Jan 12, 2014, 9:38 am
Last edit by: ChrisFlyer66
This is the thread for posts through 2016. The new thread for 2017 is http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manufactured-spending/1826119-billpay-walmart-2017-a.html
Bill Pay cannot be done at a regular register.
It must be done at Customer Service/Returns.
Or at the Money Center in stores that have it.
BUSINESS DAY transaction completion time is 18:59:59 EST
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WM offers two BP services: CheckFreePAY and MoneyGram. The cashier can initiate CheckFreePAY by selecting Money Services followed by Bill Pay on the register for a fee of $1-1.88. Moneygram is $4.99.
Once your CFP account is set up, you can add cc. When you want to BP give them your phone# to look up your account under Money Services. They often get confused and think you want MG, but just say it is under Money Services.
ONLY 4 successful debit card swipes can pay for a transaction.
ONLY 5 payments per 16 digit account number per rolling 30 days.
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:-:VISA and MC
If your particular card isn't on the list below, try "VISA" or "MASTERCARD."
"VISA" and "MASTERCARD" payee can no longer be found by search at some stores. If the employee can no longer find "VISA" or "MASTERCARD" by searching in CheckFreePAY, then you cannot pay either, end of story.
Following do not work:
$1.88 next day.
$1.88 next day.
:-:Issuing Bank
Discover - Use for all Discover network cards
$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days.
American Express AMEX cards(SPG, BC, BCE, BCP, etc) cannot be paid through CheckFreePAY. Some AMEX cards issued by other banks can be paid.
AMEX cards(SPG, BC, BCE, BCP, etc) can be paid using MoneyGram for $4.99
Barclay Listed under barclay - need biller zip - $1.50 next day, $1.00 three days
Bank of America Consumer Loans - Use for BoA-issued and FIA-issued cards; will not work for BofA Small Business cards.
$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days. (Will require a ZIP but apparently yours will work as well as theirs, which is 19886)[INDENT]Works:
$1.50 next day.
$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days.
$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days.
For money order questions, check the following threads and their wiki posts:
Bill Pay cannot be done at a regular register.
It must be done at Customer Service/Returns.
Or at the Money Center in stores that have it.
BUSINESS DAY transaction completion time is 18:59:59 EST
Friday after 06:59PM EST, until Monday BEFORE 07:00PM EST arrives Tuesday
Tuesday BEFORE 7:00PM arrives Wednesday
Wednesday BEFORE 07:00PM arrives Thursday
Thursday BEFORE 07:00PM arrives Friday
Friday BEFORE 07:00PM arrives Monday
But when a next-day payment will post and be visible depends upon the CC issuer.Tuesday BEFORE 7:00PM arrives Wednesday
Wednesday BEFORE 07:00PM arrives Thursday
Thursday BEFORE 07:00PM arrives Friday
Friday BEFORE 07:00PM arrives Monday
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WM offers two BP services: CheckFreePAY and MoneyGram. The cashier can initiate CheckFreePAY by selecting Money Services followed by Bill Pay on the register for a fee of $1-1.88. Moneygram is $4.99.
Once your CFP account is set up, you can add cc. When you want to BP give them your phone# to look up your account under Money Services. They often get confused and think you want MG, but just say it is under Money Services.
ONLY 4 successful debit card swipes can pay for a transaction.
ONLY 5 payments per 16 digit account number per rolling 30 days.
--------------------------------------------
:-:VISA and MC
If your particular card isn't on the list below, try "VISA" or "MASTERCARD."
"VISA" and "MASTERCARD" payee can no longer be found by search at some stores. If the employee can no longer find "VISA" or "MASTERCARD" by searching in CheckFreePAY, then you cannot pay either, end of story.
Following do not work:
Any and all Vanilla VISA, Vanilla MC, and OneVanilla VISA.
Glimcher VISA
MASTERCARDGlimcher VISA
$1.88 next day.
Works:
VISABank of America Cash Rewards Business MC
Barclay (Arrival, US Airways) MC - Posts at 11PM EST, credit available 1AM EST
Chase Business Ink Bold MC
Citi AAdvantage (Platinum Select, Executive, Business) MC - Posts at 3AM EST (+1 day)
Citi ThankYou Preferred MC
CitiBusiness Platinum Select MC
Does not work:Barclay (Arrival, US Airways) MC - Posts at 11PM EST, credit available 1AM EST
Chase Business Ink Bold MC
Citi AAdvantage (Platinum Select, Executive, Business) MC - Posts at 3AM EST (+1 day)
Citi ThankYou Preferred MC
CitiBusiness Platinum Select MC
Barclay Business US Airways MC - NOT PAYABLE - tried 2x
$1.88 next day.
