Paying AMEX with Discover and vice versa

[Anonymous]

Is it doable? Would either company freak out? Here's the scenario I'm thinking of: Use amex to cover all utilities, gym, etc. all of my normally pif bills each month, then use Discover via mycheckfree to pay amex, then pif Discover from my bank, basically doubling my rewards. What say ye?

[LS2982]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Is it doable? Would either company freak out? Here's the scenario I'm thinking of: Use amex to cover all utilities, gym, etc. all of my normally pif bills each month, then use Discover via mycheckfree to pay amex, then pif Discover from my bank, basically doubling my rewards. What say ye?

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I'm not aware that you can pay a CC with a CC....

[Anonymous]

From what I understood from reading the site, the biller (i.e. Amex) would have to offer an option to pay the e-bill using a credit card - which they don't,. And it further states that some billers will charge a fee for paying the bill with a credit card. So even in the unlikely event that Amex let you pay the bill with a CC, you'd probably lose more through the CC fees than you'd get back from rewards.

[Anonymous]

All good points, thank you. I should make it clear that with my question I'm not looking to avoid payment, merely maximize rewards. Has anyone found a way to use anything but the wells fargo mortgage rewards CC to pay a wells fargo mortgage and gain the fruits of the huge amounts of rewards involved? Thanks again for the input!

[bettercreditguy1]

I do not believe  you are purchasing a service or item, therefore it would probably register as a cash advance. Fees and interest would be very high thus negating what you are attempting to accomplish.