jjbiv said:Previously scheduled payments are still going through. It looks as if they simply chopped off access to the BillPay Choice application. On another note, is there a way to pay our "new" BoA credit card from an external account on their site or do we have to push future payments from an outside source?
You can pay any BofA card from an external account by going to https://www.myeasypayment.com/.
However, you can only schedule immediate payments (not future payments) there.

well, frankly, I'm surprised. But Billpay Choice has returned to my former LLBean account with all the past info intact.

Yes, Bill Pay Choice is back up and running for me, too; surprising, but certainly welcome.

djspray said:Dang it. I haven't used my Fidelity 2% for a purchase in over 6 months, only been using Billpay. I made two purchases this month, one to Buy.com and one for a conference registration (both supposedly secure sites). Suddenly, there were fraudulent charges showing up a week later. Arrrgh. They have to cancel the card, but claim that everything will remain the same, including the Billpay. If the card they send me doesn't work with Billpay Choice, I'm going to be pissed. Anyone have experience with this?
Crisis averted. The new card arrived today, and I logged in to find the new account was active already. All my Billpay account information remained, and the payments scheduled on the last card even posted. Whew.

I actually had another card appear into billpay all of a sudden. Only unusual thing I have done recently is request a CLI.

did anyone else that just had billpay restored get charged a $10 "WELCOME VISA UPGRADE" fee? I just noticed that was posted to my account the day before billpay re-appeared, and I have had no other activity on the account.

DrGwat said:Just called 800-887-5749, option #2 and was told that Bill Pay Choice IS being phased out and that I would no longer be able to pay outside merchants using credit card, only checking.

Timeframe? Which card where you calling about? Schwab, Fidelity, LL Bean, or something else?

Didn't I say something about this months ago? I was just hoping it wasn't true....

Don't believe everything you hear from CSRs.

I just noticed one change regarding a "loophole".

I believe it was once possible to enter a Bank of America credit card number under pay a Bank of America loan and it would be paid from another MBNA or BOA credit card. This no longer appears possible with the computer saying the loan number is not in the right format. A BOA consumer loan (a credit card) that was already in the system now can only be paid via a bank account.

While it appears this once worked (by a test payment), I had hesitated to actually use it since on manual review it might raise problems. I had however been settingup such payments as a safety measure (it would get the bill paid if I failed to pay the bill from a bank account), and then canceling the payment before it was actually made (but after I had paid the bill from a bank account). This no longer appears possible for at least my Fidelity card.

A scheduled for BOA consumer loans to this card number from my bank account still appears scheduled and the bank of payment can be changed, but the source of payment cannot be changed to a ex MBNA credit card. Looking at scheduled payments for a card it now shows both those scheduled for the creditc card and those for the BOA Consumer loans for the same number.

I suspect someone my have replaced the payment from credit card account by one from my preferred bank account since BOA Consumer loans with that number does not show up now under the list of payees possible, but it did under scheduled payments and I do not recall having sceduled this one from my bank account. As a safety measure I deleted this payment to BOA consumer loans (and will make a separate payment).

The computer appears willing to accept a payment to BOA Consumer Loans for another ex-MBNA card to be made from another card, I am reluctant to enter it (even as a back up) given the risk of it being changed or not going through (and possibly triggering a manual review).