Works:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Barclay Priceline VS
Chase (Amazon, Freedom, Sapphire Preferred, United, Slate) VS - Posts at 10PM EST
Chase Business Ink Bold VS
Citi (AAdvantage, Dividend, ThankYou Preferred) VS
FIA Fidelity VS
PNC CashBuilder VS
US Bank (Cash+, Club Carlson, Flexperks) VS
Wells Fargo Cashback VS
Does not work:Chase (Amazon, Freedom, Sapphire Preferred, United, Slate) VS - Posts at 10PM EST
Chase Business Ink Bold VS
Citi (AAdvantage, Dividend, ThankYou Preferred) VS
FIA Fidelity VS
PNC CashBuilder VS
US Bank (Cash+, Club Carlson, Flexperks) VS
Wells Fargo Cashback VS
TD Bank VS - [Source]
:-:Issuing Bank
Discover - Use for all Discover network cards
$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days.
American Express AMEX cards(SPG, BC, BCE, BCP, etc) cannot be paid through CheckFreePAY. Some AMEX cards issued by other banks can be paid.
AMEX cards(SPG, BC, BCE, BCP, etc) can be paid using MoneyGram for $4.99
Barclay Listed under barclay - need biller zip - $1.50 next day, $1.00 three days
Bank of America Consumer Loans - Use for BoA-issued and FIA-issued cards; will not work for BofA Small Business cards.
$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days. (Will require a ZIP but apparently yours will work as well as theirs, which is 19886)[INDENT]Works:
FIA Fidelity VS & MC
BoA Alaska Airlines Visa
Does not work: Capital OneBoA Alaska Airlines Visa
$1.50 next day.
Personal and business CCs
Citibank American Express - Use for Citi-issued AMEX cards$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days.
Citi AAdvantage AMEX
PNC Bank - Use for PNC-issued Visa network cards$1.50 next day, $1.00 three days.
PNC CashBuilder VS
Warning: Some users have reported being shutdown for using bill pay services.For money order questions, check the following threads and their wiki posts:
Billpay at Walmart(2013-2016)
Apr 24, 2014, 4:31 pm
#1381
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
It wasn't WM that dropped AMEX, it was AMEX that nixed CheckFree. They limit payments to cash/check to supposedly prevent money laundering.
Apr 24, 2014, 5:21 pm
#1382
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 235
fwiw, and i am recalling about 1hr of discussion with 3-5 different staff...the system update was to combine some button, cash debit ebt credit, into one, at the MC. now when they would usually type in the entire amount, then go to partial payment, after asking me how much and punching it in, then get me to swipe, the system throws up an error and beeps, and wont continue and i couldnt swipe at all cause they couldnt get the partial payment in..
what eventually worked was they put up the total amount, i swipe, hit no cash back, enter pin, it authorizes the waits for csr input, at that point apparently then they hit the partial payment key, and i tell them how much, they punch it in, it subtracts that from the total, then go again to the next card. if they hit partial key before the swipe then that is when the error was stopping it out.
i know that the above is likely not 100% correct, or complete, but i toss it out there to help piece it all together. i spent about an hour at 2 different stores with lots of people including mgmt who didnt know what to do or how to get though it. there was a change though, no doubt about that.
what eventually worked was they put up the total amount, i swipe, hit no cash back, enter pin, it authorizes the waits for csr input, at that point apparently then they hit the partial payment key, and i tell them how much, they punch it in, it subtracts that from the total, then go again to the next card. if they hit partial key before the swipe then that is when the error was stopping it out.
i know that the above is likely not 100% correct, or complete, but i toss it out there to help piece it all together. i spent about an hour at 2 different stores with lots of people including mgmt who didnt know what to do or how to get though it. there was a change though, no doubt about that.
Apr 24, 2014, 5:28 pm
#1383
formerly known as Frugal Travel Guy
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Greenville, SC
Programs: UA Gold, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott Silver, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 1,925
fwiw, and i am recalling about 1hr of discussion with 3-5 different staff...the system update was to combine some button, cash debit ebt credit, into one, at the MC. now when they would usually type in the entire amount, then go to partial payment, after asking me how much and punching it in, then get me to swipe, the system throws up an error and beeps, and wont continue and i couldnt swipe at all cause they couldnt get the partial payment in..
what eventually worked was they put up the total amount, i swipe, hit no cash back, enter pin, it authorizes the waits for csr input, at that point apparently then they hit the partial payment key, and i tell them how much, they punch it in, it subtracts that from the total, then go again to the next card. if they hit partial key before the swipe then that is when the error was stopping it out.
i know that the above is likely not 100% correct, or complete, but i toss it out there to help piece it all together. i spent about an hour at 2 different stores with lots of people including mgmt who didnt know what to do or how to get though it. there was a change though, no doubt about that.
what eventually worked was they put up the total amount, i swipe, hit no cash back, enter pin, it authorizes the waits for csr input, at that point apparently then they hit the partial payment key, and i tell them how much, they punch it in, it subtracts that from the total, then go again to the next card. if they hit partial key before the swipe then that is when the error was stopping it out.
i know that the above is likely not 100% correct, or complete, but i toss it out there to help piece it all together. i spent about an hour at 2 different stores with lots of people including mgmt who didnt know what to do or how to get though it. there was a change though, no doubt about that.
