Jan 12, 2014, 9:38 am

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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

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.

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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:

Any and all Vanilla VISA, Vanilla MC, and OneVanilla VISA.
Glimcher VISA

MASTERCARD
$1.88 next day.

Works:

Bank 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 Business US Airways MC - NOT PAYABLE - tried 2x

VISA
$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:

TD Bank VS - [Source]

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:-: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:

FIA Fidelity AX - No longer working for FIA Amex
BofA Asiana Business card

Capital One
$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)

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Dec 6, 2014, 7:18 pm

#3271

us1549

Join Date: Apr 2006

Posts: 352

This is pretty much the last nail in the coffin for large scale MS. Very difficult to push the kind of volume with MO's as we can with Billpay...looks like my A+ card will see much less use..

Dec 6, 2014, 7:37 pm

#3272

MasterCharge

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: Chyona

Programs: Anywhere I can ski...

Posts: 401

Quote:

Originally Posted by us1549

This is pretty much the last nail in the coffin for large scale MS. Very difficult to push the kind of volume with MO's as we can with Billpay...looks like my A+ card will see much less use..

Dec 6, 2014, 7:52 pm

#3273

sgideons

Join Date: May 2012

Location: New England

Programs: DL PM, HH Gold, the rest come and go

Posts: 313

Quote:

Originally Posted by us1549

This is pretty much the last nail in the coffin for large scale MS. Very difficult to push the kind of volume with MO's as we can with Billpay...looks like my A+ card will see much less use..

You understand MS existed before May of last year, right (creation date of this thread)?

Dec 6, 2014, 10:06 pm

#3274

ceverett

Join Date: May 2009

Location: MSP

Programs: AA, DL, AS

Posts: 183

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgideons

You understand MS existed before May of last year, right (creation date of this thread)?

MS more than $100K/month is going to be tough with MO. Maybe if you have a pile of bank accounts to work with.

Be willing to bet that MO @ WM is the next thing to go.

Dec 6, 2014, 10:30 pm

#3275

us1549

Join Date: Apr 2006

Posts: 352

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceverett

MS more than $100K/month is going to be tough with MO. Maybe if you have a pile of bank accounts to work with.

Be willing to bet that MO @ WM is the next thing to go.

Dec 7, 2014, 2:15 am

#3276

gorgeoustresses

Join Date: Sep 2014

Programs: UA, AA

Posts: 50

Confirming that BP at WM did not work today. I tried Chase and citi - and no go both for Mastercard and Visa.

Visa seems to be better to try - but even with the Chase Card Member Services - which is the only convenient option left for MS for Visa/MC - my card number did not go through - an error popped up stating the number did not match a Chase C. M. S. number...

I'm planning to check another WM tomorrow given the reports that the update was supposed to be for certain WMs only. I ended up with a crapload of MOs and dread having to deposit to my bank account...

Does anyone else have similar experiences?

Dec 7, 2014, 2:17 am

#3277

gorgeoustresses

Join Date: Sep 2014

Programs: UA, AA

Posts: 50

Btw - does anyone have any experience paying A+ ccs at Citi branches with MOs?

Last edited by gorgeoustresses; Dec 7, 2014 at 3:37 am

Dec 7, 2014, 5:04 am

#3278

Marathon Man

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Mariah Carey

"All I Want for Christmas Is You"

I don't want a lot at Walmart
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the rollback specials
Underneath the Walmart store Christmas tree

I just want Checksfree for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want at Walmart is bill pay from you, yeah.

I don't want a lot at Walmart
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the rollbacks
Underneath the Walmart store Christmas tree

I don't need to buy thongs or pink stockings
And look like that peopleofwalmart face
Customer Service won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas Day

I just want Checksfree for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want at Walmart is bill pay from you
You, baby

Oh, I won't ask for much at this Walmart
I won't even wish for MOs
And I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Until that Checksfree list re-grows

I won't make a list of promos and send it
To the forum for all those FT dicks
I won't even stay awake to
Waste my time posting there with a single click

'Cause I just want Checksfree here tonight
Paying all my CCs each night
What more can I do?
Baby, all I want at Walmart is bill pay from you
You, baby

Oh, all the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Crying in line fills the air

And everyone else is singing
I hear those register bells ringing
CSR, won't you bring me the one thing I really need?
Won't you please bring my bill pay back to me?

Oh, I don't want a lot at Walmart
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my bill pay baby
Showing up right on screen once more

Oh, I just want Checksfree for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby, all I want at Walmart is bill pay from you
You, baby

All I want at Walmart is bp from you, baby
All I want at Walmart is bp from you, baby
All I want at Walmart is bp from you, baby
All I want at Walmart is bp from you, baby

Dec 7, 2014, 6:40 am

#3279

rtraveler

Join Date: May 2010

Posts: 688

This is sad news indeed. Although there are other MS options, this was very convenient to do large scale MS'ing. The MO's using non-bank issued debit cards will be the next to go.

Dec 7, 2014, 12:21 pm

#3280

makinbutter

Join Date: Mar 2013

Posts: 68

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

Dude.....seriously

Dec 7, 2014, 3:04 pm

#3281

jktraveler

Join Date: Dec 2014

Posts: 215

Went to 5 different WMs today and at all, but one, I was able to make payments through CFP. Made several payments at each WM and got rid of all my GCs. At one WM CFP payments towards credit cards were no longer available. So this change is either temporary, selective at some stores or change in progress which will eventually be implemented nationwide. Buying GCs with the plan to pay credit card bills should probably be avoided (at least for now).

Dec 7, 2014, 4:19 pm

#3282

givingitatry

Join Date: May 2014

Posts: 394

I paid a Mastercard Friday at a WM 500 miles from home. I paid a visa card today at my local WM. Maybe it was localized or system issues.

Dec 7, 2014, 6:28 pm

#3283

zgrzfg

Join Date: Nov 2012

Posts: 126

offtopic: I have some WM GC to get rid of. so can I purchase Visa GC with WM GC at stores? thanks

Dec 7, 2014, 7:20 pm

#3284

iahphx

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2000

Posts: 17,425

Hmmm, so if I'm correctly understanding the situation tonight on Walmart bill pay, you've got to show up at a store, wait on line, and hope for the best!

With any luck, there will be more clarity -- or a workaround -- in a few days.

Dec 7, 2014, 8:40 pm

#3285

kyunbit

Join Date: Jun 2010

Programs: AA Plat,PC Plat, HHonors Gold

Posts: 904

Is billpay at kroger dead too?