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800-950-5114. Non-US agents are, as of at least August 15, 2015, able to do debit card payments. If they resist, ask for a US agent.
Please do not report that debit payments do not work over the phone, they do! Hang up and call again (HUCA) until you get someone capable.
The same thing can be done in a Citi branch, but you do not swipe the debit card or enter any PIN, so it seems likely that the same cards do/don't work in branch as over the phone.
The name on the debit card must match the name on the account. You can be an authorized card holder (they'll ask the name of the primary). You can also pay off Citi Business credit cards (only attempted as primary cardholder). Limit of one payment per debit card per account per day.
Debit cards that work for paying Citi cards over the phone.
All Mastercard & Visa debit cards attached to regular checking accounts:
Green Dot (permanent card)
H&R Block Emerald
JH Preferred
M1 Plus (no cb)
MVD (shutdowns have been reported)
Paypal Business Debit Mastercard (no 1% cb)
Pennywise Power "payday rewards" Visa cards (Bancorp, MB financial Bank N.A)
Simple Card - see post #347
Swagbucks virtual visa (issued by Prepaid Digital Solutions)
Swagbucks virtual mastercard (issued by MyPrepaidCenter)
Topcashback virtual visa (issued by Bancorp)
T-Mobile (temp and perm, shutdowns have been reported)
Wells Fargo
Debit cards that DO NOT work for paying Citi cards over the phone.
American Express Gift Card
American Express for Target
Bluebird
Serve
Chase Starbucks Prepaid (post)
Curve Commercial Debit
Google Wallet
Green Dot (temporary card registered with zip and pin)
MetaBank Visa/MC
US Bank/USB GC
Paypower (temporary card registered with zip and pin) - post 283
Sunrise Bank Visa
US Bank Mastercard/Visa prepaid
US Bank Visa Buxx
TD Go Card
Vanilla Visa/Mastercard (issued by Bancorp) (incl. OneVanilla, Vanilla Debit)
800-950-5114. Non-US agents are, as of at least August 15, 2015, able to do debit card payments. If they resist, ask for a US agent.
Please do not report that debit payments do not work over the phone, they do! Hang up and call again (HUCA) until you get someone capable.
The same thing can be done in a Citi branch, but you do not swipe the debit card or enter any PIN, so it seems likely that the same cards do/don't work in branch as over the phone.
The name on the debit card must match the name on the account. You can be an authorized card holder (they'll ask the name of the primary). You can also pay off Citi Business credit cards (only attempted as primary cardholder). Limit of one payment per debit card per account per day.
Debit cards that work for paying Citi cards over the phone.
All Mastercard & Visa debit cards attached to regular checking accounts:
- Alaska - some have not gotten miles;
- SunTrust - no miles;
- UFB Direct - $2000 daily limit - no miles.
Green Dot (permanent card)
H&R Block Emerald
JH Preferred
M1 Plus (no cb)
MVD (shutdowns have been reported)
Paypal Business Debit Mastercard (no 1% cb)
Pennywise Power "payday rewards" Visa cards (Bancorp, MB financial Bank N.A)
Simple Card - see post #347
Swagbucks virtual visa (issued by Prepaid Digital Solutions)
Swagbucks virtual mastercard (issued by MyPrepaidCenter)
Topcashback virtual visa (issued by Bancorp)
T-Mobile (temp and perm, shutdowns have been reported)
Wells Fargo
Debit cards that DO NOT work for paying Citi cards over the phone.
American Express Gift Card
American Express for Target
Bluebird
Serve
Chase Starbucks Prepaid (post)
Curve Commercial Debit
Google Wallet
Green Dot (temporary card registered with zip and pin)
MetaBank Visa/MC
US Bank/USB GC
Paypower (temporary card registered with zip and pin) - post 283
Sunrise Bank Visa
US Bank Mastercard/Visa prepaid
US Bank Visa Buxx
TD Go Card
Vanilla Visa/Mastercard (issued by Bancorp) (incl. OneVanilla, Vanilla Debit)
Paying Citi cards with debit cards including prepaid debit cards
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Antonio
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Posts: 2,276
Paying Citi cards with debit cards including prepaid debit cards
Sometime in early 2013, I needed to make a payment on a Citi card with a painfully small CL in order to book some tickets and get the credit offered on that card. Due to Citi's limitations, I could not make the payment online nor push a payment from my bank. So I called in and was offered the option to pay with a debit card. I never took the time to do any experimenting with this option but after I made a post in the AA executive thread, others have(HT rgAAFT). The conversation about it starts here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...l#post22312197 and runs for at least 5 pages in between other posts on the Executive card itself.
Takeaways based on info from phone CSR:
I agree with the opinion of this post:
(Slightly altered, bolding mine.)
Takeaways based on info from phone CSR:
I agree with the opinion of this post:
HUGE DATA POINT
Tested visa gift card issued by Bancorp and it worked
I really don't think it matters which issuer it is!!!!!!!
Use wisely Do not abuse
According to rep the only restrictions are
Any payment amount as long as debit card allows And only once per day with ONE debit card only No splits
Visa and MC only
Tested visa gift card issued by Bancorp and it worked
I really don't think it matters which issuer it is!!!!!!!
Use wisely Do not abuse
According to rep the only restrictions are
Any payment amount as long as debit card allows And only once per day with ONE debit card only No splits
Visa and MC only
Last edited by KennyBSAT; Apr 8, 2014 at 6:17 pm
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: ATL
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#5
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 3,317
Citi seems to be the only bank where this applies.
#6
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 657
I called 18888564255 to pay my citi hhonors card, the rep said it was not possible with debit card. Called a number on the citi site and the rep tried to pay my balance of ~2100 and it failed, I asked her to try with 900 and it failed. This was with my paypal debit mastercard. I was trying to pay the balance before the statement close, so not sure if that is the problem or maybe its my paypal mc?
#7
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 774
You need to be transferred to collections department. I have tried in the past with a certain delta debit earning card ... Payment went through no problem however miles did not get credited for that 'debit purchase'. That was just a test I did a while ago and when I found it gave me no points, went back to BP.
#9
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 163
You need to be transferred to collections department. I have tried in the past with a certain delta debit earning card ... Payment went through no problem however miles did not get credited for that 'debit purchase'. That was just a test I did a while ago and when I found it gave me no points, went back to BP.
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Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 385