Apr 24, 2014, 5:58 pm
#1384
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 572
I did split payment with 4 GCs at one Walmart's MC and another split payment with 3 GCs at another Walmart's MC today. No problems at all. Everything as usual. This is SoCal.
Apr 24, 2014, 6:15 pm
#1385
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 44
I went to my usual Walmart today to do a BP to Visa and the lady that usually does them for me could not find the generic "Visa" as a payee anymore. They had received the software update. She's always seemed very competent and spent several minutes searching for it and trying to see if they had perhaps moved it elsewhere but didn't have any luck. Has anyone else done a BP to the generic "Visa" since the update or are people paying to specific cards? I'm trying to BP my Citi HHonors Visa.
Apr 24, 2014, 7:22 pm
#1386
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 12
I went to my usual Walmart today to do a BP to Visa and the lady that usually does them for me could not find the generic "Visa" as a payee anymore. They had received the software update. She's always seemed very competent and spent several minutes searching for it and trying to see if they had perhaps moved it elsewhere but didn't have any luck. Has anyone else done a BP to the generic "Visa" since the update or are people paying to specific cards? I'm trying to BP my Citi HHonors Visa.
Last edited by rb2; Apr 24, 2014 at 7:27 pm
Apr 24, 2014, 7:32 pm
#1387
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: DC/NOVA
Programs: AA Gold, SPG Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 192
I went to my usual Walmart today to do a BP to Visa and the lady that usually does them for me could not find the generic "Visa" as a payee anymore. They had received the software update. She's always seemed very competent and spent several minutes searching for it and trying to see if they had perhaps moved it elsewhere but didn't have any luck. Has anyone else done a BP to the generic "Visa" since the update or are people paying to specific cards? I'm trying to BP my Citi HHonors Visa.
Apr 24, 2014, 8:41 pm
#1388
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist No More..., Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 4,375
I wanted to reconfirm that Wells Fargo Line of Credit worked for paying my WF credit card. Yay! (Though I still question if it's in the new system.)
However I was curious if this is the same for all companies: I made the next day payment on Monday night after 7 pm EST so essentially Tuesday the 22nd. The post date on my acct last night (Wednesday) was for the 22nd even though it didn't post until about 11 pm on the 23rd.
However I was curious if this is the same for all companies: I made the next day payment on Monday night after 7 pm EST so essentially Tuesday the 22nd. The post date on my acct last night (Wednesday) was for the 22nd even though it didn't post until about 11 pm on the 23rd.
Apr 24, 2014, 9:13 pm
#1389
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
I just had the same problem in IAH. my usual cashier who is competent. system wouldn't let her do partial payment. I pulled up this thread and saw the post above using a different sequence. I walked her thru it but it rejected my $500 card twice.
bigger companies sometimes roll out software updates regionally, but I'm sure it's coming to everywhere. it's encouraging that the FTer above got it to work, we just need to nail down the sequence. I'm 80+ % sure she followed my directions as I read them off my phone because she knows me and i was the one who taught her how to do bill pay! so, good chance the sequence posted above is off a bit...
bigger companies sometimes roll out software updates regionally, but I'm sure it's coming to everywhere. it's encouraging that the FTer above got it to work, we just need to nail down the sequence. I'm 80+ % sure she followed my directions as I read them off my phone because she knows me and i was the one who taught her how to do bill pay! so, good chance the sequence posted above is off a bit...
Apr 24, 2014, 9:34 pm
#1390
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 877
Billpay at Walmart
I'm sad!!! My usual location doesn't work!!! All 4 cashiers are very competent!
Apr 24, 2014, 9:45 pm
#1391
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 1,139
Me too. The CSR called the manager over but every attempt rejected the split tender. They were very nice about it, and this location worked before the system update. Fortunately, I had my BOA Alaska debit card with me, so I used it to do the $1,998 checkfreebillpay with one swipe. I then had her do two 999.30 money orders to see if that still worked with four $500 gift cards, and it did. So at least money orders still work with split tenders.
Apr 24, 2014, 9:56 pm
#1392
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: JFK
Programs: *$ Gold :)
Posts: 1,061
did 4x split BP an hour ago - no problem so far for me.
Apr 24, 2014, 10:04 pm
#1393
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Midwest
Programs: AA LT Gold 1MM ,Hyatt Explorist,Marriott Platinum,HHonors Diamond
Posts: 364
No problems here too...4x$500 about 3 hrs ago...bracing for the worst though once this "update" reaches Ohio WM stores....
Apr 24, 2014, 11:25 pm
#1395
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 877
Billpay at Walmart
I went to a other location and payment went through. I'm afraid the changes are being rolling in slowly just like VRs...