Evolve Money no longer accepts payment with PayPal Business Debit cards

I tried to make a regular bill payment on Evolve Money with my PayPal Business Debit card yesterday and my payment was rejected with this error message:

The first thing I did was visit this Flyertalk thread.  There I read that Evolve Money no longer allows bill payment with your PayPal Business Debit card! 

This is too bad for us because in the past because I could buy PayPal MyCash cards at Rite Aid (with a rewards credit card), and then use my PayPal Business Debit card to pay off many of my bills.  With a 1% bonus from PayPal, this was a great way to help liquidate my PayPal account balance – and get extra cash back.

This is a reminder that the travel hacking game is always changing.  All we can do is adapt and adjust our manufactured spending methods.

Evolve Money promo code

I have previously written about Evolve Money and my excitement with being able to pay my bills with a debit card.

If you have not tried using Evolve Money to pay a bill yet, now is a good time to give it a try.  I just received an email from Evolve Money with a promo code to save $5 off any bill.  Who can say no to a free $5?  Not me!

I copied and pasted the following from my email box:

SHARE IT

After you’ve banked five bucks, reward your friends and loved ones by sharing the Promo Code. Tweet it. Post it. Pin it. Be old-school and forward this e-mail.

REDEEM IT

Redeeming the code is a snap. Log in to your account at www.evolvemoney.comfrom your computer or mobile device. If you don’t have an account, just choose “Sign Up” from the main page and create a User Profile.

›     Choose as many bills as you would like to pay and select “Submit Payments”

›     On the checkout screen, select your payment method (card or cash) and in 
      the Promo Code box enter the code below and choose “Apply”.  

Save5april

›     Submit your payments and automatically receive $5 off your bill.

›     This Promo Code is valid for one-time use and expires on Apr. 21, 2014 
      at 11:59 pm PDT. Evolve Money reserves the right to alter or cancel this
      promotion at any time.

There will be many more promo codes throughout the year. 
Be sure to Like, Follow and Circle us for details. 

You can sign up for your own Evolve Money account here. 

Evolve Money: pay your bills with a debit card

If you are an independent adult, chances are that you are responsible for paying bills on a regular basis.  Some bills we are responsible for monthly include: mortgage, water, electricity, gas, cell phone, health insurance, and others.

As you know, we try to optimize all of our spending on rewards credit cards to help us earn free flights, hotel stays, and even a free cruise vacation.  Since we earn points with every credit card purchase, I am always excited when I can pay any bill with my credit card and I always try to pay my bills as soon as I receive them.  

There are a few bills where I can’t pay with my credit card such as my mortgage, water, electricity, and gas bills.  For these bills, I regularly use my Bluebird account to make payment after I fund it with Vanilla Reload cards, Vanilla Visa gift cards, or Visa Debit gift cards. 

Pay your bills with Evolve Money

With Evolve Money, there is a new option for paying your bills online with a debit or prepaid card, with your computer, smartphone or tablet.  Evolve Money offers the ability to pay many of your bills from one place, with free standard payments delivered in two days or less.  They also offer same day payments for $1.50.  Payments are securely made online, so there’s no risk of losing a check in the mail.

The Evolve Money website is easy to navigate.  You simply add a bill by searching for your payee, and then entering your billing account number. 

PayPal Business Debit MasterCard and My Cash reload cards

As part of our free cruise challenge, we have been looking for different ways of manufactured spending. 

Currently, we have been regularly racking up points by purchasing Vanilla Reload cards and loading the money into our Bluebird accounts.  Since me and my wife each have a Bluebird account, we have been able to max out the $5,000 monthly limit of Vanilla Reload deposits for $10,000 worth of manufactured spending each month. 

We also rack up around $2,000 worth a month of manufactured spending with Amazon Payments.  

I’ve been slowly exploring other options on ramping up some more manufactured spending.  Today I will talk about my experience with PayPal My Cash cards and the PayPal Business Debit MasterCard.