Dec 2, 2015, 5:53 pm
Last edit by: financialhippie
Successful Credit Cards Used (Posted as Purchase)
Amex Open SPG Business
AMEX SPG (non-business)
BofA - Virgin Atlantic MC
BofA - Amtrak World MC
Barclaycard Aviator Red/Silver MC
Chase Ink Plus Visa
Chase Hyatt Visa (x2)
Chase BA Visa
Chase United MileagePlus Explorer
Chase United MileagePlus Club
Chase Sapphire Preferred
Citi Prestige MC
Citi Premier MC
Citi AT&T Access More MC (3x for rent category)
Citi AA Platinum MC
FIA Fidelity Mastercard
Successful Payees:
BMW Financial: Processed 10/13, Sent 10/14, Arrived-Posted 10/19
Caliber Home Loans: Processed 12/09, Sent 12/11, Arrived-Posted 12/18
Cedent mortgage
Chase Mortgage (sends check)
Citi Mortgage: Processed 10/7, Sent 10/8, Arrived-Posted 10/15
Citizen's Auto Finance - Around 1 week.
CRA Personal Tax
George Mason University: Over a week and a half.
Infiniti Financial: Processed 10/13, Sent 10/14, Arrived-Posted 10/21
Lexus Financial. Processed 3/9/16, Posted 3/14/19
Morgan Stanley Home Loans: Processed 01/14, Sent 01/15, Arrived-Posted 01/21
National Grid Electric MA: 1 week turnaround
National Grid Gas MA: 3 week turnaround, sends physical check
"NJ City" Tax: Processed 01/21, Sent 01/22, Arrived-Posted 02/01
Penfed Mortgage: 1 week turnaround
TD Bank Mortgage (EFT)
Wells Fargo Mortgage: Processed 10/8, Sent 10/9, Arrived-Posted 10/16
Wells Fargo Mortgage: Processed 8/6, Sent 8/9, Posted 8/16
Amex Open SPG Business
AMEX SPG (non-business)
BofA - Virgin Atlantic MC
BofA - Amtrak World MC
Barclaycard Aviator Red/Silver MC
Chase Ink Plus Visa
Chase Hyatt Visa (x2)
Chase BA Visa
Chase United MileagePlus Explorer
Chase United MileagePlus Club
Chase Sapphire Preferred
Citi Prestige MC
Citi Premier MC
Citi AT&T Access More MC (3x for rent category)
Citi AA Platinum MC
FIA Fidelity Mastercard
Successful Payees:
BMW Financial: Processed 10/13, Sent 10/14, Arrived-Posted 10/19
Caliber Home Loans: Processed 12/09, Sent 12/11, Arrived-Posted 12/18
Cedent mortgage
Chase Mortgage (sends check)
Citi Mortgage: Processed 10/7, Sent 10/8, Arrived-Posted 10/15
Citizen's Auto Finance - Around 1 week.
CRA Personal Tax
George Mason University: Over a week and a half.
Infiniti Financial: Processed 10/13, Sent 10/14, Arrived-Posted 10/21
Lexus Financial. Processed 3/9/16, Posted 3/14/19
Morgan Stanley Home Loans: Processed 01/14, Sent 01/15, Arrived-Posted 01/21
National Grid Electric MA: 1 week turnaround
National Grid Gas MA: 3 week turnaround, sends physical check
"NJ City" Tax: Processed 01/21, Sent 01/22, Arrived-Posted 02/01
Penfed Mortgage: 1 week turnaround
TD Bank Mortgage (EFT)
Wells Fargo Mortgage: Processed 10/8, Sent 10/9, Arrived-Posted 10/16
Wells Fargo Mortgage: Processed 8/6, Sent 8/9, Posted 8/16
Plastiq for rent, tuition, utilities, etc.
Sep 14, 2015, 12:03 pm
#181
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 137
Plastiq customer service sucks.
There is no phone number directly listed on website to resolve the issue when needed. There is no chat available most of the time.
Email replies vary between 1 to 3 days by the time you lose interest.
Chase blocking Plastiq merchant code issue is still not resolved. My majority of Chase cards are not useful for use with Plastiq since Chase is moving away from Mastercard.
There is no phone number directly listed on website to resolve the issue when needed. There is no chat available most of the time.
Email replies vary between 1 to 3 days by the time you lose interest.
Chase blocking Plastiq merchant code issue is still not resolved. My majority of Chase cards are not useful for use with Plastiq since Chase is moving away from Mastercard.
It takes more than two weeks for payment to be posted to your account after Plastiq charge to your credit card. The email response time need to be improved as either it does not exist or take a very long time. I am sure they are working hard to respond, But they not ready for prime time.
I will not use them as main payments method.
