Express Pass

Introduced in Season 17, the Express Pass allows a team to skip any task of their choosing without penalty and immediately receive the next clue. The pass can be used up through the eighth leg. The pass is awarded to the team who arrives at the Pit Stop first on the first leg of the race. If one team uses an Express Pass and that team is U-Turned, the U-Turn will have no effect on that team.
 * Season 17: Jill & Thomas were awarded the first Express Pass for arriving to the Pit Stop first in Eastnor, England. They used it to skip the Sleds or Beds Detour in the fourth leg.
 * Season 18: Gary & Mallory were awarded the Express Pass for arriving to the Pit Stop first in Sydney, Australia. They used it at the end of the fifth leg (a superleg) at a roadblock when all other teams had already arrived and were working on the puzzle.
 * Australia Season 1: Renae & Sam were awarded the Express Pass for arriving to the Pit Stop first in Bali, Indonesia. They used it on the 3rd leg (Vietnam → Hong Kong,China → Macau,China) to skip the roadblock arrange the zodiac.
 * Season 19: Ernie & Cindy were awarded the Express Pass for arriving to the Pit Stop first in Taipei, Taiwan. They used it on the seventh leg (Malawi) to skip the detour (dugout or lugout).
 * Latin American Season 3: Felipe & Alejandro were awarded the Express Pass for arriving to the Pit Stop first in El Calafate, Argentina. They used it on the seventh leg (Chile) to skip an additional task in the Puritama Hot Springs.
 * Season 20: Rachel & Dave were awarded the Expess Pass for arriving at the pit stop first in Santa Barbara, Argentina. They used it on the third leg (Argentina → Paraguay) to skip the detour (stacked up or strung out).

Trivia

 * 1) All five teams that used the Express Pass entered into the final leg of the race. However, the first two teams in the American version to use the Express Pass placed third and the first team in Australia and in the Latin American version placed second. Ernie & Cindy (Season 19) were the first team to win the race by using their Express Pass.