Mar 23, 2014, 7:05 pm
Last edit by: ffly45
Read the wiki carefully before posting. Wiki may be out of date.
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
May 9, 2015, 9:53 pm
#1142
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May 24, 2015, 10:30 pm
#1147
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I notice the wiki mentions that Citi Card can be paid over the phone with the UFB Direct debit (checking?) card. When making this payment by phone, does it register the transaction as POS/Purchase, and that's why rewards the AAdvantage miles for UFB? I'm very surprised to learn that one could earn miles on payment for a bill, but I'm exceptionally new here and trying to wrap my head around this whole thing.
If someone could kindly provide any insight they may have it would be much appreciated!
If someone could kindly provide any insight they may have it would be much appreciated!
May 24, 2015, 10:36 pm
#1148
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May 25, 2015, 12:53 am
#1149
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May 25, 2015, 12:21 pm
#1150
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 194
I notice the wiki mentions that Citi Card can be paid over the phone with the UFB Direct debit (checking?) card. When making this payment by phone, does it register the transaction as POS/Purchase, and that's why rewards the AAdvantage miles for UFB? I'm very surprised to learn that one could earn miles on payment for a bill, but I'm exceptionally new here and trying to wrap my head around this whole thing.
If someone could kindly provide any insight they may have it would be much appreciated!
If someone could kindly provide any insight they may have it would be much appreciated!
Ok - that said, it dies on 5/31/15. Go forth and charge!
And then, you might see your miles in 60 days if the compliance team @ UFB doesn't think you're abusing anything.
May 25, 2015, 1:29 pm
#1151
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: NYC
Programs: AA PLT 2MM
Posts: 395
Also had a problem using TDBuxx (tried a few different cards) for $250 on various Citi cards. They claim the error is not on their end. These debit cards have worked for me before, but no longer. A bit of a PITA, but what can you do?
May 25, 2015, 9:32 pm
#1152
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 3
I thought that the changes on 5/31 are for purchases at stores and the like?
Is there ABSOLUTELY nothing that can earn me 0.3 miles per $ with these policy changes?
I opened the account on thursday, lady on the other end of their line with their customer service said that things were changing from 0.5 per $ to 0.3 per $, but she did not tell me anything about these changes.
In either case, you are saying that Citi codes a payment over the telephone as a POS/Purchase? Conceivably one could use a credit card to pay Citi bank bill without incurring CA fees if telephone bill-pay is coded as POS/Purchase?
Jun 10, 2015, 10:01 pm
#1154
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 441
I thought that the changes on 5/31 are for purchases at stores and the like?
Is there ABSOLUTELY nothing that can earn me 0.3 miles per $ with these policy changes?
I opened the account on thursday, lady on the other end of their line with their customer service said that things were changing from 0.5 per $ to 0.3 per $, but she did not tell me anything about these changes.
In either case, you are saying that Citi codes a payment over the telephone as a POS/Purchase? Conceivably one could use a credit card to pay Citi bank bill without incurring CA fees if telephone bill-pay is coded as POS/Purchase?
Is there ABSOLUTELY nothing that can earn me 0.3 miles per $ with these policy changes?
I opened the account on thursday, lady on the other end of their line with their customer service said that things were changing from 0.5 per $ to 0.3 per $, but she did not tell me anything about these changes.
In either case, you are saying that Citi codes a payment over the telephone as a POS/Purchase? Conceivably one could use a credit card to pay Citi bank bill without incurring CA fees if telephone bill-pay is coded as POS/Purchase?