Sep 14, 2015, 1:39 pm
#182
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1
I used my Chase Sapphire card on Friday to pay my rent and it looks like it posted already. Is this charge going to stand or will Chase reverse it in the next couple of days?
Sep 14, 2015, 7:02 pm
#183
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
Need to make my rent payment. Should I make the payment as rent (assuming there is that option) or goods/services? The landlord is located in my same building but different apartment number. In addition, I am making a payment to an LLC not an individual.
Sep 15, 2015, 8:12 pm
#184
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
So I logged in to Plastiq after signing up and having promo rate of 1.99%. After one payment the promo rate is gone and now they want 2.5%. Is the promo period over already?
Update: heard back from plastiq and was told the promo ended 9/14/15. An email letting me know the promo was ending would have been nice.
Update: heard back from plastiq and was told the promo ended 9/14/15. An email letting me know the promo was ending would have been nice.
Last edited by Red259; Sep 15, 2015 at 10:31 pm
Sep 16, 2015, 8:08 am
#185
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: MSP
Programs: Mariott Gold, SPG Gold, IHG Platinum, HHonors Gold
Posts: 32
So I logged in to Plastiq after signing up and having promo rate of 1.99%. After one payment the promo rate is gone and now they want 2.5%. Is the promo period over already?
Update: heard back from plastiq and was told the promo ended 9/14/15. An email letting me know the promo was ending would have been nice.
Update: heard back from plastiq and was told the promo ended 9/14/15. An email letting me know the promo was ending would have been nice.
Sep 16, 2015, 8:09 am
#186
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,047
Just to be sure: your rent isn't due for six weeks or so, right?
Sep 17, 2015, 9:30 am
#187
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: MSP
Programs: Mariott Gold, SPG Gold, IHG Platinum, HHonors Gold
Posts: 32
Just got what appears to be an automated email from Rebecca @ Plastiq.
Hi XXXX,
Starting today until September 30, the Plastiq service fee is just 1.5% when you use your MasterCard to schedule a one-time or recurring payment to any new business!
· This counts for any business you haven't paid, whether you added them today or a while back.
· All recurring payments to new businesses will receive this rate, as long as they're scheduled before the promotion ends– even if they're over a year out.
Please note that all payments are subject to review and additional information may be requested to complete your transaction. Additionally, deleting a payee during the promotion period may affect your accessibility to the promotional rate.
So make sure to sign in now and take advantage of this great rate! Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Rebecca from Plastiq
Hi XXXX,
Starting today until September 30, the Plastiq service fee is just 1.5% when you use your MasterCard to schedule a one-time or recurring payment to any new business!
· This counts for any business you haven't paid, whether you added them today or a while back.
· All recurring payments to new businesses will receive this rate, as long as they're scheduled before the promotion ends– even if they're over a year out.
Please note that all payments are subject to review and additional information may be requested to complete your transaction. Additionally, deleting a payee during the promotion period may affect your accessibility to the promotional rate.
So make sure to sign in now and take advantage of this great rate! Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Rebecca from Plastiq
Sep 17, 2015, 9:52 am
#188
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: HPN
Programs: not anymore! I'm FREE!
Posts: 3,459
The new 1.5% rate for MasterCard is somewhat enticing, but be prepared for it to take a lonnngg time for them to make the payment (it took a full 3 weeks in my test case).
Sep 17, 2015, 10:13 am
#189
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: NY
Posts: 45
EDIT: points posted after calling in to amex
Last edited by hipp0; Sep 19, 2015 at 10:58 am
Sep 17, 2015, 1:54 pm
#190
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 485
That's disappointing if they don't get that fixed in the future. Plastiq looked like an attractive option for hitting minimum spend and earning points on AMEX without the time investment required for other MS methods. If no bonus points will be posted, I might not ever use it.
Sep 18, 2015, 3:42 pm
#191
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 369
That's disappointing if they don't get that fixed in the future. Plastiq looked like an attractive option for hitting minimum spend and earning points on AMEX without the time investment required for other MS methods. If no bonus points will be posted, I might not ever use it.
Sep 18, 2015, 9:07 pm
#192
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
Sep 19, 2015, 7:54 am
#193
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: HH-Diamond, Hyatt-Glob, all else dirt level
Posts: 92
Any new Chase Datapoints
Given the Mastercard promo (thinking ink) I'm tempted to give them one more shot. Does anyone have any new datapoints as to whether Chase is blocking their merchant code?
Sep 19, 2015, 8:08 am
#194
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 112
Did you check the pending points? AmEx points won't actually post until the statement AFTER you pay for the purchase. I'm hoping you still get them!
Sep 19, 2015, 10:57 am
#195
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: NY
Posts: 45
Thanks to feedback here, I called Amex yesterday and confirmed the purchase should have earned points. Not sure what happened initially, but they fixed it and the points are now pending.