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AMEX pays student loan?

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longtimelurker
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Re: AMEX pays student loan?


@Anonymous wrote:

Called back and the nice young lady said Nelnet does not charge a fee when paying with a credit card but that my credit card company might. I cant imagine why any of the lenders would charge me a fee for this if its a regular monthly payment like any other I put through? I'll make sure to confirm this again before payments start


AFAIK, they would only charge a fee if they also counted it as a cash advance (in which case the fee is only part of the problem!)   Some cards might, as the MCC might come back as financial instituion, and some cards, for example Citi Visas, will often treat such purchases as cash advance

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Re: AMEX pays student loan?

I see. Thanks LTL

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longtimelurker
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Re: AMEX pays student loan?


@Anonymous wrote:

I see. Thanks LTL


I should have prefaced that by saying: IF the story is true (that the ccc charges a fee) that would be why, but no idea if that happens.  Much more likely that the loan holder charges a fee to offset the swipe fee they have to pay.

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