Can you still earn points if you paying via bpay on auspost website through your amex?
Can you still earn points if you paying via bpay on auspost website through your amex?
I’m a little late to this party. So just to clarify, are we able to use AX on the AP PBP site (Post Billpay: Pay a bill) despite the page only showing that it accepts Visa and MC? Does this work for any mecrchant offering BPAY Payment?
PayPal adds an extra layer of separation from AusPost as a government merchant, so even if your biller takes Amex directly PayPal is probably a better option.
Yes, I experienced that too, although they seemed to change it a while ago. It's been working for me recently. At any rate, I think that if you find a PostBillPay biller who takes Amex directly, it's probably going to have more chance of being treated as government spend than mediated through PayPal. Certainly Amex used directly in an Australia Post outlet earn as government.Not quite - Amex is smart enough to detect PayPal * AP as a government merchant in many cases. It's unreliable for the purposes of evading Amex paying less points.
We've been able to pay council rates in the past through BillPay using AMEX linked PayPal. No problem getting points.
I think it depends on the council, some accept payment this way, some don't. Worth trying.Thanks for sharing , I did not know this and had to pay my council rates using non-Amex.
It does depend. The council for my investment property used to, but stopped. And my local council takes PostBillPay but only Visa/MasterCard, no PayPal or Amex.I think it depends on the council, some accept payment this way, some don't. Worth trying.
Unless it's changed in the last week or two since I last paid YVW...For my water utility YVW there was an option to pay by paypal, however I have just checked now and only Visa or MC available for YVW. Can anyone advise which merchants accepts paypal?
Thanks you are correctUnless it's changed in the last week or two since I last paid YVW...
The UI on PostBillPay is a bit weird now. It initially just shows Visa/MasterCard but then after you move down the page and enter (IIRC) reference number, it eventually enables the radiobutton to select PayPal if the biller accepts it (which YVW did quite recently).
Not quite - Amex is smart enough to detect PayPal * AP as a government merchant in many cases. It's unreliable for the purposes of evading Amex paying less points.
Paid 5 bills, council and water. All came as full 2.25 ppd with Amex and PayPal postbillpayNot quite - Amex is smart enough to detect PayPal * AP as a government merchant in many cases. It's unreliable for the purposes of evading Amex paying less points.