Transferring funds from a PlusNet reward card

TOP_CAT

I posted a very similar thread recently .
Today I just loaded my electricity account online with the full £75 using the plusnet purecard it was quick and very easy online .
When the utility Co make up my next bill the account will be in credit as I phoned to check after submitting a meter reading last week .
In the past I have phoned up and had any credit refunded to my bank account if over £20 or add it to the gas bill or just leave it in place as some years in summer I can use more electricity than winter .
Council tax wouldnt take a £75 payment online in my case as it was less than the monthly CT amount but they might if you made a verbal phone call .

born_again

GrumpyDil said:

Chino said 

Why would the OP not just use the Reward card directly?

And to add doing this (after waiting for the 1.00 hold to clear) means you can spend the whole value rather than ending up with an odd value left on the card

Never had that issue when doing a top up. They only do it on purchases. Not when you are giving them money.

Same with a supermarket. Only time they will do a £1 pre auth is when you are using pay @ Pump for petrol. Never when you are buying food.

Fingerbobs

TOP_CAT said:

Council tax wouldnt take a £75 payment online in my case as it was less than the monthly CT amount but they might if you made a verbal phone call .

This varies by council. My council allows ad-hoc online payments of any amount at any time, and the monthly DD is reduced by the cumulative amount paid manually. If manual payments add up to or exceed the monthly amount, the DD isn't taken.

I suspect this will apply to the following councils, as they all share the same online payments system (CapitaConnect):

• Breckland
• East Cambridgeshire
• East Suffolk
• Fenland
• West Suffolk
  

(Watford Borough Council also uses CapitaConnect, but doesn't seem to allow online CT payments?)

africanqueen_2

Hi I have just used my card to purchase an Amazon gift card to pay a balance off a new air fryer.  No £1 held or anything.  It was bitter sweet (although I am still grateful) as I was scammed on Marketplace on Amazon trying to purchase an air fryer last week!  You live and learn.