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 4, 2014, 3:23 pm
#1051
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: DL DM-1MM HH Diamond
Posts: 361
Got denied for WMBP yesterday. As soon as the Money Store woman saw my OV cards, she immediately said "you can't do BP with those". It being the first I'd heard of that, and having had recent success with other local WMs, I asked for a manager. She said it was a one store policy, started "sometime this year", because "there was some sort of problem with those cards". Sigh....
I'm off now to several WMs to BP all of the OVs my wife and I have gotten the last few days, since my second AA Elite MC is due this afternoon. As much as I want to get it charged up before the statement closes, I really, really don't want to end up holding $20K in OVs that I can't do BP with.
I'm off now to several WMs to BP all of the OVs my wife and I have gotten the last few days, since my second AA Elite MC is due this afternoon. As much as I want to get it charged up before the statement closes, I really, really don't want to end up holding $20K in OVs that I can't do BP with.
Apr 4, 2014, 3:37 pm
#1052
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sacramento CA - SMF
Programs: UA 1K, PC Plat, SPG Gld, HH Gld, MR Gld
Posts: 207
Apr 4, 2014, 4:31 pm
#1053
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 3,708
Should BP be done at Money Center or regular cash register?
Apr 4, 2014, 5:10 pm
#1054
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
along with what i said- often the money center is also customer service- the POS is mounted on the counter in plain view. add that visibility and the fact that, from 200+ newbs announcing/showing GIFT cards, when the amount is high, the moneycenter cashiers are looking for gift cards.
this is why i care- the more people screw up because they don't rtff, the more they are looking for gift cards.
you have to understand... this is WALMART. the amounts we load, the bill pays we do, the money orders we get- they are anomalies there. everyone around you is paying their utility bill before it gets shut off, sending $40 to a relative, loading $20 on BB, etc.
so when people are reckless trying to buy $3m in MO, doing 4 x $2495 in bill pay, and loading 5m on 5 BB $500/shot.... with GIFT cards- it hurt everyone after doing anything out of the ordinary. read: over $100.
Apr 4, 2014, 5:56 pm
#1056
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
i have added a guide to using VGC's to the end of the bp thread wiki.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manuf...y-walmart.html
so, going fwd, people can be directed to read the wiki.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manuf...y-walmart.html
so, going fwd, people can be directed to read the wiki.
Apr 4, 2014, 6:03 pm
#1057
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
in an attempt to answer redundant questions and *hopefully* help newer MSer's from making common mistakes, i have added a 'how to guide' for using VGC's for Walmart BP (applicable to MO's, BB also) to the thread wiki.
It's longer than i would have liked. but my observation on the threads is that more thorough explanations head off additional redundant questions.
hopefully people read it and find it useful...
It's longer than i would have liked. but my observation on the threads is that more thorough explanations head off additional redundant questions.
hopefully people read it and find it useful...
Apr 4, 2014, 6:19 pm
#1058
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tucson - Seattle
Programs: UA 1K;
Posts: 2,474
Loading BB worked fine today.
Loaded two BB cards with 1k each.
All $200 Debit cards. 3x200 +2x200 on each BB
Loaded two BB cards with 1k each.
All $200 Debit cards. 3x200 +2x200 on each BB
Apr 4, 2014, 6:23 pm
#1059
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 163
The neighborhood Walmarts have worked great for me , no issues. Never ask to see my card etc. One money center employee at the Neighborhood store even told me "You don't have to do separate transactions with the prepaid cards, I can load them all at once for you".
The Supercenter walmart Moneycenter employees were a pain, asking to see the debit card, etc. Too bad the Kiosk at the Supercenter does not always work.
The Supercenter walmart Moneycenter employees were a pain, asking to see the debit card, etc. Too bad the Kiosk at the Supercenter does not always work.
Apr 4, 2014, 6:36 pm
#1060
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 542
in an attempt to answer redundant questions and *hopefully* help newer MSer's from making common mistakes, i have added a 'how to guide' for using VGC's for Walmart BP (applicable to MO's, BB also) to the thread wiki.
It's longer than i would have liked. but my observation on the threads is that more thorough explanations head off additional redundant questions.
hopefully people read it and find it useful...
It's longer than i would have liked. but my observation on the threads is that more thorough explanations head off additional redundant questions.
hopefully people read it and find it useful...
"Us: $1000's in MO, $2,495 BillPay, $1,000 BB loads to multiple cards- vs: past due utility bills to keep the lights on, $40 moneygram to their brother, $20 BB loads."
Thank you for giving all of us who are pretending to spend lots of money an ego boost.
Apr 4, 2014, 6:40 pm
#1061
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12
Maybe that is why the kiosks in Vancouver Washington had sign saying they were down. I used a "debit" card to load $500 today with the clerk.
Apr 4, 2014, 7:04 pm
#1062
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 498
The neighborhood Walmarts have worked great for me , no issues. Never ask to see my card etc. One money center employee at the Neighborhood store even told me "You don't have to do separate transactions with the prepaid cards, I can load them all at once for you".
The Supercenter walmart Moneycenter employees were a pain, asking to see the debit card, etc. Too bad the Kiosk at the Supercenter does not always work.
The Supercenter walmart Moneycenter employees were a pain, asking to see the debit card, etc. Too bad the Kiosk at the Supercenter does not always work.
Apr 4, 2014, 7:04 pm
#1063
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,760
Are the BP functions available at Neighborhood Stores? Anybody knows?
The neighborhood stores sell MOs, load BB cards. The neighborhood stores lines usually are short or nonexistent and the staff much more friendly.
The only drawback is, it seems their MoneyGram connection seems to be down often. Yesterday 2 neighborhood stores 12 miles apart on the opposite direction of the South - North on the same road, both had their MoneyGram connection down. Yet the Supercenter WM a couple miles away but on a lateral direction, the machines were working.
The neighborhood stores sell MOs, load BB cards. The neighborhood stores lines usually are short or nonexistent and the staff much more friendly.
The only drawback is, it seems their MoneyGram connection seems to be down often. Yesterday 2 neighborhood stores 12 miles apart on the opposite direction of the South - North on the same road, both had their MoneyGram connection down. Yet the Supercenter WM a couple miles away but on a lateral direction, the machines were working.
Apr 4, 2014, 7:13 pm
#1064
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,815
in an attempt to answer redundant questions and *hopefully* help newer MSer's from making common mistakes, i have added a 'how to guide' for using VGC's for Walmart BP (applicable to MO's, BB also) to the thread wiki.
It's longer than i would have liked. but my observation on the threads is that more thorough explanations head off additional redundant questions.
hopefully people read it and find it useful...
It's longer than i would have liked. but my observation on the threads is that more thorough explanations head off additional redundant questions.
hopefully people read it and find it useful...
Apr 4, 2014, 7:32 pm
#1065
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tucson - Seattle
Programs: UA 1K;
Posts: 2,474
Please....BB is up and working now. You CAN load.
Don't post that it is not working unless it after this time and system wide....not just at the register you had a problem with.
It would be great if a Mod could close this thread now as it is no longer valid.
If another problem arises, we can start another thread to discuss that.
Don't post that it is not working unless it after this time and system wide....not just at the register you had a problem with.
It would be great if a Mod could close this thread now as it is no longer valid.
If another problem arises, we can start another thread to discuss that.