Beijing 2008

Payment Instructions for Phase 1

Thank you for your participation in Phase 1 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Ticket application! This phase does not require that you make an immediate payment when submitting your Olympic ticket application. Instead, please follow the application form instructions, and provide the required details of your payment method in order to secure and pay for your tickets if your application should become successful. Accepted payment methods are Visa cards and Bank of China savings accounts. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept cash as a form of payment. We suggest you open a savings account with Bank of China for your Olympic ticket application and purchases in later ticketing phases.


Pay with Visa

1. Accepted Visa card types: A. International Visa card and Visa Electron card issued by financial institutions that are registered in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, or financial institutions outside China; B. International Visa card duo-currency card and Visa Electron duo-currency card issued within the People's Republic of China; and International Visa card single-foreign-currency card and Visa Electron single-foreign-currency card issued within the People's Republic of China.

2. Following Phase 1 lottery of Olympic ticket applications, applicants will be informed of their secured tickets immediately after this process. BOCOG will then collect appropriate payments based on the Visa information provided on the application form submitted by each successful applicant.

3. When filling out an application form, please provide your correct Visa card number, starting with the digit "4" in the specified section.

4. Please verify that your Visa card is valid from September 2007 or beyond. Payments will be processed between 2007-08-01 and 2007-09-30. During this period, please verify that adequate funds exist in your Visa card account, or that all related purchases will not exceed your credit limit. In the case that such a transaction is rejected by your Visa card issuer, your tickets will be cancelled by BOCOG.

5. BOCOG is not responsible for any payment failure caused by any reason.

6. Only a Visa card holder can use his/her Visa card to submit an application. Any problems caused by an inconsistency between the identity of a Visa card holder and the identity of an applicant who uses the Visa card will not be BOCOG's liability.

7. Each Visa card can only be used for one application.


Pay with Bank of China Savings Account

1. If paying with a Bank of China savings account, you will need your own savings account established with the Bank of China. Please correctly fill in your bank account number on the ticket application form as it appears on your bank pass book.

2. Following Phase 1 lottery process of Olympic ticket applications, applicants will be informed of their secured tickets. BOCOG will then collect appropriate payments from the Bank of China account provided on the application form submitted by each successful applicant.

3. To facilitate a smooth transaction, it is strongly recommended that your host Bank of China branch be located within the same province/autonomous region/municipality as the Bank of China branch where you will collect your tickets, as selected on your ticket application form.

4. Payments will be collected between 2007-08-01 and 2007-09-30. During this period, please verify that adequate funds exist in your Bank of China account. In the case that such a purchase exceeds the available funds in your account, your tickets will be cancelled by BOCOG.

5. BOCOG is not responsible for any payment failure caused by your Bank of China account.

6. Only a Bank of China savings account holder can use his/her bank account number to submit an application. Any problems caused by an inconsistency between the identity of a bank account holder and the identity of the applicant who pays with such a Bank of China account will not be BOCOG's liability.

7. Each Bank of China savings account can only be used for one application.


Cash Not Accepted

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept cash as a form of payment. We suggest that you open a savings account with the Bank of China before filling your application form.



To complete your Olympic ticket application offline, please make sure that you sign the application form. Your signature gives authorization to BOCOG to collect the payment for your secured Olympic tickets from your Visa or Bank of China account indicated on your application form.

BOCOG will not accept applications with mailed cash payments or with payments by money wire and will not be responsible for any problems such a cash transaction may cause.
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