only charged $1 fee, hence if you have a few cards they will still charge you $1

    received email straight away

    • you mean 14 park street or 44 park street ?

      • +1

        yes, its 44 Park St.

        Good pick up!

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