Mint Bills -- New Form of Bill Pay
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#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 14
Mint Bills -- New Form of Bill Pay
Anyone tried this yet? https://www.mint.com/how-mint-bills-works
Allows you to do bill pay with a bank account or a debit card. Debit card requires you to include a billing address. Can only chose from listed vendors. Very slick website design. Is this a better form of Evolve?
Allows you to do bill pay with a bank account or a debit card. Debit card requires you to include a billing address. Can only chose from listed vendors. Very slick website design. Is this a better form of Evolve?
#2
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 500
Just tried to make a $10 dollar test payment to my Club Carlson card from a T-Mo prepaid debit card. The fee was $53.25.
Can't get any of my utility bills to actually authenticate to see what a test payment to those would be.
Seems useless for our purposes so far...
Can't get any of my utility bills to actually authenticate to see what a test payment to those would be.
Seems useless for our purposes so far...
#3
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 157
While it says it's mint but it really is chargesmart. They are super expensive way of making bill payment https://www.chargesmart.com/
I think there is a thread about it somewhere her in this forum
I think there is a thread about it somewhere her in this forum
#4
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: The Phoenix Desert
Programs: US Silver / AA Ruby, Hyatt & Hilton Cubic Zirconia, Marriott & SPG Fools Gold
Posts: 1,689
I just got a reminder message from Mint Bills to pay my electric bill.... looks like this is nothing more than a rename of Check.me (also formerly known as Pageonce). Good for keeping track of bills and credit limits, but not usable for MS.
#5
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 2
While it says it's mint but it really is chargesmart. They are super expensive way of making bill payment https://www.chargesmart.com/
I think there is a thread about it somewhere her in this forum
I think there is a thread about it somewhere her in this forum
#6
Join Date: Jan 2014
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It's possible to MS, if you have your mortgage or loan supported there (mine is not). Then you should choose express payment option with $6.99 fee. Worth it if you have 2-3% cashback everywhere card.
#7
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Virginia
Programs: AA Gld 1MM; Marriott Silver; Hilton Gold
Posts: 47
With both my mortgage and my car loan at a credit union that is supported, this looks interesting! If I charge these loans to a credit card via Mint, does this show up as a purchase or a cash advance? I'd probably use my Fidelity Amex card.
#9
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Virginia
Programs: AA Gld 1MM; Marriott Silver; Hilton Gold
Posts: 47

With that in mind, thought I'd take a look at the fees. Started to make a payment, and discovered that the credit union doesn't show anything other than my other credit union accounts as a payment source. So it looks like 4% - and/or a potential cash advance fee - is a moot point.
#10
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 32
It's 4%. Processed by Stripe for what it's worth.
This can be useful in one circumstance -- minimum spend -- particularly when you don't have someone to help you liquidate, and especially when BB/Serve/Redbird aren't sufficient. Get 1.5% (+1 point/dollar or whatever your card gets on general spend) on Amex GCs and run them through here. It let me add my GC and I went as far as the confirmation screen.
This can be useful in one circumstance -- minimum spend -- particularly when you don't have someone to help you liquidate, and especially when BB/Serve/Redbird aren't sufficient. Get 1.5% (+1 point/dollar or whatever your card gets on general spend) on Amex GCs and run them through here. It let me add my GC and I went as far as the confirmation screen.
#11
Join Date: Jan 2014
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#12
Join Date: Jan 2014
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With that in mind, thought I'd take a look at the fees. Started to make a payment, and discovered that the credit union doesn't show anything other than my other credit union accounts as a payment source. So it looks like 4% - and/or a potential cash advance fee - is a moot point.
#14
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,942
Right express pay is a flat $6.99, but that is in addition to the other charges, $4.99 up to $125, and 4% after that for using credit/debit. Your post makes it sound like you think if you choose express, you only pay $6.99, which would be very strange!