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Advice on making online bill payment through credit card

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Dec 27, 2017
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Advice on making online bill payment through credit card

Hi guys,

My university only accept online bill payments on tuition fees, but I want to get some cash return through paying by credit card.
Is there any safe method that I can use to make online bill payment through a credit card?
Preferably no service charge, but if the service charge is low, it's ok.

Thanks
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Try CTFS.
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Dec 27, 2017
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I don't get you. Are you recommending Canadian Tire Bank? I have a credit card.
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Dec 27, 2017
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vkizzle wrote: Try CTFS.
I don't get you. Are you recommending Canadian Tire Bank? I have a credit card.
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If you have a Canadian Tire credit card, then yes. Go to Payments, add payee, search for the payee. This is one of the only ways to pay by credit card at many places that don't take credit cards but do take online bill payments from banks.
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Kiraly wrote: If you have a Canadian Tire credit card, then yes. Go to Payments, add payee, search for the payee. This is one of the only ways to pay by credit card at many places that don't take credit cards but do take online bill payments from banks.
Thanks for the explanation. Good to know. Unfortunately I don't have a Canadian Tire credit card. Is there any other way? I see there's payment platform like Plastiq, but I never used it before.
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tatuya wrote: Thanks for the explanation. Good to know. Unfortunately I don't have a Canadian Tire credit card. Is there any other way? I see there's payment platform like Plastiq, but I never used it before.
I recommend you or your parents get a card then. It's how I've been paying tuition, bank payment-only utilities, etc. No other bank provides this service for no fee.

Plastiq will charge a service fee of 2.5%, Paysimply 2.25% on Paypal. CTFS charges no fee and you earn 0.8%/1% (depending on regular or world elite) cashback on bill payments.
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For tuition payments, I suggest getting Canadian Tire Cash advantage, where you get 1% to 1.5% cashback for no fee, when paying through their online portal, by 'payees'.

If you use Plastiq at 2.5%, you need to make sure that you are working on a sign up bonus for a card. The regular earn rate of any credit card is much lower than 2.5%.
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xx1what wrote: For tuition payments, I suggest getting Canadian Tire Cash advantage, where you get 1% to 1.5% cashback for no fee, when paying through their online portal, by 'payees'.

If you use Plastiq at 2.5%, you need to make sure that you are working on a sign up bonus for a card. The regular earn rate of any credit card is much lower than 2.5%.
Not quite 1% and up:

Cash back rewards are calculated as follows: at the rate of
0.25% on the first $1,500 of net new purchases; at the rate of 0.50% on net new purchases above $1500 up to
and including $3000; at the rate of 1.0% on net new purchases above $3,000 up to and including $24,000; and
at the rate of 1.5% on net new purchases above $24,000.

https://www.ctfs.com/content/ctfs/en/ca ... ntage.html
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DaveProductions wrote: Not quite 1% and up:

Cash back rewards are calculated as follows: at the rate of
0.25% on the first $1,500 of net new purchases; at the rate of 0.50% on net new purchases above $1500 up to
and including $3000; at the rate of 1.0% on net new purchases above $3,000 up to and including $24,000; and
at the rate of 1.5% on net new purchases above $24,000.

https://www.ctfs.com/content/ctfs/en/ca ... ntage.html
With university tuition, you'll quickly reach the 1+% cashback spend tier.
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titaniumtux wrote: With university tuition, you'll quickly reach the 1+% cashback spend tier.
Agreed, but I still think you're better off doing the math and calculating the tradeoff between the 1/0.8% on Triangle vs just the Cash Advantage tiered system, among any other perks i.e roadside, groceries on the WE.
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DaveProductions wrote: Agreed, but I still think you're better off doing the math and calculating the tradeoff between the 1/0.8% on Triangle vs just the Cash Advantage tiered system, among any other perks i.e roadside, groceries on the WE.
University student making $80K?
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DaveProductions wrote: Agreed, but I still think you're better off doing the math and calculating the tradeoff between the 1/0.8% on Triangle vs just the Cash Advantage tiered system, among any other perks i.e roadside, groceries on the WE.
Take both!
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