Can I pay utility bills with an USA credit card?

[Bill.Cochabamba]

Can anyone tell me how to pay utility bills with a credit card from the USA? I own a house in BsAs, I do not want to use pagofacil. how do the expats do it?

Many thanks
Bill

 

[French jurist]

Yes, you can pay most of the utility bills with a foreign CC: energy, gas, phone and likely water also.

 

[Bill.Cochabamba]

Thank you French J. for the fast response! 10 years ago (ancient I know) I was not able to do this. So you are saying, now I can go to the (electric company) and give them my credit card (visa) and they will set up the automatic payments?

I hope this is true my life will be changed ;-)

Many thanks!

 

[French jurist]

Actually, and it sounds odd indeed, it might be trickier to set up an automatic payment with a foreign CC than actually giving the same CC details every month.

This should be checked. Likely others have good answers about that.

 

[Bv3]

I was at the Edenor office on Bulnes last week to pay my bill and they will not accept foreign cards. Claro does not accept foreign cards either. I have used my foreign credit card to pay Telecom but they cannot do automatic payments with it.

 

[Spfly731]

I had been paying my bills through Rapi Pagos telephone payment service with my foreign credit cards up until last month, this month all payments were not accepted, I tried my ATM card and various credit cards (all US issued) with no luck. I think that with all the changes in the government's "control the dollar" policies that foreign credit cards are not being accepted for these payments. I have Cablevision on automatic payment with a foreign credit card - when I get the bill I'll let this forum know how that is working out.
Living in Argentina equals constant changes. Gotta love it or leave it.

 

[lexilein]

just used my moneybookers credit card to pay aysa. all worked well! *cannot believe, that I wasted my youth standing in line 1st cash machine + 2nd rapid pago*.
the bank account system shoudl be working fine as well, still, do not hold any personally, but friends told me so

 

[vanessa]

I have Swiss Medical on auto-pay with a foreign CC.

Also, Personal will take foreign debit cards but not credit, (perhaps other companies will do the same).